Presentation on the construction and maintenance of place in virtual worlds. Show images of pre-digital, unrealized and current examples of virtual worlds that are place reliant. This presentation was given at MediaPlaces 2010 conference at Umeå University in HUMlab on December 11 2010. Link: http://www.culturetech.se/mediaplaces/

1. Media Places / Virtual Worlds

4. Virtual Amsterdam Today

6. ” Designers of the BigPond site included a scaled down Uluru, with a barrier to stop people walking or flying over the sacred site. However, representatives of the traditional owners, the Anangu people, warned that even with the restrictions it may be possible to view sacred sites around Uluru, although they were continuing to investigate the issue”. News.com.au

8. Arden: The World of Shakespeare

14. Walking, not running, and getting nowhere (exploration #1) A Question of Perspective?