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Summer Research and experiments from Summer 2010.
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August 30th, 2010
Laura Simpson Summer Thesis Research
Domains of Summer Research
Memory Reconstruction of Narrative
ConversationInteractionTheory
Time Based Visuals
LETHE
A casual first-person narrative memory game, with visuospatial action minigames; “It’s Tetris meets Memento”
Jess Haskins | Laura Simpson | Astra Wijaya
LETHEInspira8on
o Oxford study, 2010: Tetris is effective as a “PTSD vaccine” following a traumatic event
Concept
o The Lethe Institute, a therapeutic “play clinic” for trauma victims
o You are a patient reflecting back on your time there; narrative told through cutscenes in reverse chronological order (Memento-style)
o Play “therapeutic” visuospatial minigames (Tetris, tangrams, sliding block puzzles)
o Play a visual memory game as you try to reconstruct missing events by working backward
Harvest Works
Visual Step Sequencer
Wii Controlled Sequencer
InterActive Music New York
“Workout Steady”
Musical Voices
Lethe
“Amazing Bruises”
What Now?
TEI 2011
Academic Career Preparation
Scribbling Speech/Mental X-section
