interactive entertainment
Playable digital media
Interactive entertainment refers to media and activities where the audience actively participates rather than passively observes.
Video games are the most prominent example, but the category also includes virtual reality experiences, escape rooms, and certain theme park attractions.
The defining feature is that user input shapes the experience in real time.
The interactive entertainment industry generates more revenue than film and music combined.
- escape roomsTimed group puzzle challenges
- immersive theaterPerformance surrounding its audience
- video gamesInteractive electronic entertainment
- choose your own adventureReader-controlled branching narrative
- multiplayer gamesEntertainment for several people
motion controls · pinball machines · virtual reality · simulation training · board games · party games · trivia night · laser tag · role-playing games · augmented reality · sandbox games · arcades · paintball · online communities · mobile apps · karaoke · mahjong · game engines
interactive entertainmentbroadcast media
Transmitted mass communication channels
cinema · theatrical film · radio programming · lecture · spectator sports
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