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Segment Reporting, Geographic Information, and Significant Customers - Summary of Customers Comprising More Than 10% in Net Revenue (Detail) (Net Revenues [Member], Customer Concentration Risk [Member])	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014		Dec. 31, 2013		Dec. 31, 2012
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Revenue by major customer	67.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1		47.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1		24.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
Samsung Electronics [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Revenue by major customer	38.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1 / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis = us-gaap_SalesRevenueNetMember / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis = us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember / us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis = immr_CustomerMember		47.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1 / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis = us-gaap_SalesRevenueNetMember / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis = us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember / us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis = immr_CustomerMember		24.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1 / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis = us-gaap_SalesRevenueNetMember / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis = us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember / us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis = immr_CustomerMember
Customer B [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Revenue by major customer	17.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1 / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis = us-gaap_SalesRevenueNetMember / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis = us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember / us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis = immr_CustomerBMember			[1]		[1]
Customer C [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Revenue by major customer	12.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1 / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis = us-gaap_SalesRevenueNetMember / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis = us-gaap_CustomerConcentrationRiskMember / us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis = immr_CustomerCMember			[1]		[1]
Customer D [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Revenue by major customer		[1]		[1]		[1]
Customer E [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Revenue by major customer		[1]		[1]		[1]
Customer F [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Revenue by major customer		[1]		[1]		[1]
Customer G [Member]
Concentration Risk [Line Items]
Revenue by major customer		[1]		[1]		[1]
[1] Revenue derived from customer represented less than 10% for the period.

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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 825

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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