TY - CHAP A1 - Epplée, Rafael A1 - Langbehn, Eike T1 - Overlapping Architecture: Implementation of Impossible Spaces in Virtual Reality Games N2 - Natural walking in virtual reality games is constrained by the physical boundaries defined by the size of the player’s tracking space. Impossible spaces, a redirected walking technique, enlarge the virtual environment by creating overlapping architecture and letting multiple locations occupy the same physical space. Within certain thresholds, this is subtle to the player. In this paper, we present our approach to implement such impossible spaces and describe how we handled challenges like objects with simulated physics or precomputed global illumination. KW - virtual reality KW - games KW - locomotion Y1 - 2021 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-246045 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Davies, Richard A1 - Dewell, Nathan A1 - Harvey, Carlo T1 - A framework for interactive, autonomous and semantic dialogue generation in games T2 - Proceedings of the 1st Games Technology Summit N2 - Immersive virtual environments provide users with the opportunity to escape from the real world, but scripted dialogues can disrupt the presence within the world the user is trying to escape within. Both Non-Playable Character (NPC) to Player and NPC to NPC dialogue can be non-natural and the reliance on responding with pre-defined dialogue does not always meet the players emotional expectations or provide responses appropriate to the given context or world states. This paper investigates the application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Natural Language Processing to generate dynamic human-like responses within a themed virtual world. Each thematic has been analysed against humangenerated responses for the same seed and demonstrates invariance of rating across a range of model sizes, but shows an effect of theme and the size of the corpus used for fine-tuning the context for the game world. KW - natural language processing · · · KW - interactive authoring system KW - semantic understanding KW - artificial intelligence Y1 - 2021 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-246023 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Sanusi, Khaleel Asyraaf Mat A1 - Klemke, Roland T1 - Immersive Multimodal Environments for Psychomotor Skills Training T2 - Proceedings of the 1st Games Technology Summit N2 - Modern immersive multimodal technologies enable the learners to completely get immersed in various learning situations in a way that feels like experiencing an authentic learning environment. These environments also allow the collection of multimodal data, which can be used with artificial intelligence to further improve the immersion and learning outcomes. The use of artificial intelligence has been widely explored for the interpretation of multimodal data collected from multiple sensors, thus giving insights to support learners’ performance by providing personalised feedback. In this paper, we present a conceptual approach for creating immersive learning environments, integrated with multi-sensor setup to help learners improve their psychomotor skills in a remote setting. KW - immersive learning technologies KW - multimodal learning KW - sensor devices KW - artificial intelligence KW - psychomotor training Y1 - 2021 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-246016 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Klemke, Roland A1 - Sanusi, Khaleel Asyraaf Mat A1 - Rose, Melina T1 - Immersive Game Technologies for Innovative Education - A Method for Experimental Interdisciplinary Technology Transfer T2 - Proceedings of the 1st Games Technology Summit N2 - Immersive, sensor-enabled technologies such as augmented and virtual reality expand the way human beings interact with computers significantly. While these technologies are widely explored in entertainment games, they also offer possibilities for educational use. However,their uptake in education is so far very limited. Within the ImTech4Ed project, we aim at systematically exploring the power of interdisciplinary, international hackathons as a novel method to create immersive educational game prototypes and as a means to transfer these innovative technical prototypes into educational use. To achieve this, we bring together game design and development, where immersive and interactive solutions are designed and developed; computer science, where the technological foundations for immersive technologies and for scalable architectures for these are created; and teacher education, where future teachers are educated. This article reports on the concept and design of these hackathons. KW - immersive technologies KW - educational games KW - hackathons Y1 - 2021 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-245843 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - von Roeder, Alena T1 - Salvador als Opfer seiner eigenen Triebe im Film Los girasoles ciegos. Die filmische Darstellung der Fokalisierung unter psychoanalytischer Betrachtung JF - promptus - Würzburger Beiträge zur Romanistik N2 - This paper analyzes the mental development of the main character Salvador in the Spanish movie Los girasoles ciegos (2008) by José Luis Cuerda, based on the camera perspective and focalization, as well as the three-instance model according to Sigmund Freud. For this purpose, screen captures from the movie are examined to see how Salvador’s loss of control is pictured. This is applied to Freud’s three-instance model to prove the takeover of the Id. Throughout the whole movie, the inner conflict between his Ego and Id, i.e. his life as a deacon versus his life as a soldier, is present. The whole process of the breakdown of his mental state is revealed through the camera perspective and visual focalization. KW - Freud KW - Los girasoles ciegos KW - camera perspective KW - focalization Y1 - 2020 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-244303 VL - 6 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Richter, Verena T1 - Das Mittelmeer als pluraler Erinnerungsraum im französischen Essayfilm: zu Jean-Daniel Pollets Méditerranée (1963) JF - promptus - Würzburger Beiträge zur Romanistik N2 - The present article aims to examine images of the Mediterranean Sea in Jean-Daniel Pollet’s essay film Méditerranée (1963), with a particular focus on its representation as a multifaceted space of cultural memory. After some preliminary observations on the relation between the essay film as a genre and images of the Mediterranean, I shall, on the one hand, have a look at the semantic processes through which the film builds up a recognizable image of the Great Sea. On the other hand, however, I will argue that, at the same time, Méditerranée calls this signifying process into question by representing the sea as a space of cultural memory understood as a space of becoming and of deferral of meaning. KW - the Mediterranean Sea KW - Jean-Daniel Pollet KW - Philippe Sollers KW - cultural memory KW - essay film Y1 - 2020 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-244292 VL - 6 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Lützelberger, Florian T1 - Federico García Lorcas Trilogía dramática de la tierra española als Knotenpunkt von Kontinuität und Wandel von der Antike bis zu Netflix: Tradition, Adaption, Innovation, Inspiration JF - promptus - Würzburger Beiträge zur Romanistik N2 - To this day, Lorca’s most popular plays, the Trilogía dramática de la tierra española, are considered to be among the most widely read texts of twentieth century Spanish literature. By combining elements from Antiquity with classic and modern features of Spanish theatre and placing them in new functional contexts, the author succeeds in creating an innovative theatre of sociocritical nature in times of political repression. This article analyses several of these innovations and aims to demonstrate the influence Lorca’s Tragedias rurales still have on today’s literature and culture. Simon Stone’s play Yerma (2017) and the Netflix series Las Chicas del Cable (2017-2020) are approached here with this purpose. KW - Federico García Lorca KW - Simon Stone KW - Las Chicas del Cable KW - Tradition KW - Innovation Y1 - 2020 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-244280 VL - 6 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Leschzyk, Dinah T1 - Corona-Kommunikation. Wie Jair Bolsonaro die Wissenschaft diskreditiert und Verschwörungstheorien befeuert JF - promptus - Würzburger Beiträge zur Romanistik N2 - This article deals with discursive and argumentative strategies used by Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro to bring science in discredit during the 2020’s COVID-19-pandemic. Based on official statements and Tweets launched over the crisis the Discourse-Historical Approach is applied to make strategies brought into play by Bolsonaro visible. While the President declares scientific advice such as distancing and quarantine as ineffective, he recommends the use of hydroxychloroquine as well as old fashioned prayers for staying safe and healthy. He evokes that there are «fake news» and «partners of paralysis», to which he responds by demasking and bringing the one and only truth towards «the people». The analysis points out that Bolsonaro is downplaying the virus and the risk of transmission and puts the economy ahead of health. His supporters as a consequence tend to ignore the WHO recommendations how to behave during the pandemic. KW - COVID-19 KW - Coronavirus KW - Jair Bolsonaro KW - anti-science KW - discursive strategy Y1 - 2020 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-244271 VL - 6 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Koch-Fröhlich, Melanie T1 - S’inventer à partir de l’autre : Les Origines d’Amin Maalouf JF - promptus - Würzburger Beiträge zur Romanistik N2 - The present article examines the narrative modes in which Lebanese author Amin Maalouf investigates his roots in Origines a hybrid work which stands in contrast with his previous essays and fictions as to its (auto)biographical dimension. Resembling what Dominique Viart and Bruno Vercier in their analysis of predominant themes and narrative strategies in contemporary French literature name «récit de filiation», Maalouf’s quest for his familial past explores the concept of intergenerational transmission of memory. However, despite this individual postmemorial approach, Maalouf’s intimate writing is intrinsically linked with the complex history of the Ottoman Empire and therefore with collective narratives of war, diasporic identities, and migration relating to the present time or the recent past. KW - (auto)biographical writing KW - migration KW - nomadic identities KW - Ottoman Empire KW - memory Y1 - 2020 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-244268 VL - 6 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hesselbach, Robert T1 - <> – A Corpus-based Approach of Official French, Italian, and Spanish Social Media Discourse in the Light of the Coronavirus Crisis JF - promptus - Würzburger Beiträge zur Romanistik N2 - France, Italy, and Spain are three Romance-speaking countries which – at least in Europe – have been affected to a very high degree by the consequences of the Corona pandemic. This paper examines discursive strategies on social media (Twitter and Facebook) by the three heads of government/state of the aforementioned countries – namely Emmanuel Macron (France), Giuseppe Conte (Italy), and Pedro Sánchez (Spain)- from a corpuslinguistic point of view. For this purpose, a corpus was created which contains all Twitter and Facebook messages posted by these heads of government/state from the beginning of February until the end of April 2020. By applying corpus-linguistic methods we find that all three politicians consciously use social media to sensitize, inform, and – in view of a dramatic pandemic situation – unite their respective populations behind them. KW - corpus linguistics KW - coronavirus KW - Covid-19 KW - political discourse KW - social media KW - lexical co-occurrences Y1 - 2020 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-244251 VL - 6 ER -