1. PLAYING
WITH
REALITY

3. In
China
and
Korea,
men
have
died
after
3
days
non
stop
gaming
online
without
feeding
,
drinking,
nor
sleeping...

4. HIKIKOMORI
In
Japan
,
more
and
more
young
adults
NEVER
leave
their
room.
They
live
and
communicate
exclusively
online.

5. What
does
it
mean
to
be
a
person
?

6. Being
human
is
a
combination
of
:
-­‐
a
physical
self
inducing
REALITY
-­‐
a
non
physical
self
inducing
FICTION

7. Many
MOO
users
regard
their
MOO
identities
as
more
real
than
their
ROL
selves
MOO:
Multi
users
domainsObject
Oriented
/
ROL:
Rest
Of
Life

8. Because
they
don’t
always
enjoy
being
present
as
their
physical
self

9. What
does
it
mean
to
be
present?

10. Presence
is
not
determined
by
immediate
location

11. There
has
to
be
a
medium
so
that
a
contact
is
established
for
one
to
be
present

12. This
medium
is
called
the
interface

13. What
is
an
interface
?

14. A
fluid
boundary
between
reality
and
fiction

15. Television,
books
,
cinemas...
are
«
passive
»,
one
way
interfaces
involving
only
the
NON
physical
self

16. The
interactive
screen
is
an
«
active
»
two
way
interface
also
involving
only
the
NON
physical
self

17. Another
interface
is
a
social
consensus
IRL
(
In
Real
Life
)

18. But
the
most
powerful
fiction
interface
is
when...

19. ...
the
whole
person
is
immersed
in
a
fiction
world,
physically
as
well
as
non
physically
:

20. «
Kinect
»
types
of
entertainment
where
direct
physical
body
movements
are
the
interface

21. IVRE
(Immersive
Virtual
Reality
Environments)
in
which
the
individual
actually
moves
around
and
interacts
physically

22. Nordic
LARPs
(Live
Action
Role
Play):
where
the
actors
and
the
audience
are
the
same
people

23. «
Hamlet
»
role
played
and
staged
in
the
20’s
in
a
huge
cellar
in
Copenhaguen

24. «
JUST
A
LITTLE
LOVING
»
ended
with
60
people
in
tears
having
to
say
farewell
to
their
characters

25. Hybrid
stories
and
transmedia
experiences
are
the
same
as
books
and
films
:

26. they
satisfy
our
essential
need
to
transcend
and
escape
our
physical
dimension

27. They
just
use
interactivity
and
participation
for
a
more
immersive
experience:

28. THE
ADDED
POWER
OF
HYBRID
FICTION
Increases
the
length
of
a
fiction
experience
,
even
allowing
permanent
immersion

29. THE
ADDED
POWER
OF
HYBRID
FICTION
Makes
the
fiction
experience
look
and
feel
closer
to
physical
reality

30. THE
ADDED
POWER
OF
HYBRID
FICTION
Allows
sharing
a
real
time
fictional
experience
with
others
through
online
networks

31. THE
ADDED
POWER
OF
HYBRID
FICTION
Offers
an
escape
from
a
bleak
future

32. But
...

33. We
are
not
ready
to
give
up
physical
reality
as
the
consensus
one
yet

34. What
we
call
reality
feels
real
because
we
know
we
eventually
die

35. Right
now,
physical
reality
rules
over
all
other
fiction
realities...

36. ...
and
playing
with
it
raises
serious
ethical
issues
:

37. people
do
not
like
the
feeling
of
being
cheated,
abused
or
lied
to

38. Breaking
the
rules
of
a
consensus
reality
is
a
social
sacrilege

39. THE
TRUTH
ABOUT
MARIKA
AUDIENCE
STRUCTURE
300
000
for
tv
serie
30
000
for
web
serie
3
000
for
online
gaming
300
for
real
life
events
30
for
hardcore
UGC
gaming

41. THE
TRUTH
ABOUT
MARIKA
A
study
conducted
after
the
event
showed
that
about
35
%
of
the
audience/
participants
felt
cheated
and
abused
when
learning
it
was
all
indeed
fiction

43. Our
stories
will
have
to
remain
fictions
for
a
while.

44. Until
we
feel
more
at
ease
navigating
different
realities.

45. Which
will
be
soon.

46. The
difference
between
fiction
and
reality?
Fiction
has
to
make
sense.
Tom
Clancy

47. Arte
France
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