Spotlight Videos: Season 2
We are thrilled to announce season 2 of the Spotlight video series. Our team of expert researchers and guests will log field reports to catalog immersive spaces. We will chronicle each platform and feature one of their worlds. Explore even more virtual world documentaries, interviews, and featured experiences on the Teleportal TV YouTube channel.
Second Life with Tom Boellstorff
This episode features Tom Boellstorff, an anthropologist based at the University of California whose work explores culture in virtual worlds and LGBT sexualities in Indonesia. His research includes disability experience in Second Life and is featured in the documentary Our Digital Selves: My Avatar Is Me.
Second Life with Avi Bar-Zeev
Discover the origins of Second Life through a conversation with Avi Bar-Zeev, an early developer who helped create the platform's iconic building system. Explore the innovations, challenges, and ideas that shaped one of the most influential virtual worlds in history.
Resonite with Jason Moore
Join the Virtual Worlds Museum as we explore Resonite with creator Jason Moore, whose immersive productions combine live theater, roleplaying, cinema, and virtual reality. Discover how creators are using Resonite's powerful in-world tools to build the next generation of interactive experiences.
Some virtual worlds may be gone, but their impact lives on. The Sunset Spotlight series preserves the stories of pioneering platforms, vibrant communities, and digital spaces that helped shape the history of immersive culture.
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