Luís Frias

PhD student, Digital Media

Education:
- Post Graduate Studies in New Media and Web Technologies, UNL | FCSH (2008-2009)
- Post Graduate Studies in Design Ergonomics for Information Systems, UTL | FMH (2005)
- Post Graduate Studies in Urban Design, CPD | Barcelona University (2003-2004)
- BA in Communication Design, FBAUL (1992-1996)

Professional Experience:
- Graphic Designer, Freelance (1995-2009);
- New Media Product Development Director, WAY Marketing Agency (2007-2008)
- Creative Director, WAY Marketing Agency (2006-2007)
- Assistant Professor, Portalegre Polytechnic School, Design Dept., IPP-ESTG (1999-2006)

Research Abstract:
Interactive Narratives in a Multisensorial Environment - The development of new digital systems and the relative accessibility of digital tools for the design, printing and production of narrative content has led traditional distribution and broadcasted narrative content to a dead end. A new interactive, personalized relationship which developed first between videogames and their audience, and later with PC based game narratives, has profoundly influenced all of the narrative media formats. In order to achieve a fully interactive, multisensory narrative experience, research is necessary in both the conceptual area of collaborative storytelling (which allows the audience to contribute to the script through interaction) and in the physical computer systems and interfaces which can read and produce the final output multi-sensorially.