immersive

[ih-mur-siv]

adjective

1. 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.

2. noting or relating to activity that occupies most of one's attention, time, or energy.

   her many years of immersive sociological fieldwork.

3. characterized by or relating to dipping, absorption, or immersion.

immersive

/ ɪˈmɜːsɪv /

adjective

1. providing information or stimulation for a number of senses, not only sight and sound

   immersive television sets

Word History and Origins

Origin of immersive¹

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

Example Sentences

Think a musical somewhat in the style of “Sleep No More,” the immersive show that ran in New York for more than a decade.

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“Videogames offer an immersive and easily accessible arena for persuasion and propaganda for hostile states, organized criminals and extremist groups,” he said.

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Having abandoned the Majestic Theatre, he’s now wreaking havoc on several floors of a nondescript building on West 57th Street, in a new immersive adaptation of the musical dubbed “Masquerade.”

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In March, he was connected with Speakeasy, which, in addition to its local immersive theater work, has also collaborated with the likes of experiential art collective Meow Wolf.

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The film, to be released nationwide on Friday by Neon, plays less like a documentary than a séance in which Orwell’s ghost watches his own warnings play out: urgent, relentless, immersive as a nightmare.

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