{"id":170505,"date":"2010-07-23T21:10:54","date_gmt":"2010-07-23T21:10:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/project\/rich-interactive-narratives\/"},"modified":"2017-06-14T15:19:49","modified_gmt":"2017-06-14T22:19:49","slug":"rich-interactive-narratives","status":"publish","type":"msr-project","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/project\/rich-interactive-narratives\/","title":{"rendered":"Rich Interactive Narratives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span id=\"00c53d1c-c648-4e6e-956e-8f804f14c66a\" class=\"ImageBlock fn\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"Image00c53d1c-c648-4e6e-956e-8f804f14c66a\" title=\"Film strip\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/rin-rin_filmstrip-long.png\" alt=\"Film strip\" \/><span id=\"ImageCaption00c53d1c-c648-4e6e-956e-8f804f14c66a\" class=\"ImageCaptionCoreCss ImageCaption\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Microsoft Rich Interactive Narratives (RIN) research project\u00a0combines traditional forms of storytelling with new visualization technologies to create compelling interactive digital narratives. The RIN project is an undertaking by Microsoft Research India in collaboration with the Interactive Visual Experience group in Microsoft Research Redmond and the Microsoft Research Connections.<\/p>\n<h2>History<\/h2>\n<p><span id=\"7f7ef530-9d35-4d58-9fab-226f13f60c42\" class=\"ImageBlock fl\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"Image7f7ef530-9d35-4d58-9fab-226f13f60c42\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Watch the video: Sri Andal Temple Digital Heritage\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/rin-rin.jpg\" alt=\"Watch the video: Sri Andal Temple Digital Heritage\" \/><span id=\"ImageCaption7f7ef530-9d35-4d58-9fab-226f13f60c42\" class=\"ImageCaptionCoreCss ImageCaption\"><\/span><\/span>The RIN technology has its origins in the Sri Andal Temple project in 2008 (video). The temple demo featured an application that led users through an immersive, interactive, narrated walkthrough\u00a0that included\u00a0Photosynth and HD View stitched images of a temple in Tamil Nadu. Several core RIN concepts such as Experience Streams originated in that project.<\/p>\n<h2>Technology<\/h2>\n<p>The Rich Interactive Narratives (RIN) technology\u00a0consists of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The RIN semantic representation<\/strong>\u2014 a structured, extensible, and <em>platform-independent<\/em> data model with execution semantics. The representation specifies the orchestration of multiple nonlinear &#8220;stories&#8221; that thread through multiple experiences. The representation is defined at a fundamentally higher level than presentation markup languages such as HTML and CSS. We have defined equivalent XML and JSON versions of this representation.<\/li>\n<li><strong>A set of core libraries<\/strong>, called &#8220;RIN\u00a0Core&#8221;,\u00a0that interpret the above representation. These libraries\u00a0are targeted to particular rendering platforms, the most notable one being HTML+JavaScript. An earlier version targeted the Silverlight platform. In theory, one could build multiple version of the RIN core libraries each specialized to certain platforms to take advantage of evolving technology or particular presentation constraints.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Plugin libraries called Experience Providers<\/strong>, each of which brings a specific visualization experience (such as maps, panoramas, paginated documents and various forms of data visualization) into the realm of RINs.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Authoring tools to create RIN content<\/strong>. Authoring RIN content is decoupled from rendering content, much as authoring of HTML content is decoupled from rendering content. In fact authoring RIN content is an open-ended affair.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Download<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/download\/rin-studio-authoring-tool\/\">RIN Studio Authoring Tool<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Example narratives<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/explore.glacierworks.org\/en\/\" target=\"_self\">Everest: Rivers of Ice<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Learn more<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Sri Andal Temple Digital Heritage Interactive Walkthrough Demo<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.windows.com\/ie\/2013\/05\/28\/internet-explorer-reaches-new-heights-on-the-web-with-everest-rivers-of-ice\/\">Internet Explorer Reaches New Heights on the Web with Everest: Rivers of Ice<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"moray-accordion\" data-show=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn-group align-items-center mb-g float-sm-right\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\trole=\"group\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-mount=\"collapse-controls\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-aN=\"accordion-collapse-controls\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-target=\"#accordion-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"btn btn-link m-0\" aria-disabled=\"false\" aria-pressed=\"false\" data-action=\"expand\" type=\"button\" data-bi-cN=\"Expand all\">Expand all<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\"> | <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"btn btn-link m-0\" aria-disabled=\"false\" aria-pressed=\"false\" data-action=\"collapse\" type=\"button\" data-bi-cN=\"Collapse all\">Collapse all<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"accordion\" id=\"accordion-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"m-0\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse m-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-mount=\"collapse\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-target=\"#collapse-2\"\n\t\t\t\t\taria-expanded=\"false\"\n\t\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"collapse-2\">\n\t\tCollaborators\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"collapse\" id=\"collapse-2\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>Advisors<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/anandan\/\">P. Anandan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/gbell\/\">Gordon Bell<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/sdrucker\/\">Steve Drucker<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/szeliski\/\">Rick Szeliski<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/wong\/\">Curtis Wong<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Technology<\/h2>\n<h3>Core Platform and Data Model<\/h3>\n<p>Naren Datha, Joseph Joy, Eric Stollnitz<\/p>\n<h3>Interaction Design and Visual Layout<\/h3>\n<p>Kanchen Rajanna, Jatin Shah, Sujit Warrier<\/p>\n<h3>Player UX and Experience Providers<\/h3>\n<p>Nikhil Arjunagi, Joybroto Banerjee, Pushkar Chitnis, Naren Datha, Aldo John, Tanuja Joshi, Joseph Joy, Vinay Krishnaswami, Aditya Sankar, Eric Stollnitz, Anand Tekaday<\/p>\n<h3>Authoring Tools<\/h3>\n<p>Joybroto Banerjee, Naren Datha, Tanuja Joshi, Saurabh Kothari, Chinmay Kulkarni, Ajay Manchepalli, Gautham Mudambi, Poornima Rajagopal, Gopal Srinivasa, Sujit Warrier<\/p>\n<h3>Media Collections and Hosting Infrastructure<\/h3>\n<p>Robert Eberl, Joseph Joy, Gopal Srinivasa, Anand Tekaday<\/p>\n<h3>Program Management<\/h3>\n<p>Nikhil Chandran, Ajay Manchepalli, Sujit Warrier<\/p>\n<h2>Content<\/h2>\n<p>Kapil Chandran, Nikhil Chandran, Naren Datha, Rikin Gandhi, Mohit Gupta, Joseph Joy, Prasad Naldurg, Niti Madhugiri, Ajay Manchepalli, Archana Prasad, Ria Rajan, Kanchen Rajanna, Tim Robinson, Lisa Sertec, Prashant Sharma, Beatriz Stollnitz, Eric Stollnitz, Sridhar Vedantham<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Microsoft Rich Interactive Narratives (RIN) research project\u00a0combines traditional forms of storytelling with new visualization technologies to create compelling interactive digital narratives. The RIN project is an undertaking by Microsoft Research India in collaboration with the Interactive Visual Experience group in Microsoft Research Redmond and the Microsoft Research Connections. 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