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FIGURE 11: The stall owner (left) prepares the peanut ice kacang (right)
It then becomes clear the avatar has ordered an additional ice kacang (Figure 12 (left)). The guide instructs the avatar to focus on it (Figure 12 (right)).
FIGURE 12: The stall owner (left) prepares the mango kacang (right
G: “Wow another one coming out!”
A: “Yes we ordered…with peanut and the other one is mango.”
G: “Okay.”
A: “Yes.”
G: “Can you focus the camera on the ice kacang?”
A: “Can you see it?”
G: “Lower a bit. Yup. Wow! That’s a huge one.”
Finally the avatar and the rest of the team (Figure 14) sit down to enjoy what they have ordered. LAN supported the whole process of moving through a place and thinking about what they wanted, trying to decide, choosing, locating a table. This involved some role negotiation, direction by the guide and initiative from the avatar. The movement also helped in getting a sense of a place and its possibilities
FIGURE 13: The avatar trying the ice kacang (left) and describing her reaction (right)
Storytelling and memories
As already noted LAN supported engagement with particular ‘journeys’ (Figure 2) to a hawker centre and, in the case below, through the hawker centre to a particular stall that the guide remembered. In the extract below the guide asks the avatar to visit a particular stall.
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