Zarf Updates

Happy New Year! NarraScope is once again calling for talks, games, and -- new this year -- experiences.

NarraScope will be in Albany, NY this year (June 12-14), thanks to support from the University at Albany.

As always, we will have a full weekend of talks and presentations. Last year in Philadelphia, we added the NarraScope Showcase, where people could demo games in a dedicated room and time slot. We'll be doing that again in 2026. And now also adding:

"The Experience": Bridging the Physical and Digital Worlds through Narrative

For Narrascope 2026, we are thrilled to announce a new track dedicated to narratives with the intention to blur the lines between the physical and digital worlds.

We invite you to help us explore and celebrate the future of embodied narrative. If your work tells a story by transformation between physical and digital spaces, we want to hear from you.

We are seeking projects that tell a story through a participatory experience, and are looking for creators who use technology as a way to weave narratives into the fabric of our surroundings.

What does that mean? Check out the web site. Could be AR, mixed-reality, projection mapping, interactive installations... we don't know what else. We shall find out!

Submissions for all of the above are now open. Deadline for proposals is January 31st. Go wild.