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Tag: immersion

30.11.2023

Dancing Jedi or Sweaty Mess? It's in Your Hands!

In Beat Saber, an immersive virtual-reality (VR) rhythm game, you select a song, draw your sabres, and start cutting cubes.

  • Game Reviews
15.11.2023

Werewolf Sins in a German village – Between Social Deduction and Live Action Role Play 

Vanity and Pride are getting married but not all the celebration guests are human or: “How I turned more than half of the village into bloodthirsty beasts.”  #Roleplay #Werewolf #SocialDeduction #Narrative 

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27.2.2018

Breaking Illusions

Challenging the concept of immersion, flow and presence

  • Game Research Highlights
2.11.2016

DIEGESIS OR BUST – The Joy of HUDless Gaming

Convenience VS. Diegesis: The battle for immersion, and how playing with the map off makes Assassin's Creed that much more fun.

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