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Diegetic UI

UI elements that exist within the game world itself, visible and logical to both the player and the character. Enhances immersion by reducing screen clutter.

In games, this means

In Alien: Isolation, the motion tracker is a physical device the character holds. In Dead Space, health is displayed on the character's spine. The UI exists in the fiction.

Tags
HUD
Immersion
UI Patterns