Hamlet On The Holodeck / quote 19 of 23
The four essential properties of digital environments
Digital environments are procedural, participatory, spatial, and encyclopedic. The first two properties make up most of what we mean by the vaguely used word 'interactive'; the remaining two properties help to make digital creations seem as explorable and extensive as the actual world, making up much of what we mean when we say that cyberspace is 'immersive'.