Narrative as virtual reality 2 : revisiting immersion and interactivity in literature and electronic media
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| Language: | English |
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Baltimore, Maryland :
Johns Hopkins University Press
c2015
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Table of Contents:
- 1.The two (and thousand) faces of the virtual
- 2. VR technology as immersion and interactivity
- 3. The text as world: theories of immersion
- 4. Varieties of immersion: spatial, temporal, emotional
- 5. The text as world versus the text as game
- 6. Texts without worlds: dysfunctionality as a form of play
- 7. The many forms of interactivity
- 8. Hypertext: the functions and effects of exploratory, external interactivity
- 9. Participatory interactivity from life situations to drama
- 10. Chasing the dream of the immersive, interactive narrative