Spotlight Videos: Sunset
The Sunset Spotlight video series documents virtual worlds that have closed (have been Sunset) and have shaped immersive culture. Featuring platforms such as Nowhere, Rec Room, and others, these videos preserve the stories, communities, and spaces that deserve to be remembered. Explore even more virtual world documentaries, interviews, and featured experiences on the Teleportal TV YouTube channel.
Nowhere with Maxx Berkowitz
NOWHERE Studio was founded to build bespoke experiences for their clients & communities in the NOWHERE Platform. Founded by Jon Morris, Maxx Berkowitz, & Ana Constantino from The Windmill Factory in early 2020, the project was a response to the COVID19 pandemic and a need to bring people together virtually during a time of unprecedented social distance.
Nowhere was a patform that allowed people to create events and meetups in a variety of different virtual use cases, such as town halls, all hands, training, networking, conferences, festivals, live comedy, show & tell, scavenger hunts, fan clubs, birthday parties, memorials, and many others. It contained spatialized audio, audience controls, screen sharing, and user generated content.
Nowhere was a patform that allowed people to create events and meetups in a variety of different virtual use cases, such as town halls, all hands, training, networking, conferences, festivals, live comedy, show & tell, scavenger hunts, fan clubs, birthday parties, memorials, and many others. It contained spatialized audio, audience controls, screen sharing, and user generated content.
Rec Room with Ink Overflow
This fourth episode features VirtualWorlds.Museum researcher “In Kenzo” and AI archivist “SEHU” as they teleport into Rec Room to interview Ink Overflow. The video demonstrates one of the many ways the Virtual Worlds Museum™ catalogs immersive platforms through in-world documentation and conversation.
Special Edition: This recording takes on added significance following Rec Room’s announcement that it will sunset on June 1. Filmed and edited for posterity on December 15, the episode preserves a moment in the platform’s community, creative output, and lived experience prior to its closure.
Special Edition: This recording takes on added significance following Rec Room’s announcement that it will sunset on June 1. Filmed and edited for posterity on December 15, the episode preserves a moment in the platform’s community, creative output, and lived experience prior to its closure.
Return to Spotlight Video Series Season 1 and explore the pioneering virtual worlds, communities, and creators that helped shape immersive culture. Discover the stories that laid the foundation for the virtual worlds that followed.
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