WebRTC BackRooms Podcast
This podcast explores the unsettling depths beneath the polished surfaces of contemporary tech and AI. It delves into online spaces and digital cultures, using WebRTC protocols to create peer-to-peer gathering spaces that reject mainstream platforms. The show features conversations with investigative artists, researchers, writers, and architects, examining how we inhabit an increasingly tangled world. Each episode unfolds in a virtual 'backroom' designed for the guest, favoring opacity over exposure.
Episodes
The BackRoom of Domestic Datasets & Ambiguous Dwelling w/Simone Niquille
How do machines learn to see a home, and what happens when domestic space, everyday objects, and human routines become training data for algorithms?Produced by Me AndOther Me, WebRTC BackRooms is a podcast series exploring XR, AI, and the future of hanging out in the spatial internet.This episode traces Simone C Niquille’s research into computer vision, synthetic data, and the politics of how mach
The BackRoom of Virtual Bonds w/Joe Hunting
How do relationships, communities, and gathering spaces unfold inside VRChat, and what happens when virtual bonds become as real as AFK life?Produced by Me AndOther Me, WebRTC BackRooms is a podcast series exploring XR, AI, and the future of hanging out in the spatial internet.This episode traces Joe Hunting’s documentary practice inside VRChat, documenting relationships, community, and presence i
The Backroom of Hidden Labor Behind Machine Vision w/Nicolas Gourault
Welcome to the Backroom of Hidden Labor Behind Machine Vision w/Nicolas GouraultThis is the WebRTC BackRooms, a podcast series deep-scrolling into XR, AI, and the future of hanging out in the spatial internet.In this episode, together with Nicolas Gourault, we discuss the hidden infrastructures and labor behind contemporary machine vision systems. Drawing from Nicolas’ films and research on autono
The Backroom of Internet Aesthetics and Liminal Spaces w/Valentina Tanni
Welcome to the Backroom of Internet Aesthetics and Liminal Spaces w/Valentina TanniThis is the WebRTC BackRooms, a podcast series deep-scrolling into XR, AI, and the future of hanging out in the spatial internet.In this episode, together with Valentina Tanni, we discuss the memetic strategies of internet aesthetics, how visual trends emerge and disappear almost overnight, and how certain visual la
The Backroom of im/possible image resolutions w/ Rosa Menkman
Welcome to the Backroom of im/possible image resolutions w/ Rosa Menkman.This is the WebRTC BackRooms, a podcast series deep-scrolling into XR, AI, and the future of hanging out in the spatial internet.In this first episode together with Rosa we interrogate resolutions, image standards, and politics of seeing. We ask what defines an image, what defines seeing, and what gets erased when technology
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