An ML-assisted 2-person game that fosters emotionally intimate conversations through co-creative world-building
Role: Lead designer, researcher
Team: Tiffany Chen and Jessica Mindel (software development, data analysis)
Affiliation: MIT Media Lab
Time: October 2022 – current
Closer Worlds was published and presented as Late-Breaking work at CHI 2023 in Hamburg.
Participate in future research.
To continue investigating this concept, we intend to launch a new investigation with an iteration of the game which can be played remotely. We’d love to get your feedback! If you’re interested in trying out the game, or hearing about future research opportunities, please fill out this general interest form: interest form