decentraland – a decentralized virtual world where you can buy real estate for real dollars, where the value of your property is “guaranteed” because of (artificial) scarcity – has hit the the public phase of operation. in honor of yet another offering in the vw category trying its luck to take over … [the world?]... Read More

decentraland – a decentralized virtual world where you can buy real estate for real dollars, where the value of your property is “guaranteed” because of (artificial) scarcity – has hit the the public phase of operation. in honor of yet another offering in the vw category trying its luck to take over … [the world?]... Read More

today on the show author speculative fiction author anne charnock. drax devoured her entire oeuvre & the conversation will include all of it: tales of cognitive enhancement, stories that connect female artists from the 15th century to the 21st [or was it the 22nd?] & explorations into “artificial” child birth. her new book “bridge 108”... Read More

guest today is anrick, a director of immersive ar and vr content, founder of studio anrk & while drax is marveling over anrick’s body of work this show addresses the “elephant” in the room right at the start: layoffs at linden lab and reshuffling of talent in-house away from sansar. why is social vr [like... Read More

sci-fi master joe haldeman was in sansar in his avatar embodiment, based on a sketch drawn by himself [not only does he write and draw – joe also plays the bass-clarinet and the tenor sax in a variety of scenarios including dixieland!!] a fabulous conversation about war, hemingway, time travel and heinlein. oh yes and... Read More

today is a rerun of a fascinating conversation i had with a [professional?] troll out of second life. she is seemingly young [judging from her voice] and she spends her weekends harassing folks like myself [and i could be her dad’s age] in virtual worlds like sl, hifi, sansar, you name it.   what drives... Read More

  we are talking translation today – from video games to literary fiction – with ruth ahmedzai kemp and jessica west. wonderful show with live audience for the first time: lightsabers and snowballs were thrown all the while bristol vr lab controlled the tech aspect tightly. consequently we had great content delivered with a bit... Read More

happy 2020 dear listeners. we are back with the first show of the new year in a “radicalized” fashion = activist and writer [co-editor of boingboing] cory doctorow is our guest today and we are discussing his latest book of the same name: “radicalized” tells of predictive policing, proprietary bread, a superhero facing anti-immigrant sentiment... Read More

last show of the season, we are taking off into real life documentary filming land & holidays and and and we leave you, dear listener with a  replay of show 81: a talk with second lifers and outside slers about … yes: sansar = hopes, dreams, fears… fascinating what we anticipated back in august 2015... Read More

tim maughan is a british-born author, journalist & artist, now based in canada,  and he penned a powerful debut novel with “infinite detail”. drax is obsessed with the ar/vr component of it and the deep questions about surveillance capitalism, classism, urban gentrification & art/music as savior of humanity are just icing[s] on the cake. want... Read More