CHAPTER FIVETHE GUEST, EXPERIENCE, AND IMMERSION

  1. What is immersion and why it is valued in spatial design?
  2. Why is the guest the most important aspect of themed and consumer space design?
  3. What are some characteristics of guests that can be useful understandings for design?
  4. How does storytelling help create the immersive space?

Immersion

What Is Immersion?

In the last chapter we discussed a number of ways that can be used to make a space more realistic, more authentic, and more believable to the guest. This is only part of the picture. We could, for example, find a space that is truly authentic according to our definitions. Perhaps it is a reconstructed 18th-century French town. Every detail has been scurtinized by the designers—the costumes, ...

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