Brief differentiation of the “roleplaying” lexical field.
Roleplaying: The general activity of behaving as a character.
Tabletop roleplaying (ttrpg): Games based on collaborative narration, generally held physically around a table and led by a Game Master (GM).
RPG: Computer games inspired by ttrpg systems, such as personalized characters with statistics that encounter a variety of non-playing characters (NPCs) in their journey.
Live Action Roleplaying (larp): Roleplaying game where participants physically enact their characters, generally in immersive or evocative settings.
Brief differentiation of terms used in “immersive technology”.
Virtual Reality (VR): Computer-generated environment generally seen through a close to eye 3D display, interactive or not.
Augmented Reality (AR): View of the real-world superimposed with computer-generated elements, interactive or not.
Mixed Reality (MR): Blend of real and digital elements that interact with one another.
Reality: ???
This research will mostly address VR, however, most of the topics in this text are conceptually relevant to both AR and MR.