Research On Narrative In3D User Interface

Narrative is a traditional way of information formation and transmission method based on linguistic system, which leads to effective communication between objects. The essence of interactionis the procedure of information formation and transformation based on interface system, and the ultimate goal is the realization of effective communication. Narrative has been affecting our life since language was born, and the effect lasts in the whole procedure of personal growth and culture formation. Research on narrative has been last for decades, and a mature theoretical system with study on almost every aspects of it has been established. In this thesis, we take three-dimensional interaction interface as the research object, several principles and a general method for designing three-dimensional interaction interface with narrative feature is developed and verified.In the first part, the development of techniques, system features, and future prospects of three-dimensional interface is illustrated, and its unique superiorities on information formation and transmission are summarized. We believe that there are two dimensions of direction in the development of three-dimensional interface, one is the functional dimension, which leads to the satisfaction of user’s requirement for information itself, the other one is the narrative dimension, which leads to the formation and transmission of space-time experience.The second part studies on narrative definition, four levels of narrative definition are brought out. After the analysis on psychological level and appearance level of narrative, based on the experience of narrative theory applied in other subject, we raised the influencing factors of information transmission and space-time experience, and the form of narrative spatial variables for designing three-dimensional interaction interface is given.Based on theoretical studies, we use the classical CASE STUDY method to analyze a set of24cases of advanced three-dimensional design, which include case from corporation, laboratory and movie. The significance of narrative spatial variables are verified by these cases, and the structure holes in narrative designing space of existing three-dimensional interaction interface are discovered. A further study on the development direction of narrative used in three-dimensional interaction interface is then illustrated.In the final part, a three-dimensional clothes purchasing and dressing system is developed under the given design principles. First, we explored the narrative demand of this interface, then a visualization model for enhancing narrative of information is developed, and finally the interaction interface prototype and theoretical model for technical development are established.Based on the demand of modern IT products for interaction design, we raised the concept of narrative in this field and developed its research framework to achieve better space-time experience by enhancing the effectiveness in communication between man and machine to realize the construction of meaning. Case study proved that this framework has great potential in guiding design. Future work on narrative study in three-dimensional interaction interface should be the realization of design in three-dimensional space, after evaluation and analysis of its interface, the effectiveness of this theory on guiding three-dimensional interaction interface design can be finally verified.