{"id":66755,"date":"2019-03-18T15:16:27","date_gmt":"2019-03-18T22:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/?p=66755"},"modified":"2020-10-21T17:39:43","modified_gmt":"2020-10-22T00:39:43","slug":"hypertext-hotel-vr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/hypertext-hotel-vr\/","title":{"rendered":"Virtual Reality: Hypertext Hotel \u2013 VR Student Project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-47mhgjt-44cba62e739bfafd6c0354317d866b49\">\n.avia-section.av-47mhgjt-44cba62e739bfafd6c0354317d866b49{\nbackground-color:#f3f3f3;\nbackground-image:unset;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-47mhgjt-44cba62e739bfafd6c0354317d866b49 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_submenu  avia-builder-el-first  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-66755'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-jteuv6kj-1b20d8e5318a542a086ac9d4b4659a0b\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-jteuv6kj-1b20d8e5318a542a086ac9d4b4659a0b{\npadding-bottom:0;\nfont-size:36px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-jteuv6kj-1b20d8e5318a542a086ac9d4b4659a0b .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-jteuv6kj-1b20d8e5318a542a086ac9d4b4659a0b .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:36px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-jteuv6kj-1b20d8e5318a542a086ac9d4b4659a0b .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n\n@media only screen and (min-width: 480px) and (max-width: 767px){ \n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-jteuv6kj-1b20d8e5318a542a086ac9d4b4659a0b .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:0.8em;\n}\n}\n\n@media only screen and (max-width: 479px){ \n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-jteuv6kj-1b20d8e5318a542a086ac9d4b4659a0b .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:0.8em;\n}\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-jteuv6kj-1b20d8e5318a542a086ac9d4b4659a0b av-special-heading-h2 blockquote modern-quote modern-centered  avia-builder-el-1  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  av-inherit-size'><h2 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >EMDA Stories<\/h2><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/main><!-- close content main element --><\/div><\/div><div class='clear'><\/div><div id='sub_menu1'  class='av-submenu-container av-ccd22x-31b948402dc5180a748871c459cd3d73 alternate_color  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_section  el_before_av_section  no-border goofy-foot av-sticky-submenu submenu-not-first container_wrap fullsize' style='z-index:301' ><div class='container av-menu-mobile-disabled av-submenu-pos-center'><ul id=\"menu-emda-program\" class=\"av-subnav-menu\" role=\"menu\"><li role=\"menuitem\" id=\"menu-item-1202\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-top-level menu-item-top-level-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/emda\/\" itemprop=\"url\" tabindex=\"0\"><span class=\"avia-bullet\"><\/span><span class=\"avia-menu-text\">Emerging Media &amp; 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Enter the\u00a0<em>\u201c<\/em><em>Hypertext Hotel\u2026.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The year was 1990. A room of students typing on Macintosh desktops at Brown University participated in the first ever hypertext writing workshop. Under the wing of postmodern fiction\u2019s legendary trickster, Professor Robert Coover, students accessed, constructed and soiled the binary walls of a collaborative writing space consisting of hyperlinked windows of language and the occasional MacPaint rendered illustration.<\/p>\n<p>The writers relied on traditional storytelling and the grace of the reader\u2019s imagination to raise what became the Hypertext Hotel, located in what was \u2013 and to some extent remains \u2013 an unexplored city block in literature\u2019s scholarly district.<\/p>\n<p>Fast-forward to 2019. The writing that made up the hotel \u2013 believed this time last year to be mostly lost to time \u2013 has been recovered. The HTML files that once ran on an application called Storyspace were found on Coover\u2019s old faculty PowerBook G4 and are now entering virtual reality.<\/p>\n<p>The Hotel redux, titled \u201cHypertext Hotel \u2013 VR,\u201d has been guided by 麻豆传媒女神 <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robert_Arellano\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Professor Robert Arellano<\/a>, founder of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/emda\/\">Emerging Media and Digital Art (EMDA) major at SOU<\/a>, hypertext literature pioneer and former student of Coover\u2019s. Arellano was one of the students who sat in the Brown computer lab writing hotel rooms and subplots of his own.<\/p>\n<p>Early in this year\u2019s Winter term, Arellano enlisted two all-star EMDA students, Andrew Masek and Quinn Jacobus, to model 3D rooms based on the original writing in the recovered HTML files. Masek and Jacobus have since created, in just 12 weeks, the first iteration of Hypertext Hotel \u2013 VR.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-jteusht7-db255ec7bb9ae9cca48076a60c71da53\">\n.avia-image-container.av-jteusht7-db255ec7bb9ae9cca48076a60c71da53 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-jteusht7-db255ec7bb9ae9cca48076a60c71da53 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-jteusht7-db255ec7bb9ae9cca48076a60c71da53 av-styling- avia-align-  avia-builder-el-9  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock  pop-20'   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/03\/Hypertext-Hotel-Oculus-Rift-VR-Headset.webp 800w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/03\/Hypertext-Hotel-Oculus-Rift-VR-Headset-300x158.webp 300w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/03\/Hypertext-Hotel-Oculus-Rift-VR-Headset-768x404.webp 768w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/03\/Hypertext-Hotel-Oculus-Rift-VR-Headset-710x375.webp 710w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/03\/Hypertext-Hotel-Oculus-Rift-VR-Headset-705x371.webp 705w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/03\/Hypertext-Hotel-Oculus-Rift-VR-Headset-450x237.webp 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img src=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/03\/Hypertext-Hotel-Oculus-Rift-VR-Headset.jpg\" height=\"421\" width=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/03\/Hypertext-Hotel-Oculus-Rift-VR-Headset.jpg 800w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/03\/Hypertext-Hotel-Oculus-Rift-VR-Headset-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/03\/Hypertext-Hotel-Oculus-Rift-VR-Headset-768x404.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/03\/Hypertext-Hotel-Oculus-Rift-VR-Headset-710x375.jpg 710w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/03\/Hypertext-Hotel-Oculus-Rift-VR-Headset-705x371.jpg 705w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/03\/Hypertext-Hotel-Oculus-Rift-VR-Headset-450x237.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" class=\"wp-image-66756 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-66756 avia_image  sp-no-webp\" alt=\"Hypertext Hotel Oculus Rift VR Headset\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  > <\/picture><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-jhmd4h0s-d4ac8dc1f9b589755bf34d34943d37a9\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-jhmd4h0s-d4ac8dc1f9b589755bf34d34943d37a9 .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:12px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-jhmd4h0s-d4ac8dc1f9b589755bf34d34943d37a9 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p class=\"pop-0 dig-0\" style=\"text-align: right\"><em>Andrew Masek guides an opening night attendee viewing the Hypertext Hotel through an Oculus Rift VR headset.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-jhmd4h0s-a3f8935411d22333bf755c180daabdc9 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock dig-20'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>\u201cIn 2018, at the same time as our practicum class planned to re-open the Hypertext Hotel, the Game Dev club had gotten real traction and purchased an Oculus along with a high-end PC to run VR in Unity,\u201d Arellano said. \u201cMeanwhile, Miles Inada had a 3D class that was a real turning point in the EMDA program. That\u2019s how I met Quinn Jacobus, one of the main student designers of the Hypertext Hotel \u2013 VR.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The project, which was on display at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sma.sou.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SOU\u2019s Schneider Museum of Art<\/a>\u00a0from Jan. 24 to March 16, stood as the first VR installation in a museum that has proven hospitable to digital art. The (re)opening night produced much energy \u2013 to be expected when art, wine and novel interactive realities are made free to the public.<\/p>\n<p>Hypertext Hotel \u2013 VR appeared next to four other faculty artists and two returning guest artists \u2013 Adam Bateman and Maria De Los Angeles \u2013 in a series called\u00a0\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/sma.sou.edu\/exhibitions\/from-ignorance-to-wisdom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">From Ignorance to Wisdom<\/a>\u201d\u00a0(consistent with the current campus theme of the same name).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom Ignorance to Wisdom\u201d may seem a vague title for the historic hypertext project. But as Arellano points out in his artist statement, the project was made possible by the atypical process of working with students rather than lecturing \u2013 as Coover had done in the previous writing lab on early-model Mac computers. The process requires all parties to admit ignorance, listen to the wisdom of others and learn together. It produces an effective learning environment in which students produce \u201cschool projects\u201d worthy of display in nationally recognized art museums and creative professors are positively challenged.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-jteusht7-941115ffecdb850b25fab359ad12d35a\">\n.avia-image-container.av-jteusht7-941115ffecdb850b25fab359ad12d35a img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-jteusht7-941115ffecdb850b25fab359ad12d35a .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-jteusht7-941115ffecdb850b25fab359ad12d35a av-styling- avia-align-  avia-builder-el-12  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock  pop-20'   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/03\/Hypertext-Hotel-VR-Project-in-SOUs-Schneider-Museum-of-Art.webp 1200w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/03\/Hypertext-Hotel-VR-Project-in-SOUs-Schneider-Museum-of-Art-300x225.webp 300w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/03\/Hypertext-Hotel-VR-Project-in-SOUs-Schneider-Museum-of-Art-768x576.webp 768w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/03\/Hypertext-Hotel-VR-Project-in-SOUs-Schneider-Museum-of-Art-1030x773.webp 1030w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/03\/Hypertext-Hotel-VR-Project-in-SOUs-Schneider-Museum-of-Art-705x529.webp 705w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/03\/Hypertext-Hotel-VR-Project-in-SOUs-Schneider-Museum-of-Art-450x338.webp 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img src=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/03\/Hypertext-Hotel-VR-Project-in-SOUs-Schneider-Museum-of-Art.jpg\" height=\"900\" width=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/03\/Hypertext-Hotel-VR-Project-in-SOUs-Schneider-Museum-of-Art.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/03\/Hypertext-Hotel-VR-Project-in-SOUs-Schneider-Museum-of-Art-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/03\/Hypertext-Hotel-VR-Project-in-SOUs-Schneider-Museum-of-Art-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/03\/Hypertext-Hotel-VR-Project-in-SOUs-Schneider-Museum-of-Art-1030x773.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/03\/Hypertext-Hotel-VR-Project-in-SOUs-Schneider-Museum-of-Art-705x529.jpg 705w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/03\/Hypertext-Hotel-VR-Project-in-SOUs-Schneider-Museum-of-Art-450x338.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" class=\"wp-image-66772 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-66772 avia_image  sp-no-webp\" alt=\"Hypertext Hotel VR Project in SOUs Schneider Museum of Art\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  > <\/picture><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-jhmd4h0s-d4ac8dc1f9b589755bf34d34943d37a9\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-jhmd4h0s-d4ac8dc1f9b589755bf34d34943d37a9 .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:12px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-jhmd4h0s-d4ac8dc1f9b589755bf34d34943d37a9 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p class=\"pop-0 dig-0\" style=\"text-align: right\"><em>Andrew Masek (left), Professor Arellano (center), and Quinn Jacobus (right) pose in front of two monitors presenting the Hypertext Hotel &#8211; VR project in SOU&#8217;s Schneider Museum of Art.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-jhmd4h0s-0ba908330ba383a83707617ef77fc360 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>The installation did encounter roadblocks, as may be expected of an experiential digital art project.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn the opening day, we learned that the PC we planned to run \u2018Hypertext Hotel \u2013 VR\u2019 on during the Schneider show did not have a powerful enough CPU,\u201d Arellano said. \u201cWe scrambled to find an alternative, but there was not a powerful enough rig at the university that could be dedicated to the museum for the required length of time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor the opening reception, Andrew Masek, the other main student designer, loaned us his personal machine. And the following day, the owner of Medford\u2019s Cyber Center, Anthony Kaiserman, stepped in and kindly donated a computer for the show\u2019s entire six-week run.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When you ride the elevator for a unique perspective from the hotel\u2019s 1300-level room, you might see that the project has been a catalyst for electronic literature, convincing the most reluctant of writers to jump into the quickly growing digital pool.<\/p>\n<p>The hotel also follows up on its promise of being a generative, collaborative and largely anarchic experience \u2013 one that a lone author would find hard to come by. An author could write a letter to another writer, who then writes on that letter and sends it to yet another writer. The software \u2013 whether the original <a href=\"http:\/\/eastgate.com\/storyspace\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Storyspace<\/a> or the open-source <a href=\"http:\/\/twinery.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twine<\/a> \u2013 allow a writing experience conducive to collaboration, and one that will become more streamlined and collaborative with time.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-jteusht7-4a61297ec38de9dbb41797c0e1661575\">\n.avia-image-container.av-jteusht7-4a61297ec38de9dbb41797c0e1661575 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-jteusht7-4a61297ec38de9dbb41797c0e1661575 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-jteusht7-4a61297ec38de9dbb41797c0e1661575 av-styling- avia-align-  avia-builder-el-15  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock  pop-20'   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/03\/SOU-Hypertext-Hotel-VR-Installation-EMDA-Red-Room.webp 800w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/03\/SOU-Hypertext-Hotel-VR-Installation-EMDA-Red-Room-300x158.webp 300w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/03\/SOU-Hypertext-Hotel-VR-Installation-EMDA-Red-Room-768x404.webp 768w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/03\/SOU-Hypertext-Hotel-VR-Installation-EMDA-Red-Room-710x375.webp 710w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/03\/SOU-Hypertext-Hotel-VR-Installation-EMDA-Red-Room-705x371.webp 705w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/03\/SOU-Hypertext-Hotel-VR-Installation-EMDA-Red-Room-450x237.webp 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img src=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/03\/SOU-Hypertext-Hotel-VR-Installation-EMDA-Red-Room.jpg\" height=\"421\" width=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/03\/SOU-Hypertext-Hotel-VR-Installation-EMDA-Red-Room.jpg 800w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/03\/SOU-Hypertext-Hotel-VR-Installation-EMDA-Red-Room-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/03\/SOU-Hypertext-Hotel-VR-Installation-EMDA-Red-Room-768x404.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/03\/SOU-Hypertext-Hotel-VR-Installation-EMDA-Red-Room-710x375.jpg 710w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/03\/SOU-Hypertext-Hotel-VR-Installation-EMDA-Red-Room-705x371.jpg 705w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/03\/SOU-Hypertext-Hotel-VR-Installation-EMDA-Red-Room-450x237.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" class=\"wp-image-66776 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-66776 avia_image  sp-no-webp\" alt=\"SOU Hypertext Hotel VR EMDA Red Room\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  > <\/picture><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-jhmd4h0s-d4ac8dc1f9b589755bf34d34943d37a9\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-jhmd4h0s-d4ac8dc1f9b589755bf34d34943d37a9 .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:12px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-jhmd4h0s-d4ac8dc1f9b589755bf34d34943d37a9 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p class=\"pop-0 dig-0\" style=\"text-align: right\"><em>Scene from the Hypertext Hotel \u2013 VR installation.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-jhmd4h0s-a3f8935411d22333bf755c180daabdc9 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock dig-20'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>After putting on the Oculus headset and walking through the 3D hotel rooms, an observer might be left to ask what\u2019s next in the Hotel project? The \u201cHypertext Hotel \u2013 VR\u201d showcases what is possible for artists, in largely accessible ways. Writers collaborate with each other in a computer lab and merge their work with that of 3D artists, VR experts, programmers and others. The redux is a catalyst for more students and artists, such as Masek and Jacobus, to collaborate by bringing the original stories to life again \u2013 maybe alongside some new ones.<\/p>\n<p>In line with the tradition of storytelling, the hotel has become a place to write stories inspired by what is possible now, in celebration of what came before.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-jteusht7-0446184092f72d8510f48baf7f51d12a\">\n.avia-image-container.av-jteusht7-0446184092f72d8510f48baf7f51d12a img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-jteusht7-0446184092f72d8510f48baf7f51d12a .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-jteusht7-0446184092f72d8510f48baf7f51d12a av-styling- avia-align-  avia-builder-el-18  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock  pop-20'   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/03\/SOU-Hypertext-Hotel-VR-Installation.webp 800w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/03\/SOU-Hypertext-Hotel-VR-Installation-300x165.webp 300w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/03\/SOU-Hypertext-Hotel-VR-Installation-768x423.webp 768w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/03\/SOU-Hypertext-Hotel-VR-Installation-705x389.webp 705w,https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/03\/SOU-Hypertext-Hotel-VR-Installation-450x248.webp 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img src=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/03\/SOU-Hypertext-Hotel-VR-Installation.jpg\" height=\"441\" width=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/03\/SOU-Hypertext-Hotel-VR-Installation.jpg 800w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/03\/SOU-Hypertext-Hotel-VR-Installation-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/03\/SOU-Hypertext-Hotel-VR-Installation-768x423.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/03\/SOU-Hypertext-Hotel-VR-Installation-705x389.jpg 705w, https:\/\/sou.edu\/academics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2019\/03\/SOU-Hypertext-Hotel-VR-Installation-450x248.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" class=\"wp-image-66777 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-66777 avia_image  sp-no-webp\" alt=\"SOU Hypertext Hotel VR Installation\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  > <\/picture><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-jhmd4h0s-d4ac8dc1f9b589755bf34d34943d37a9\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-jhmd4h0s-d4ac8dc1f9b589755bf34d34943d37a9 .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:12px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-jhmd4h0s-d4ac8dc1f9b589755bf34d34943d37a9 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p class=\"pop-0 dig-0\" style=\"text-align: right\"><em>Scene from the Hypertext Hotel \u2013 VR installation.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-jhmd4h0s-0ba908330ba383a83707617ef77fc360 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><a href=\"\/academics\/emda\/\">Learn more about the Emerging Media &amp; 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