Master of Science in Media Arts and Sciences, June 1995.

This thesis introduces a form of interactive cinema called "thinkies." Thinkies use the medium of interaction along with cinema to elicit a thought experience in an audience. Thinkies also use a number of specific techniques to affect an audience including: use of an immersive environment, integration of interaction with story, and constraint of narrative construction.

Two thinkies were created for this thesis. The first, entitled The Files of Dr. Bern, is a single viewer experience. It experiments with the design of an interactive environment and the active construction of story to elicit thinking in an audience. The second thinkie, entitled Lurker, is designed for multiple participants. The idea of an interactive cinematic experience for an audience is the main contribution of this thinkie. It also experiments with the use of dramatic control in a real time experience.

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