Orbital

Orbital is a virtual reality gaming experience designed to explore the use of traditional narrative structure to enhance immersion in virtual reality. The story structure of Orbital was developed based on the developmental steps of 'The Hero's Journey,' a narrative pattern identified by Joseph Campbell. Using this standard narrative pattern, Orbital is capable of immersing the player quickly and completely for the entirety of play time.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Fine Arts

Level thesis:degree_level

masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Creative Technologies

Department dc:contributor.department

Art and Art History

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Tech

Year dc:date.issued

2017

Author dc:creator

• Yourshaw, Matthew Stephen

Chair dc:contributor.committeechair

• Webster, Dane

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Paterson, Simone W.
• Tucker, Thomas J.

• video game design
• animation
• virtual reality

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Dc Identifier Other

vt_gsexam:9559

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/74396