A conversation with the future president of the United States of the Metaverse - Yui Araki

Welcome to the Enter VR podcast! Join us for an amazing episode featuring my friend Yui Araki. Come learn about Yui's journey in the industry and catch a quick glimpse into the landscape of the VR community in Japan.

Show notes:

45: Yui's past life before VR.

2:00 Yui's journey into the industry.

4:00 Why Hatsune Miku makes so much sense in VR

6:30 Hatsune Miku is not alive but she is also not "dead"

9:15 Hatsune Miku will transcends all mediums, including VR

12:30 Anime is driving VR adoption in Japan.

13:30 A migration towards the metaverse has been underway for some time. 

14:00 Why are people in Japan migrating to the metaverse?

16:15 Does Yui want to leave reality and live in the metaverse?

18:00 Yui is ready for the metaverse. 

19:45 Enjoying beer parties in VR

20:45 Yui wants to own her country in VR while raising a wholesome family. 

24:30 VR allows Yui to form a family across long distances

25:30 Going from cram school teacher to VR industry professional

28:00 Yui taught herself Unity on her phone while on the train

32:00 The ultimate Hatsune Miku experience would be an ultra realistic AI. 

35:00 Yui's lessons navigating the industry

37:30 Present Yui's message to future Yui.

Thanks to Yui for being a true scholar and bad ass of virtual reality and thank you for listening !

Stay in touch with Yui with the link below:

https://twitter.com/Somelu01