WebRTC Backrooms
A podcast deep-scrolling into XR, AI, and the future of hanging out in the spatial internet
A podcast deep-scrolling into XR, AI, and the future of hanging out in the spatial internet
In the podcast, we slip behind the polished interfaces of contemporary tech and AI to uncover the disquieting depths beneath. Wandering through online spaces and digital cultures, we turn WebRTC protocols into peer-to-peer spaces of gathering — an alternative beyond mainstream platforms.
The virtual space where we meet favors opacity over exposure and rejects the logic of the clearnet, data extraction, and the surveillance systems shaping today’s major corporate platforms. The format unfolds as a series of virtual rooms, or backrooms, created for each guest.
Here, we meet investigative artists, researchers, writers, and architects, and together we attempt to trace the uncanny ways in which we inhabit an increasingly tangled world.
Here, we meet investigative artists, researchers, writers, and architects, and together we attempt to trace the uncanny ways in which we inhabit an increasingly tangled world.
Our guests for this first season are
Rosa Menkman
Nicolas Gourault
Simone Niquille
Davide Tommaso Ferrando
Valentina Tanni
Liam Young
Space Popular
Joe Hunting
Mads Damsbo & Piotr Winiewicz
The virtual space where we meet favors opacity over exposure and rejects the logic of the clearnet, data extraction, and the surveillance systems shaping today’s major corporate platforms. The format unfolds as a series of virtual rooms, or backrooms, created for each guest.
Here, we meet investigative artists, researchers, writers, and architects, and together we attempt to trace the uncanny ways in which we inhabit an increasingly tangled world.
Here, we meet investigative artists, researchers, writers, and architects, and together we attempt to trace the uncanny ways in which we inhabit an increasingly tangled world.
Our guests for this first season are
Rosa Menkman
Nicolas Gourault
Simone Niquille
Davide Tommaso Ferrando
Valentina Tanni
Liam Young
Space Popular
Joe Hunting
Mads Damsbo & Piotr Winiewicz
a project by Me AndOther Me
Direction & Production: Me AndOther Me
Camera Work: Cenk Güzelis, Luca Lazzari, Viktoria Märkl, Lilly Krüger,
Ruben Ungerathen, Adrian Weiss, Linus Memmel
Visuals & Technical Work: Me AndOther Me & Luca Lazzari
Music: Mehmet Cakir, Paul Böhm, Dilâ Kırmızıtoprak
Sound Mastering: Kristaps Austers
Record3D App Developer: Marek Simonik
Text and Research: Me AndOther Me
Thanks to the ORF III Cultural Advisory Board
Produced with the support of the Federal Ministry for Housing, Arts,
Culture, Media and Sport as part of the funding program Pixel, Bytes + Film