You want to make experiences that actually do something people inside them.
We call things that people gather around “campfires.”
Films. Games. Rides. Events. XR. Worlds.
And there’s a question underneath all of them that turns out to be surprisingly hard to answer:
What actually happened to the people who entered?
“Reinventing the Campfire” is a three-minute film about that question.
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You just watched someone build a fire and almost miss it.
That happens in anything built for other people. The thing gets made. It works. But what actually happened to the people inside it can remain surprisingly unclear.
The Five Depths of True Participation
Five short videos give you a language for seeing what kind of participation an experience is actually creating — not only what its creator hoped would happen.
You’ll be able to look at a film, product, meeting, ride, event, or experience and ask a much more precise question:
What depth are we actually designing for?
This mini-course begins with DEPTH 1: ENACTMENT
Scroll down after viewing
You just watched someone build a fire and almost miss it.
That happens in anything built for other people. The thing gets made. It works. But what actually happened to the people inside it can remain surprisingly unclear.
The Five Depths of True Participation
Five short videos give you a language for seeing what kind of participation an experience is actually creating — not only what its creator hoped would happen. You’ll be able to look at a film, product, meeting, ride, event, or experience and ask a much more precise question: What depth are we actually designing for?
This mini-course begins with DEPTH 1: ENACTMENT