2012-05-09For millennia, humans have participated in rituals in order to experience meaning and purpose in life. With the rise of digital games as a form of media, designers are increasing seeking to use games to provide meaningful experiences - the kind of experiences provided by rituals. This project, Farosia, explores the mechanisms by which rituals convey meaning, and presents a detailed framework for how to incorporate ritual into interactive experience design. The project consists of several small game prototypes, each intended to emphasis different aspects of ritual. By developing and playtesting these prototypes, we were able to determine how to implement these ritual modes within digital experiences, and how to use them to create a...
The overall purpose of this thesis is to introduce aspects of the popular cultural expression of vir...
Ritual is a lost technology of being. We propose that co-designed rituals are a way for people to co...
The point of departure for my research is a perceived breach and resulting dissonance between how di...
Our lives are a collection of rituals. The way we wake up, the way we leave or enter our home are tw...
Roles and rituals are essential for creating, situating and maintaining cultural practices. Computer...
By moving away from a model of ritual that focuses on magic and fantasy worlds, this article seeks t...
This paper was made as part of a wider research I made about rituals and their meaning and roles the...
Our lives are highly shaped by rituals. The way we wake up, the way we prepare tea or coffee are two...
Our lives are highly shaped by rituals. The way we wake up, the way we prepare tea or coffee are two...
Roles and rituals are essential for creating, situating and maintaining cultural practices. Computer...
Considering the current technological development and the rapid change in how we communicate, we foc...
This paper explores indexical symbolic enactment as a way to promote authenticity and inner balance ...
can design facilitate togetherness through games? Seeing the outcomes of a successful interaction ri...
(in English): In videogames we frequently come across religions created by game designers for the so...
Michael Highland and Gino Yu “Communicating Spiritual Experience with Video Game Technology” deal wi...
The overall purpose of this thesis is to introduce aspects of the popular cultural expression of vir...
Ritual is a lost technology of being. We propose that co-designed rituals are a way for people to co...
The point of departure for my research is a perceived breach and resulting dissonance between how di...
Our lives are a collection of rituals. The way we wake up, the way we leave or enter our home are tw...
Roles and rituals are essential for creating, situating and maintaining cultural practices. Computer...
By moving away from a model of ritual that focuses on magic and fantasy worlds, this article seeks t...
This paper was made as part of a wider research I made about rituals and their meaning and roles the...
Our lives are highly shaped by rituals. The way we wake up, the way we prepare tea or coffee are two...
Our lives are highly shaped by rituals. The way we wake up, the way we prepare tea or coffee are two...
Roles and rituals are essential for creating, situating and maintaining cultural practices. Computer...
Considering the current technological development and the rapid change in how we communicate, we foc...
This paper explores indexical symbolic enactment as a way to promote authenticity and inner balance ...
can design facilitate togetherness through games? Seeing the outcomes of a successful interaction ri...
(in English): In videogames we frequently come across religions created by game designers for the so...
Michael Highland and Gino Yu “Communicating Spiritual Experience with Video Game Technology” deal wi...
The overall purpose of this thesis is to introduce aspects of the popular cultural expression of vir...
Ritual is a lost technology of being. We propose that co-designed rituals are a way for people to co...
The point of departure for my research is a perceived breach and resulting dissonance between how di...