ARIN is a virtual reality, sci-fi horror experience for the HTC Vive, which incorporates visual and tactile performance elements and staging to increase the viewer’s sense of immersion. The first part of this paper covers the design process of the ARIN Virtual Reality Experience from concept to completion including playtesting and critical analysis. The second, written individually by Izzie Schiavone, explores how popular science writing uses the Hero's Journey as a narrative structure that facilitates the explanation of scientific knowledge for a popular audience. The findings from studying popular science writing were used to write an article about VR and the development of the ARIN Virtual Reality Experience.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Thompson, Matthew W
• Held, Graham Fisher
• Wang, Dongjie
• Schiavone, Isabella Mary

Contributors

• Kesselman, Jeffrey

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-042517-164541

Advisor

• deWinter, Jennifer
• Sutter, Ralph

Year

• 2017

Date created

• 2017-04-25

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Interactive Media & Game Development
• Interdisciplinary

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2023-09-27