show #133: sansar anxiety [getting stronger…]

  what do you fear about sansar, the next gen virtual world they are cooking up over at linden lab? and what are yout hopes? and why on earth do we host this show on a day where most people [especially americans] have enough anxiety about the future of the REAL world? enjoy this recording of our…

show #126: space [the final frontier?]

a podcast accompanied by a video of a virtual non sl drax walking around a desert for 40 minutes – we know: you been waiting for this one so enjoy! and now for some reading material from the context department: black mirror on netflix = required viewing! below only a non-spoiler excerpt [and no: it…

show #124: ocd at oc3

are people getting tired of oculus? no fear: half of the show deals with second life and panoramic photos and videos. enjoy: and now for the visual stuff:   our guest deeprifter aka chris madsen from morph3d I used to pride myself on playing every VR experience. Those days are long gone and that's awesome….

show #123: the three stigmata of palmer luckey

yes we are back: i know you missed jo and drax and our guest this week [roblemvr]. what are we talking about except oc3 and google vr? well, perhaps the title is an indicator. enjoy [and keep in mind = new show drops every saturday going forward]: and below find interesting material that shall contextualize…

show #90: voices of vr

the ultimate show, where a former radio person – now podcaster drax – interviews a former documentarian – now podcaster kent – about podcasting. and all that happening on a podcast sans goggles although the frame around it is vr and vws. enjoy & be inspired by the fabulous kent bye who seems to have…

show #76: tom

a new experiment on today’s show: we are sharing the raw material which will result in a [hopefully] compelling mini documentary video about digital ethnographer tom boellstorff. enjoy: and read on: – tom interviewed on geelab: – crazy #immersiveDrax meme – started by loki eliot from the original pic….. ….he made this one: Could not help…

show #59: gdc post mortem [with karl krantz]

the game developer conference in sf is over & the winner is: #vr [of course]! we have karl krantz give us the definitive overview –  what matters and what doesn’t. enjoy: more reading you like? of course: – our new sponsor fatewear is giving drax some shoes: – black dragon viewer now available to download…

show #48: always in season

what a show: if you like to hear filmmaker jackie olive explain why for her documentary about the horrific history of lynching of african-americans in the united states second life is the perfect companion environment, fast forward to 20:35 and get into it. fascinating stuff all around: read on friends: – always in season documentary…

show #45: the good old days

a show full of oldbies today, talking about the rich media landscape in second life ca 2005-2009, led by – in the print section – the intrepid publishing and reporting team at the metaverse messenger. enjoy & get some perspective, my dear n00bs: and now please read on for more: – a sl griefing video gets…

show #33: tony parisi…again [because he is that good!] [rerun]

just as i finished putting the show together, guest tony parisi informed us that he has joined philip rosedale’s high fidelity virtual world venture as advisor. indeed perfect timing to replay the interview with tony from episode 26! enjoy & let us know in comments =  who should control the metaverse of the future? philip, tony…

show #32: what about opensim? [rerun with maria korolov]

another rerun folks, a good one though: maria korolov from the hypergrid business blog talking about how open virtual worlds will fit in with the metaverse of the future. enjoy: some linkage below: – maria’s open letter to the lindens – raph koster at wikimania on online communities: – visit frau jo’s new hotel adlon…