What is our challenge question?How would Ba and Moon use Oculus Rift to design a VR chapter for Daytripper?

Daytripper as a Virtual Reality Graphic NovelFirst person perspective of the story through

whichever character is desiredViewpoint can be controlled by user to explore

environmentExperience characters’ streams of consciousness

as if coming from one’s own mind

Daytripper: Being Bras

First scene of Chapter 3, Bras’s girlfriend is angry Moon, Fabio, Gabriel Ba, Dave Stewart, and Sean Konot. Daytripper. New

York: DC Comics, 2011. Print

Further Details Each chapter is a new and different experience Viewer is thrust into new scenario without background

knowledge Capability to pause, rewind, and switch perspectives Story follows the character’s pre-written actions Viewer experiences death at the end of each scene Much more immersive than a typical graphic novel OR affordances: multiple viewers, characters’ thoughts,

possible multisensory experiences

Who might use this and why? Broad entertainment audience

Movie-goers Graphic novel enthusiasts

Academic research Neuroscience Literature Philosophy of death

Game developers

Effects on reading and writing, further implications Reading

Encroaches on reading’s domain as a medium Writing

Requires visual thinking along with literal thinking Continuous as opposed to discrete Environment needs to be fully fleshed out

Ethical/political/social Integrity of body Unforeseen psychological consequences (addiction) Regulation of content (copyright, age-appropriate)