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Mitologies: Medieval Labyrinth Narratives in Virtual Reality

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Virtual Worlds (VW 1998)

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Advances in technology have made it possible to create vast, rich, and architecturally intricate virtual worlds. The Mitologies project is an attempt to utilize this technology as a means of artistic expression and for the exploration of historical, political, musical, and visual narratives. Mitologies draws inspiration from a large pool of literary and artistic sources by capturing their intertwining relationships in a cinematic form, hence making connections to the strong narrative tradition of other media, such as film and literature.

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  1. Electronic Visualization Laboratory, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60607, USA

    Maria Roussos & Hisham Bizri

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  1. Maria Roussos
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  1. International Institute of Multimedia, Pôle Universitaire Léonard de Vinci, F-92916, Paris La Defense Cedex, France

    Jean-Claude Heudin

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Roussos, M., Bizri, H. (1998). Mitologies: Medieval Labyrinth Narratives in Virtual Reality. In: Heudin, JC. (eds) Virtual Worlds. VW 1998. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 1434. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-68686-X_36

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