IRIS

IRIS (Integrating Research in Interactive Storytelling) is a European NoE (Network of Excellence) which aims at creating a virtual centre of excellence that will be able to achieve breakthroughs in the understanding of Interactive Storytelling and the development of corresponding technologies. Interactive Storytelling is a major endeavour to develop new media which could offer a radically new user experience, with a potential to revolutionise digital entertainment. The IRIS consortium involves ten partners in seven different countries in Europe.

In the IRIS project, OFAI mainly contributes to Workpackages:

• WP1 - Narrative Formalisms
• WP2 - Artificial Intelligence Tools and Techniques
• WP4 - Hybrid Intelligent Virtual Actors
• WP6 - Interaction and Dialogue

OFAI's contributions to IRIS are provided by the Intelligent Software Agents and New Media group.

In the context of IRIS, OFAI's Paolo Petta co-organized ICIDS 2009, the second International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling.
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Visit the IRIS project website for further information.

• Project start: January 2009
• Planned duration: 3 years
• Funding: EU (IST FP7 231824)