Storylink Radio

 AI-Storytelling is Alive!

The concept of AI-driven storytelling, highlighting how AI characters can think, react, and evolve in real-time, is a cutting-edge development in the field of Interactive Media.

AI characters think, react & improvise—Shakespearean debates, self-aware robots, books speaking their own truths. Not sci-fi—Real! And it's here! Now!

Storylink Radio is dedicated to the art of storytelling, keeping literature—both ancient and modern—alive and engaging through 'edutainment'. Our mission extends beyond storytelling into immersive language learning, offering emergent readers and language learners a unique way to experience stories.

With a 40-region estate in Kitely, Storylink Radio hosts live storytelling sessions, simulcast on YouTube and in collaboration with the Seanchai Library in Second Life, allowing audiences to interact in real time. Our extensive catalog includes a podcast and YouTube channel featuring hundreds of hours of free storytelling programming.

Right now and through April, visitors can interact with authors and their characters at the Storylink Radio Exhibit at the OpenSim World’s Fair, hosted on Wolf Territories Grid.

Hypergrid link: grid.wolfterritories.org:8002:OpenSim Worlds Fair

An Interactive, AI-Driven Exhibit

The quarter-region exhibit showcases a collection of thematic vignettes, each tied to popular past storytelling sessions. Guests can explore multiple interlinked locations, accessible by walking bridges or a teleport network.

At every location, visitors can experience on-demand storytelling and engage with AI-powered personalities — the Aithereals — who bring characters and literary figures to life. These AI cast members, powered by OpenAI, are designed to embody their unique personas authentically, engaging guests, and each other!, in dynamic, real-time conversations.

Unlike scripted NPCs, Aithereals are autonomous and unscripted, ensuring unpredictable, immersive interactions—whether discussing their own stories, characters, or anything the guest wishes to explore.

Guests may converse with the Aithereals in ANY language of their choice!

How Guests Can Interact

Each location includes clickable objects to guide engagement:

• Guide Box– Provides details about the vignette and instructions on how to interact with Aithereals.
• Random Q’s Box – While guests can chat freely with the AI cast, this box offers conversation starters.
• Mystery Objects - Throughout exhibit are special objects that when investigated invite comments and reactions from the Aithereals nearby. They 'see' you!!
• Proximity Guides - As guests explore the exhibit they will encounter special AI "Guides" that will initiate & invite interactions in local chat. 

Vignettes & Aithereals
(each vignette location features an on-demand story & live AI Cast members)

• Poe’s Parlor
  Story: Shadows of Poe
  Aithereals: Edgar Allan Poe, Lenore, The Raven
• Wonderland
  Story: Alice in Wonderland – Tim Burton inspired
  Aithereals: Alice, Mad Hatter, White Rabbit, Cheshire Cat, Caterpillar, Red Queen, Talking Mushroom, Teapot
• Frankenstein’s Lab
  Story: Bride of Frankenstein
  Aithereals: Victor Frankenstein, The Monster, Bride of Frankenstein, Mary Shelley
• Dracula’s Castle Ruins
  Story: Dracula - told in one hour
  Aithereals: Dracula, Bram Stoker, Van Helsing, "Nightmare" (painting by Fuseli)
• Alice’s Restaurant
  Story: Alice's Restaurant
  Aithereals: Arlo Guthrie, William "Obie" Obanhein, Alice Brock, Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, Fasha the dog
• The OASIS
  Story: Ready Player One/Ayn Rand/Rush 2112
  Aithereals: Parzival, Art3mis
  (with fully playable arcade games - Galaga, Tempest, Mario, Pacman. And a driveable DeLorean you can take home with you!)
• Pirate Ship
  Story: High Seas Cthulhu
  Aithereals: Capt. Jack Sparrow, Davey Jones, asst. Scurvy Pirates
• The Ice Cave
  Story: The Ice Dragon – George R.R. Martin/Game of Thrones
  Aithereals: The Ice Dragon, Adara
• Griffin’s Nest
  Story: Fear of Falling
  Aithereals: Three Griffin Babies (unhatched)
• SciFi Island
  Story: Blaze of Glory by Robert Silverberg
  Aithereals: Robert Silverberg, Isaac Asimov, C3PO, R2D2, Marvin (Hitchhiker’s Guide), Rachel Rosen (Blade Runner), Cameron Phillips (Terminatrix), “Ship” (a sentient space freighter), W.O.P.R. (mainframe from WarGames)
• Easter Island
  Story: Polynesian Myths & Legends
  Aithereals: Pele (Fire Goddess), The Moai (Three speaking stone figures)
• Polynesia
  Story: Polynesian Myths & Legends
  Aithereals: Moana from Disney, Maui from classic mythology
• Open Ocean
  Story: Moby Dick – Herman Melville - short version
  Aithereals: Capt. Ahab, Moby Dick (the whale)
• Lighthouse
  Story: Lighthouse Terrors
  Aithereals: H.P. Lovecraft, Stephen King
• 1984
  Aithereals: "1984" (The Novel!)
• Stonehenge
  Story: The Battle of Clontarf
  Aithereal: Stonehenge (the structure itself!)
• Grotto:
  Aithereal: The Kraken
• Abandoned Graveyard:
  Aithereal: 'Keeper of the Crypts' (improv ghost storyteller)