The "Next Big Thing" is a Room | Phenomenal World

Digital cities can act differently from physical ones. While we're used to our cities changing slowly, brick by brick, building by building, virtual metropolises can play by different rules. "Dynamic land" that changes based on one's activity is just one example.

A community space and possible future.

If the dynamic medium is to serve as the foundation for new modes of thought and communication, it must lift all people, not just those traditionally advantaged by technology. There is no product we can ship to achieve this goal.

Instead, we are building Dynamicland as a community space, where the people of Oak... See more

This isn’t new to culture — this is culture. The difference is that software now mediates a significant share of our experience within and between worlds. And software that affords presence or spatial awareness — from a simple video chat app to a more immersive game-like product — can establish a type of proximity between individuals, or even betwe... See more