As many have said, what's compelling about Pokémon Go is its immersive play, which blurs reality and fantasy.
The graphic novel, in turn, became the basis for a theatrical piece, which Ms. von Buhler calls an "immersive play" because she involves the audience in the action.
The new area will include "rides, immersive play areas, live experiences, character appearances and will be a safe and fun environment for pre-schoolers to play and learn".
An immersive play where the audience are told they are being invited into a brothel is championing the cause of decriminalising sex work at the Edinburgh festival fringe.
The immersive play, titled Homegrown, is being created by by director Nadia Latif and playwright Omar El-Khandy, and will be developed with their cast, exploring how young people become radicalised and misconceptions about Muslims in the UK.
Regardless of views on politics and walls, anyone who is capable of a scintilla of human decency could not help but be moved by the human face this intense and powerfully immersive play — set in the vast refugee camp in Calais, France, that formed in 2015 — puts on people fleeing oppression in their homelands.
I'm pleased to report that the Kinect version of Puss In Boots is the winner this season with a protagonist that allows for some fun, immersive play.
While he's already an avid weekend gamer, I wondered if Microsoft's latest immersive play solutions would stir him in anyway.
Toy maker Hasbro is working on immersive play experiences; TOMY will bring hands-free assistance to parents using its products; WowWee is creating Alexa-connected smart toothbrushes; BabyPlus is offering a connected rubber duckie that controls smart home devices and streams music; and Novalia is developing a touch-sensitive mat for kids' immersive play.
Just a few years ago, it was the Halloween haunted house or an immersive play like Sleep No More — full of actors and props with no screens in view — that most vividly transported our minds and bodies.
