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Agency and the “Emotion Machine”

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Virtual Storytelling. Using Virtual Reality Technologies for Storytelling (ICVS 2005)

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In interactive fiction or drama the author’s role in manipulating the user into dramatic situations is as important in the construction of the user’s sense of ”agency,” as concerns about the her freedom and choice.

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    Josephine Anstey

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    Gérard Subsol

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Anstey, J. (2005). Agency and the “Emotion Machine”. In: Subsol, G. (eds) Virtual Storytelling. Using Virtual Reality Technologies for Storytelling. ICVS 2005. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3805. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11590361_14

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