different between immersive vs widescreen

English

Etymology

immerse +? -ive

Adjective

immersive (comparative more immersive, superlative most immersive)

1. Tending to immerse.
2. Giving the impression of immersion.
   • 1999, Janet M. Noyes, Malcolm James Cook, Interface Technology: The Leading Edge, Research Studies PressLtd (?ISBN), page 125:

     An immersive system usually allows the user to move around physically so it is important that the real world allows sufficient space for this to happen safely.

   • 2016, Adam Alston, Beyond Immersive Theatre: Aesthetics, Politics and Productive Participation, Springer (?ISBN), page 21:

     However, I maintain that many immersive theatre performances still tend to assign audiences to a scheme of production that is neoliberal in character and that affects the values and meanings that are attributable to that scheme of production.

Related terms

• immersiveness
• immersivity
• immersion

Translations

French

Adjective

immersive

1. feminine singular of immersif

Italian

Adjective

immersive f

1. feminine plural of immersivo

English

Etymology

wide +? screen

Noun

widescreen (plural widescreens)

1. (often attributive) A screen with a wider aspect ratio than the ordinary 35-millimeter frame, making more effective use of the human field of view and producing a more immersive view experience.

Translations

Adjective

widescreen (not comparable)

1. (film) Filmed in a greater aspect ratio than the 1.33:1 or 1.37:1 aspect ratio.
2. (of a motion picture) Presented in the original aspect ratio; presented in letterbox orientation.

Synonyms

• panoramic

Translations

Coordinate terms

• anamorphic
• aspect ratio
• high definition
• letterbox
• modified aspect ratio
• original aspect ratio
• pan and scan