Includes index.
Revised edition of: Narrative as virtual reality : immersion and interactivity in literature and electronic media. 2001.
Introduction
Virtuality
The two (and thousand) faces of the virtual
VR technology as immersion and interactivity
The poetics of immersion
The text as world: theories of immersion
Varieties of immersion: spatial, temporal, emotional
The poetics of interactivity
The text as world versus the text as game
Texts without worlds: dysfunctionality as a form of play
The many forms of interactivity
Hypertext: the functions and effects of exploratory, external interactivity
Reconciling immersion and interactivity
Participatory interactivity from life situations to drama
Chasing the dream of the immersive, interactive narrative
Conclusion.
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Narrative as virtual reality 2 : revisiting immersion and interactivity in literature and electronic media by Marie-Laure Ryan. ISBN 9781421417974. Published by Johns Hopkins University Press in 2015. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
