Dynamicland FAQ
An independent nonprofit research lab, whose mission is to enable universal literacy in a humane dynamic medium. This involves inventing a humane form of computing, and developing educational and community-based institutions in which a culture can grow. [more]
A computing environment (operating system, programming languages, philosophy) invented by Dynamicland researchers to enable us to prototype a new medium.
In Realtalk, people work together side-by-side in the real world, using their hands to create and explore computational models made of physical materials. Realtalk is made in Realtalk itself, and we do all of our day-to-day work in it. [more]
A physical place where we can grow a culture around a new medium.
From 2017 to Covid, Dynamicland was a community workspace in Oakland, California. Through ongoing community hours, open houses, workshops, and residencies, a thousand participants created hundreds of projects that could not have existed anywhere else, and helped define what communal computing looks like.
We are currently developing the next iterations of the Dynamicland space.
Documentation of what we’re hoping to achieve, what we’ve accomplished so far, and the steps along the way. We are reporting our progress, not selling or promoting anything.
The entire website is made in Realtalk, which means that everything on it physically exists. (Even this sentence.) It’s not a rendering of a virtual space — it’s a real place. [more]
A small staff of full-time researchers over the last decade, supported by a community of volunteers and collaborators. [more]
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