Modeling generative interplay using actingrole model. From distributed collaboration to generative interplay

Abstract

Design generation requires an interaction between users and between user and computer with a certain understanding of the contextual situations and relevant design knowledge. We call such interactive behaviors interplays. Insight gained through an empirical approach based on role-play provides a strong description of the mechanism behind generative interplay. Different from the simulation of various design factors, role-playing preserves certain immersive conditions and unexpected results based on interaction and collaboration among different actors. Using this metaphor, a distributed collaboration framework called acting role model (ARM) is described. The components and knowledge base of ARM are described and elaborated together with interplay explorations (WALE and DARIS).

Keywords:

• Role Interplay
• Acting Role Model
• distributed generation
• DARIS
• situated design
• design simulation game

Acknowledgements

This research is partially supported by the National Science Council under grant No. NSC-91-2211-E-009-054. The author wants to thank for Jessica Huang, Shang-Cheng Shih, Ih-Cheng Lai, Yi-Hsiang Huang, and Daniel Chen for participating and discussion in this study.

Notes

¹‘A psychotherapeutic technique in which participants are assigned roles to be played spontaneously within a dramatic context devised by a therapist in order to understand the behavior of people with whom they have difficult interactions.’ from The American Heritage Dictionary.