A podcast deep-scrolling into XR, AI, and the future of hanging out in the spatial internet

WebRTC BackRooms Podcast

Technology EN ↓ 3 episodes

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...

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A podcast deep-scrolling into XR, AI, and the future of hanging out in the spatial internet

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The Backroom of Hidden Labor Behind Machine Vision w/Nicolas Gourault 14.05.2026 39:49

Welcome to the Backroom of Hidden Labor Behind Machine Vision w/Nicolas Gourault 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 episode, together with Nicolas Gourault, we discuss the hidden infrastructures and labor behind contemporary machine vision systems. Drawing from Nicolas’ films and research on auto...

The Backroom of Internet Aesthetics and Liminal Spaces w/Valentina Tanni 18.03.2026 53:12

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 l...

The Backroom of im/possible image resolutions w/ Rosa Menkman 23.12.2025 59:20

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 technol...