Live Mimesis: AI-NPC and the Emergence of Interactive Narrative in Virtual Reality

Marc, Florin Adrian (2026), Live Mimesis: AI-NPC and the Emergence of Interactive Narrative in Virtual Reality, Cunoașterea Științifică, 5:2, 183-194, DOI: 10.58679/CS54259, https://www.cunoasterea.ro/en/live-mimesis-ai-npc-and-the-emergence-of-interactive-narrative-in-virtual-reality/   Abstract This article explores how immersive storytelling in virtual reality (VR) reshapes the adaptation of fantasy literature, with a focus on its narrative and emotional implications. The research is grounded in the development of a virtual environment inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Silmarillion, where users interact with AI-NPC capable of nonlinear dialogue, functioning simultaneously as narrators … Read More

Interactive Documentaries and the Transformation of Artificial Intelligence

Digital technologies continue to regenerate and metamorphose the methods of producing interactive documentaries and how their audiences consume them in the 21st century. In addition, media practitioners with specialties in producing interactive documentaries are still creating new technological approaches to taint various worldly perceptions while introducing additional strategies for improving efficiency in the production process. Most importantly, contemporary digital innovations such as documentary games, websites, desktop multimedia applications, non-fictional works, and interactive installations explore these types of documentaries and challenge their present formats.

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