here are virtual worlds created? Pangyo Techno Valley, the self-proclaimed “Silicon Valley of South Korea,” is home to numerous tech platforms, conglomerates, and start-ups. Pangyo, the city where this technological nexus is located, is composed of transportation hubs, bedroom communities, shopping malls and outlets, schools, and hospitality-centered complexes. Like other satellite cities around Seoul, it sprawls outward from a center, bringing with it urban developments, highly manicured landscaping, and mechanical waterfalls that decorate public domains. The domesticated nature in these spaces feels virtual, as if
