I-Views

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I-Views
1997-1999: Researcher/Developer

I-Views, a system that permits individuals to use published,communally owned media clips to author narratives by assembling clips, and tobuild communities of similar interests based on comparing these narratives. Tofacilitate sharing of on-line motion pictures and initiate conversations amongstorytellers/re-tellers and audiences, I-Views allows widely distributed groups ofpeople to view, edit, compare, evaluate and discuss video material over theInternet. There are two types of tools: web-based video studio tools and virtualcommunity building tools. The former allows the user to view, select, save, re-sequence and publish video clips; while the latter allows the user to initiatedialogues by matching common interests and assumptions and build virtualcommunities around stories. By offering shared authorship, tools and virtualenvironments, I-Views demonstrates new story forms such as "SharableDocumentary."