Lisa Batey
Encyclopedia
Lisa Emily Batey is a lifecaster
who has streamed live from Brooklyn
, Tokyo
and other locations as Nekomimi Lisa on Justin.tv
and Ustream.tv. She is noted both for her pioneering innovations in this field and for her extended interactions with viewers at both interior and exterior locations. On Labor Day weekend in 2007, she first began lifecasting from Japan
while simultaneously streaming live images from her apartment in Brooklyn
; the following year, she moved to Japan.
, Batey was an early lifecasting pioneer at Oberlin College
as an original participant and director of content with the now defunct Fragments of a Hologram Rose and HereandNow, founded by Erik Vidal, the nephew of Gore Vidal
. Beginning February 1999 on HereandNow, Batey and her housemates acquired a Canon digital video camera, four Pentium III servers and a fractional T1 line and began to share their college life experiences via live, unedited 24/7 video streams. Unlike JenniCam and other webcams of the time, HereandNow webcast video in better video quality via Windows Media Encoder
and was the first to stream both full motion video
and audio.
In 2007-08, Batey occasionally read viewer's poems during her Bathtub Poetry sessions, a nearly decade-old tradition dating back to her segments on HereandNow. She departed from HereandNow in 2000 due to professional disagreements. HereandNow ceased broadcasting shortly thereafter. The Community still exists via a chatroom and Yahoo! Group.
In 2004, Batey had a minor role in an independent film. PDA Massacre.
After the revival of her lifecast in mid-2007 on Justin.tv
and Ustream.tv, viewers were able to follow her through her days at work and evenings at home in Brooklyn, tending to two cats and an overgrown garden. On August 23, 2007, she streamed via an audience-controlled Surveyor SRV-1 robotic webcam called "Nekobot."
and the US Masters team at the Brooklyn Dodge YMCA.
In July 2008, she moved to Tokyo to teach English and absorb Japanese culture. Continuing to lifecast, she took viewers to various locations around the city.
In July 2011, she moved to Santo André in São Paulo
, Brazil
.
Lifecasting (video stream)
Lifecasting is a continual broadcast of events in a person's life through digital media. Typically, lifecasting is transmitted through the medium of the Internet and can involve wearable technology...
who has streamed live from Brooklyn
Brooklyn
Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...
, Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
and other locations as Nekomimi Lisa on Justin.tv
Justin.tv
Justin.tv is a website created by Justin Kan, Emmett Shear, Michael Seibel and Kyle Vogt in 2007 that allows anyone to broadcast video online. Justin.tv user accounts are called "channels", and users are encouraged to broadcast a wide variety of user-generated live video content, called...
and Ustream.tv. She is noted both for her pioneering innovations in this field and for her extended interactions with viewers at both interior and exterior locations. On Labor Day weekend in 2007, she first began lifecasting from Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
while simultaneously streaming live images from her apartment in Brooklyn
Brooklyn
Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...
; the following year, she moved to Japan.
Lifecasting
Born in Boise, IdahoBoise, Idaho
Boise is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Idaho, as well as the county seat of Ada County. Located on the Boise River, it anchors the Boise City-Nampa metropolitan area and is the largest city between Salt Lake City, Utah and Portland, Oregon.As of the 2010 Census Bureau,...
, Batey was an early lifecasting pioneer at Oberlin College
Oberlin College
Oberlin College is a private liberal arts college in Oberlin, Ohio, noteworthy for having been the first American institution of higher learning to regularly admit female and black students. Connected to the college is the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, the oldest continuously operating...
as an original participant and director of content with the now defunct Fragments of a Hologram Rose and HereandNow, founded by Erik Vidal, the nephew of Gore Vidal
Gore Vidal
Gore Vidal is an American author, playwright, essayist, screenwriter, and political activist. His third novel, The City and the Pillar , outraged mainstream critics as one of the first major American novels to feature unambiguous homosexuality...
. Beginning February 1999 on HereandNow, Batey and her housemates acquired a Canon digital video camera, four Pentium III servers and a fractional T1 line and began to share their college life experiences via live, unedited 24/7 video streams. Unlike JenniCam and other webcams of the time, HereandNow webcast video in better video quality via Windows Media Encoder
Windows Media Encoder
Windows Media Encoder is a freely downloadable trial version media encoder developed by Microsoft which enables content developers to convert or capture both live and prerecorded audio, video, and computer screen images to Windows Media formats for live and on-demand delivery. It is the successor...
and was the first to stream both full motion video
Full motion video
Full motion video based games are video games that rely upon pre-recorded TV-quality movie or animation rather than sprites, vectors, or 3D models to display action in the game. In the early 1990s a diverse set of games utilized this format...
and audio.
In 2007-08, Batey occasionally read viewer's poems during her Bathtub Poetry sessions, a nearly decade-old tradition dating back to her segments on HereandNow. She departed from HereandNow in 2000 due to professional disagreements. HereandNow ceased broadcasting shortly thereafter. The Community still exists via a chatroom and Yahoo! Group.
In 2004, Batey had a minor role in an independent film. PDA Massacre.
After the revival of her lifecast in mid-2007 on Justin.tv
Justin.tv
Justin.tv is a website created by Justin Kan, Emmett Shear, Michael Seibel and Kyle Vogt in 2007 that allows anyone to broadcast video online. Justin.tv user accounts are called "channels", and users are encouraged to broadcast a wide variety of user-generated live video content, called...
and Ustream.tv, viewers were able to follow her through her days at work and evenings at home in Brooklyn, tending to two cats and an overgrown garden. On August 23, 2007, she streamed via an audience-controlled Surveyor SRV-1 robotic webcam called "Nekobot."
Career
Batey is a New York state licensed and nationally certified massage therapist. After graduating from the Swedish Institute College of Health Sciences, she pursued lymphedema management certification through the Academy of Lymphatic Studies. An ASCA certified swim coach, she was active with Team New York AquaticsTeam New York Aquatics
Team New York Aquatics is a Masters level swim, water polo and diving team based in New York City to foster aquatic sports amongst gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender athletes and their heterosexual allies. TNYA has a membership of over 500 swimmers, divers, and water polo players...
and the US Masters team at the Brooklyn Dodge YMCA.
In July 2008, she moved to Tokyo to teach English and absorb Japanese culture. Continuing to lifecast, she took viewers to various locations around the city.
In July 2011, she moved to Santo André in São Paulo
São Paulo
São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...
, Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
.
See also
- CatgirlCatgirlA catgirl is a female character with cat traits, such as cat ears, a cat tail, or other feline characteristics on an otherwise human body. Catgirls are found in various fiction genres, and in particular Japanese anime and manga where they are more commonly referred to as Neko or Nekomimi , in...
- Jennicam
- Justine EzarikJustine EzarikJustine Ezarik , is an American viral video comedian, and Internet personality. She is best known as iJustine, a lifecaster who communicates directly with her thousands of viewers on her Justin.tv channel, ijustine.tv. She has made more than 400 videos, including videos on such subjects as Lost and...
- Sarah Austin