Meanings
comparative more immersive · superlative most immersive
- Tending to immerse.
- Giving the impression of immersion.
An immersive system usually allows the user to move around physically so it is important that the real world allows sufficient space for this to happen safely.
1999, Janet M. Noyes, Malcolm James Cook, Interface Technology: The Leading Edge, Research Studies PressLtd, →ISBN, page 1251 more example
However, I maintain that many immersive theatre performances still tend to assign audiences to a scheme of production that is neoliberal in character and that affects the values and meanings that are attributable to that scheme of production.
2016, Adam Alston, Beyond Immersive Theatre: Aesthetics, Politics and Productive Participation, Springer, →ISBN, page 21 - educationUsing or relating to the immersion technique of language teaching.
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Translations
Catalan immersiu, immersiu
- immersiutending to immerse
- immersiugiving the impression of immersion
Finnish uppoutuva
- uppoutuvagiving the impression of immersion
French immersif, immersif
- immersiftending to immerse
- immersifgiving the impression of immersion
German immersiv, eindringlich
- immersivgiving the impression of immersion
- eindringlichgiving the impression of immersion
Portuguese envolvente
- envolventegiving the impression of immersion
Spanish inmersivo, inmersivo
- inmersivotending to immerse
- inmersivogiving the impression of immersion
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with immersive
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