A quick history of interactive storytelling and where we are now. Keynote given at the Beta Festival in Warsaw in September 2015.

1. Benjamin Hoguet
@benhoguet
INTERACTIVE STORYTELLING:
AN ONGOING JOURNEY.

2. Interactivity in storytelling is
deeply rooted in our cultural DNA.

3. At some point,
we tried to make linear media more interactive…
Kinoautomat
1967

4. Zork
1980
Then we got our very own platform,
built for interactivity…

5. The Tunnel Under
the Atlantic
1995
And when the Internet connected us all,
social interactions became part of the experience.

6. And about 10 years ago,
we entered the modern era
of interactive storytelling.

7. Since then, countless works of art
have been produced…

8. From interactive
documentaries…

9. … to interactive
fiction.

10. Giving us new ways of depicting
our reality…

11. … as well as new forms
of entertainment.

12. Experiences taking advantage
of the latest technologies…

13. … and getting people involved.
Sometimes very much involved!

14. Audiences are not only expected to watch anymore.
We can choose (and try) to have them:
EXPLORE DISCUSS CREATE PLAY

15. We can give them a chance to exert a
transformative influence on our work…

16. … thus creating innovative (yet sometimes unfamiliar)
experiences that can be more:
CUSTOMIZED SOCIAL MOBILE IMMERSIVE

17. And the best is yet to come!

18. Trigger
Inflated expectations
Disillusionment
Enlightenment
Productivity
YOU
ARE
HERE*
* According to Michel Reilhac

19. Thank you!
Benjamin Hoguet
@benhoguet