Week 9 Questions_Sisi Wei
1. The concept of the immersive world is getting popular nowadays, people have access to experience immersive shows such as immersive restaurants, immersive cruise ships, etc. The Immersive Worlds Handbook mentions that immersive world is somewhere people want to be, somewhere people find willingness to stay. I have been to an immersive cruise ship back in China, where all the actors on the ship wore clothes from the Republic of China era (like cheongsam), the visitors could prepare to wear this kind of clothing or they could rent at the site (which is ridiculously expensive if renting at the site, but still many people are willing to pay this expense). The visitors all seemed very enjoyed this event. I am wondering if immersive worlds only attract those who already knew what the immersive world is about, so they knew if they were willing to participate and enjoy it? How could we be sure that we all find the immersive worlds the places we all want to be in?
2. As I know, in immersive world experience, visitors are not allowed to talk or to connect with the actors (if it’s show-related), there is a block between the visitors and the actors even if they are in the same space, or if they are very close physically. How could we fully enjoy and persuade ourselves to believe everything is real if this is the case?
3. Seems like all the immersive worlds/experience have some sorts of themes, like Disneyland have a theme where the world is built upon the Disney characters. Is it possible to have an immersive world but without any theme, and at the same time people still enjoy it?
4. After people experience the immersive worlds, would they get bored with the real daily lives? How do we avoid this kind of feeling?