Gwendal Paton
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Gwendal Paton

PhD candidate in Computer Science, Bretagne INP - ENIB / Lab-STICC · Brest, France

I am a PhD candidate in computer science at ENIB (Lab-STICC, Brest), working on interactive storytelling in virtual reality. In VR, viewers are free to look wherever they want, and may miss key moments of the story. My research explores how the virtual environment and the virtual agents around the viewer, such as crowds, can adapt to sustain the narrative tension intended by the author.

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Research themes

  • VR storytelling
  • Interactive narrative
  • Narrative tension
  • Virtual agents
  • Virtual crowds
  • Affective computing
  • HCI

Recent publications

  • DemoIVA 2025, Berlin

    An Experimental Environment for Narrative Cue Evaluation in Virtual Reality

    Gwendal Paton, Anne-Gwenn Bosser, Brian Ravenet, Nathalie Le Bigot

  • PosterIVA 2025, Berlin

    Enhancing Narrative Engagement Through Virtual Crowd Modulation in VR Storytelling

    Gwendal Paton, Anne-Gwenn Bosser, Brian Ravenet, Nathalie Le Bigot

  • WorkshopWACAI 2024, Bordeaux

    Soutenir la Tension Narrative dans un Récit Interactif en Réalité Virtuelle

    Gwendal Paton, Anne-Gwenn Bosser, Brian Ravenet, Nathalie Le Bigot

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