[Commlist] new book: Virtual Reality Narratives: Embodied Encounters in Space

New book announcement- Virtual Reality Narratives: Embodied Encounters 
in Space


*//*/Virtual Reality Narratives: //Embodied Encounters in Space/*//*
By A/Prof Kath Dooley (University of South Australia)

This monograph delves into recent evolutions in virtual reality (VR) 
storytelling, focusing on entertainment-based works created or launched 
since 2020. Through various case studies, it showcases the increasing 
diversity and sophistication of recent narrative-based projects. Moving 
past the initial hype associated with the latest wave of VR, a number of 
innovative and affective works combining documentary-based or fictional 
storytelling with game mechanics, live theatre and other elements, have 
appeared at festivals or on distribution platforms in recent years. 
These interdisciplinary works have much to tell us about the future of 
VR storytelling but have yet to receive sustained analysis. This book 
aims to correct that.

Dooley argues that VR, as an interactive medium that places the user 
inside a storyworld in a visible or invisible virtual body, offers 
narratives that incorporate the user’s body as a storytelling tool. This 
fosters user-centred stories that unfold in three-dimensional space. 
Adopting phenomenological and formal analysis methodologies, the 
monograph examines case studies through their approaches to narrative, 
style, and interactive devices. Key concepts that are explored include 
agency, direct address, environmental and spatial storytelling, 
embodiment and presence. By providing a much-needed analysis of works 
through a variety of theoretical lenses, the book illustrates how recent 
VR storytelling fosters powerfully transformative experiences.

For more information see: 
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-64965-3

Contact: (kath.dooley /at/ unisa.edu.au)








*Associate Professor Kath Dooley*

(she/her/hers)


Professorial Lead- UniSA Creative

University of South Australia

Magill Campus (Room B2-17)

GPO Box 2471
Adelaide SA 5072


(Kath.Dooley /at/ unisa.edu.au)


ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5235-7250 
<https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5235-7250>


/UniSA respects the Kaurna, Boandik and Barngarla peoples' spiritual 
relationship with their country. //We recognise and respect their 
cultural heritage, beliefs and relationship with the land. //We 
acknowledge that these are of continuing importance./






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