MEET
THE ORACLE
The Oracle Project is an immersive storytelling experience designed for Google Assistant-compatible devices by Anouk Robbeets, postgraduate student Digital Storytelling at KASK School of Arts Ghent.
OK GOOGLE
The recent developments in Voice-User-Interface technology for smart speakers and phones
provide exciting opportunities
for creative and interactive storytelling.
Oracle wil soon be available in bèta via Google Assistant.
Curious?
Greek mythology has served as a source of inspiration for artists for thousands of years. So why stop now?
By translating the myth of Echo and Narcissus into an interactive VUI chatbot, it is restored to its original context as an orally transmitted narrative.
This is not only beneficial to our perception of the past. By positioning the device as a narrator, the user is replaced as master over the conversation. In this position, they are urged to introspection.
What can the myth of Echo and Narcissus mean to a twenty-first century listener? Can it still teach us compassion, values and judgement, and is it able to reflect our post-modern society?
G(R)EEK
MYTHOLOGY
DE TE
FABULA
NARRATUR
THE STORY TELLS ABOUT YOU
