Vim

Vim is a prototype tangible narrative about energy futures. It is designed to illustrate how a story about a public issue could be designed for physical interaction and to learn whether that interaction can encourage participation in that issue.

The design consists of a wooden box featuring a solar panel and dials. It produces a story feed based on the reader’s preferences, along with a question for them to answer. Story feeds are designed as news briefs and include items from the past, present and future.

Publications

Doherty, Skye, Snow, Stephen, Jennings, Kathleen, Rose, Ben, Matthews, Ben and Viller, Stephen (2020). Vim: a tangible energy story. 13th International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling, ICIDS 2020, Bournemouth, United Kingdom, 3-6 November 2020. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature Switzerland. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-62516-0_24