In the early 1990s in Paris, with journalist Patrice Barrat, Spencer developed the innovative "Vis à Vis" series: transcontinental two-way video dialogues linking people ‘face to face’ from their homes and workplaces using videoconference technology.
In the early 1990s in Paris, Spencer collaborated with journalist Patrice Barrat on a project called "Vis à Vis" that used videoconference technology to facilitate transcontinental two-way video dialogues between people who were physically separated.