[FRIAM] lecture Wed May 14, 12:30p - Terry Borst: Serious Games, Simulations and Autonomous Actors in Evolving Worlds

[Don Begley]

Yes. We will figure out how to do it.

-d-

On May 11, 2008, at 8:46 PM, Dale Schumacher wrote:

> I understand that recording of these events has been previously  
> proposed.  I would very much like to see this presentation, but will  
> be unable to attend in person.  Is there any chance this could be  
> captured and posted somewhere?
>
> Thanks!
>
> On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 9:29 PM, Stephen Guerin <stephen.guerin at redfish.com 
> > wrote:
> SPEAKER: Terry Borst
>
> TITLE: Serious Games, Simulations and Autonomous Actors in Evolving  
> Worlds
>
> TIME: Wed May 14, 12:30p
> Lunch will be available for purchase for $5
>
> LOCATION: Santa Fe Complex Main Hall, 624 Agua Fria
>
> ABSTRACT:  An informal presentation of some recent leadership  
> training games in
> real-time 3D environments -- with an eye towards advancing from the  
> highly
> contained simulations of version 1.0 products to more expansive  
> future versions
> which could benefit from the application of intelligent agents,  
> cognitive
> architectures, and other adaptable and autonomous systems.  Brief  
> demos and
> playthroughs will lead to some of the processes pursued in  
> developing and
> building these games currently, and the inevitable limitations of  
> these
> processes.  How much can we integrate narrative, pedagogy,  
> interactivity, and
> world autonomy, and what kind of design and process tools might  
> further this
> integration?
>
> About Terry Borst:  I'm a film and television writer who has also  
> been scripting
> and collaborating on the design of entertainment videogames and  
> (more recently)
> training and educational games for more than a decade.  Just over a  
> year ago, I
> co-authored Story and Simulations for Serious Games (published by  
> Focal Press),
> a "handbook" for the design, representation, and production of  
> digitally
> delivered training environments.  We are at the precipice of radically
> redefining the nature of story, narrative, and learned experience,  
> and I'm
> interested in seeing how we can use new tools to further this leap  
> into the
> unknown.  Find out more at http://www.terryborst.com.
>
>
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