On this episode, two virtual worlds.
Erin Gee‘s Project H.E.A.R.T is a virtual reality game that uses your emotions to power a holographic pop star, who has to sing for combat soldiers so they don’t get too depressed to fight.
Since the early internet, Skawennati‘s been trying to make sure Indigenous people are present online; from the first Cyber PowWow in a 2D graphical chat room called The Palace, to an island in Second Life where she builds movie sets to reimagine Indigenous histories—and futures.
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