MyStory: a prototype system with a view to immortality digital

• Renan L. L. de Souza Federal University of Mato Grosso
• Cristiano Maciel Federal University of Mato Grosso
• Eunice P. dos Santos Nunes Federal University of Mato Grosso
• Fabiana Freitas Mendes University of Brasília
• Ailton Ribeiro Federal University of Bahia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/ihc_estendido.2022.224175

Abstract

Every interaction of an individual with the cybernetic environment generates a data trail. Such data can be reused to reconstruct a person’s history and create an avatar that will digitally represent them in the cyber environment, thus allowing the perpetuation of their afterlife through digital data. However, the topic of digital immortality is under development and has few examples in practice. In this sense, this work aims to present the prototyping of a system that aims to represent an individual and its history digitally. Questionnaires, focus group and semiotic inspection method were used. In this way, a medium fidelity prototype of the MyStory system was developed, which aims to meet the objective of this work.

Keywords: digital legacy, digital immortality, prototyping, avatar

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