RIPT: Improvising with an Audience-Sourced Performance Robot
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Tiffany Wun, Claire Mikalauskas, Kevin Ta, Joshua Horacsek, Lora OehlbergAuthors Info & Claims
Tiffany Wun, Claire Mikalauskas, Kevin Ta, Joshua Horacsek, Lora OehlbergAuthors Info & ClaimsPages 323 - 326
Abstract
Improvisational theatre (improv) actors develop narratives in real-time as they perform unscripted scenes together. Audience suggestions build engagement and introduce randomness into the scene; however, actors have difficulty mediating or responding to audience suggestions at scale. We present Robot Improv Puppet Theatre (RIPT), a system for short-form improv where a performance robot (Pokey) performs gestures and dialogue provided by audience members via a mobile interface. Improvisers' narratives are shaped in response to the robot's actions, guiding narratives into unexpected directions.
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436 pages
ISBN:9781450356312
DOI:10.1145/3197391
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- Youn-kyung Lim,
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- William Odom
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