We are a community of academics and practitioners concerned with the advancement of all forms of interactive narrative – including narrative video games, interactive documentaries & videos, journalistic interactives, artistic installations, XR (VR, AR, MR) pieces, and further emerging forms.
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ARDIN is a global community of scholars and practitioners dedicated to advancing interactive storytelling. We champion innovation, interdisciplinary collaboration, and critical discourse across formats like games, XR, interactive documentaries, and installations. Our goal is to shape a future where digital narratives enrich culture, education, and society.
We combine research and practice, and among our members we can count not only academics but also creators, innovators, policy-makers, and actors of the civil society.
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Even the all-powerful Pointing has no control about the blind texts it is an almost unorthographic life One day however a small line of blind text by the name of Lorem Ipsum decided to leave for the far World of Grammar.
