The Art of Game Design, 3rd Edition

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO Some Interfaces Create a Feeling of Presence

DOI: 10.1201/b22101-22

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How do you know that your surroundings are real, and not an illusion? We are presented with illusions all day long… photographs, videos, even 3D movies. Videos and movies, especially, have a power to pull in our consciousness, and fully engage our minds. But, as engrossing as they may be, and as realistic as they may look, we are never fooled into thinking they are real, in a real place with us, because we can see and feel that our bodies are not in the same place as the images we look upon. We might project our minds into these experiences, ...