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immersive

[ ih-mur-siv ]

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adjective

noting or relating to digital technology or images that actively engage one's senses and may create an altered mental state:
immersive media;
immersive 3D environments.
noting or relating to activity that occupies most of one's attention, time, or energy:
her many years of immersive sociological fieldwork.
characterized by or relating to dipping, absorption, or immersion.

immersive

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adjective

providing information or stimulation for a number of senses, not only sight and sound
immersive television sets

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Word History and Origins

Origin of immersive¹

First recorded in 1630–35; immerse ( def ) + -ive ( def )

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Fyre Festival 2 boasted “unforgettable performances, immersive experiences,” but an artist lineup was never revealed.

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It's an intense, immersive experience watching Alex Garland's latest film Warfare, which plunges you almost immediately into the thick of a US military surveillance mission which goes wrong, in Iraq in 2006.

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Gone were lands centered around a broader concept — the frontier, adventure — and in their place were fully immersive environments based on a single IP — intellectual property, in industry speak.

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Distance Technologies, a start-up backed by Google creates headset-free immersive technologies.

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“The internet has evolved from desktop to mobile, from mobile to social, and now we are entering the immersive era,” Vlassopulos said in a statement.

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immersion objective immesh

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