Pooky Amsterdam reports on a conversation she had with someone who might just be one of the pioneers of virtual world television. Steve Benford was part of a research project in the United Kingdom who worked on merging virtual reality, virtual worlds, and television at the turn of the century. Their work on “inhabited TV” would later be mirrored by the work of machinimists and VWTV producers. Steve Benford and Inhabited TV: The beginnings of VWTV.
It's Playing, Just With Research 