Immersive journalism or how virtual reality and video games are influencing the interface and the interactivity of news storytelling

The possibilities of virtual reality technologies, on the one hand,and the strong influence of videogames as a cultural industry, on the other, are greatly affecting nonfiction digital rhetoric, and journalism in particular. Immersive journalism is an emerging trend that amplifies the impact of the story by creating a sensory and interactive experience. The author presented the firstdoctoral thesis on this topic and summarizes here the context and the main features of this kind of factual storytelling