2026
-
The Library begins digitizing 11,240 cassettes from the company’s first decade
Every binaural cassette Sense/Net sold or kept between 1988 and 1998 will be digitized in Ashworth by the end of 2028.
-
Sense/Net publishes its 2026 transparency report
The second annual report covers the year to June 30, 2026, with new figures on the original cut and on requests from people who believe they appear in a title.
-
Sense/Net opens Stage 6 in Sun Valley, its first stage built for Fullfield
A 19,400-square-foot stage with a floor that can be raked, flooded or covered in sand, and a ceiling rig for weather.
-
“Overnight to Barstow” is the longest single-take Fullfield recording
Eleven hours and fourteen minutes in the cab of a refrigerated truck, from the port to the Mojave.
-
The Library deposits the Vance binaural reels with Lazarus
1,312 quarter-inch reels recorded by the company’s founder between 1979 and 1991, digitized in Ashworth and deposited for preservation.
-
Every Fullfield title now plays in its original cut, one step away
Adaptive editions stay the default, but every title now has a single switch to the edition every viewer sees.
-
Sense/Net raises session minimums for Fullfield performers and adds archive residuals
The capture-day minimum rises 14% and performers in archive titles are paid each time a title is played.
2025
-
Sense/Net publishes its first transparency report
The 2025 report covers consent, bystanders, personalized editions, playback safety and legal requests for the year to June 30, 2025.
-
Fullfield Ambient 2 comes to every new title
The second generation of Ambient renders larger crowds and touch-tracked weather, trained on a reference library more than four times larger.
2024
-
The Library’s reading room in Ashworth reopens after restoration
The 1926 mine office that houses the reading room reopens with 24 reader desks, six listening booths and four Fullfield carrels.
-
Sense/Net acquires the Kestrel Hill first-person sports catalogue
2,140 hours of helmet-camera climbing, cycling and paddling recorded in the Pacific Northwest between 1997 and 2015.
2023
-
Fullfield Ambient: every face in a Sense/Net recording is now released or generated
A new production tool fills the world around a performer with generated crowds, traffic and weather, so no member of the public appears in a title without a release.
2022
-
Sense/Net publishes version 4 of its Consent Standard
Performers gain the right to withdraw a title from public access after release, and the physiological tracks now need consent of their own.
2021
-
Sense/Net names Delia Sorensen chief executive officer
The president of Sense/Net Studios since 2014 succeeds Maureen Vance, who becomes chair emerita.
2019
-
The Sense/Net Library marks ten years of deposits with Lazarus
Since 2009 the Library has deposited 1,206 retired products and recordings with the digital preservation programme.
2017
-
Sense/Net introduces Fullfield, a new standard for first-person recording
A recording format and production system that captures picture, sound, motion, touch, breath and heart rate from the performer’s own position.