According to a new report by analyst firm ThinkBalm, immersiveness is not an all-or-nothing proposition but a continuum.
On the low-immersion extreme are virtual worlds with cartoony graphics, static camera angles, no spacial voice, and limited gestures.
High-immersive worlds, by comparison, have realistic graphics, customizable avatars, spacial audio and a full range of gestures and animations.
An immersive environment can run either in a separate application, or inside a Web browser.
The richness of the environment is determined “by the degree to which the user’s senses are engaged, and the desirability and meaningfulness of the activity in which the user is participating,” said Sam Driver and Erica Driver, the authors of the report.
Hypergrid Business editor and publisher Maria Korolov is a science fiction novelist. During the day, Maria Korolov is an award-winning freelance technology journalist who covers artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and enterprise virtual reality. See her Amazon author page here and follow her on Twitter, Facebook, or LinkedIn. Email her at maria@hypergridbusiness.com. Her first virtual world novella, Krim Times, made the Amazon best-seller list in its category. Her second novella, The Lost King of Krim, is out now. She is also the publisher of MetaStellar, a new online magazine of speculative fiction.
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