EnterVR

Time stamp and notes:

1:00 The origins of Atom Jay. 3D printing meets VR thanks to Terrence McKenna.

6:00 Personal 3D printing is a volatile landscape

9:00 The implications of 3D printing. The spread of distributed freedom.

11:00 Personal 3D printing will have cultural ramifications.

12:00 How do you start a business around 3d printing?

16:00 The applications that intersect the world of 3D printing with the world of VR.

33:00 Does 3D printing need to become approachable to the average person?

35:00 Terence McKenna spoke about VR extensively.

48:00 What will our future cultural divides look like?

Thanks so much to Atom JAay for being a true scholar and gentleman of virtual reality. Find him in VRChat!

Thanks for listening!

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Song in the intro is by Estas Tonne. Please support the artist!

https://estastonne.com/

Hello and welcome to a very special episode of the Enter VR podcast! On this episode I'm joined by my friends Dara Bonakdar, James Blaha, Steve Gehrman and Eric. Come along as we discuss a whole range of topics.

Here is snippet of some of the things we talked about :

1:00 Recap of CES. (please don't sue me Christopher Nolan!)

5:00 Quad copter taxis are coming.

9:00 Hunting down drones with drones will become a business.

11:00 Grandmas can't compete with VR porn reactions on youtube.

12:50 It doesn't matter whether this reality is a simulation or not.

16:00 CV2 of the Rift and Vive will have AR capabilities.

20:00 Discussion on the price of the Rift.

48:00 A hand job is still a job. Virtual reality brothels will be a thing one day.

56:00 Which HMD is the most comfortable?

1:02:00 Will Android win the VR race in the long run?

1:13:00 Get ready for the self driving car economy.

1:43:00 The hidden reason why Foveated rendering is important.

Thanks to Steve, Erick, Dara and James for being true scholars and gentlemen of virtual reality and thank you for listening!

Follow up with the links below:

https://twitter.com/jamesblaha

http://seevividly.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/darabonakdar

[email protected]

http://tentonraygun.com/

http://distantfutu.re/

Hello and welcome to another installment of the Enter VR podcast! On this episode I speak with Orion Bukantis from Logical Increments about getting the PC hardware necessary to run good VR this year. Let's get educated!

Big thanks to Orion for being a true scholar and gentleman of virtual reality and thank you for listening!

Keep in touch Orion with the links below:

http://www.logicalincrements.com/articles/vrguide/

https://twitter.com/logicalinc

Hello and welcome to Enter VR!

On this episode I speak with Azad Balabanian, a VR researcher at University of California at Santa Cruz. Azad and I talked about finding where the feeling of presence comes from inside the brain, lessons learned in the realm of VR user experience design, body ownership and much more!

Thanks to Azad for being a true scholar and gentleman of virtual reality and thank you for listening!

Follow up with Azad and check out links to some of things we talked about below:

https://twitter.com/AzadUX

Leap Motion Dragonly AR https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxM4vN_4jJY

Child Body size over estimation http://www.pnas.org/content/110/31/12846.abstract

body language, space taking, and confidence https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ks-_Mh1QhMc

Proteus effect https://vhil.stanford.edu/pubs/2007/yee-proteus-effect.pdf

emotional intelligence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotional_intelligence

Thanks again to James Blaha for letting me use his 'Clubbed to death remix'.

Check out the song on his soundcloud page:

https://soundcloud.com/optometrist-prime/clubbed-to-death-live-remix

Hello and welcome to Enter VR!

On this episode I speak with Dara Bonakdar. Dara is the founder of Jahan, a platform that will allow you to visit the world's museums and heritage sites with Virtual reality. Come along as we discuss the future challenges of VR, finding the money in the art world and cracking an egg with one's buttocks.

Here is a snippet of the first ten minutes of one my favorite conversations yet:

1:00 The best bison burger in the world is in the middle of the California woods.

2:00 How Dara got involved in VR first place.

5:00 What will happen to tour guide jobs once VR museums become mainstream?

8:00 How will Jahan make profits.

10:00 How to find the 'money' in the art world?

Thanks very much to Dara for being a true scholar and gentleman of virtual reality and thank you for listening!

Follow up with Dara with the links below:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/darabonakdar

https://angel.co/dara-bonakdar

Also, thanks to James Blaha for letting me use his Tupac mix for the intro of this show. Find the song at his profile page:

https://soundcloud.com/optometrist-prime/me-against-the-world

Hello and welcome to Enter VR!

On this episode I speak with Mike Alger, a UX VR designer.

Here is a snippet of some of the things we talked about:

1:00 Intro. How Mike became involved in VR.

2:00 The origin of Mike's attraction for motion graphics and user experience design.

9:00 The allure of VR.

15:00 How important is hardware in getting people to like vr?

18:00 Why does VR matter in our time?

20:20 Closing thoughts and how to get in touch.

Thanks again to Mike for being a true scholar and gentleman of virtual reality and thank you for listening!

Also thanks to the guys at VR UX for getting Mike and I to sit down in the same room to chat!

Follow up with Mike and VRUX with the links below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id86HeV-Vb8

@thealphamike on twitter.

http://vrux.co/

Hello and welcome to another installment of the Enter VR podcast! On this episode I hang out with Aaron Lemke, Founder at Unello Design and all around scholar and gentleman of the proto metaverse. Come along as we dive into conversation about VR deving and some other loosely tan genial subjects to VR.

1:00 Getting a proper Audio metronome to work in Unity?

1:10 What is Unity good and bad at?

2:50 12 hour work days will ruin your posture.

5:00 Can standing desks be bad for you ?

6:10 Wearing an HMD while walking on a treadmill?

7:30 VR developers on the side walk eating tacos.

10:40 This podcast is not sponsored by anyone and all the views reflect my own opinions or the opinions Incepted into my mind via subliminal messages.

11:30 Going to the Unity Vision Summit.

13:00 "We're all optimists about this technology".

13:30 Altruism Vs. Profit.

I actually like Buzzfeed blue. Buzzfeed is the phenomena of supply demand in the exchange digital media. How do you make money with media companies these days? How does technology reflect our human nature?

18:00 Everything in life is on a spectrum.

18:33 I need a new catch phrase.

20:00 We want to be productive in VR!

21:30 Dreams by Media Molecule has got us hyped.

23:00 Turning the obstacles of VR into business opportunities.

25:30 I wouldn't mind owning a Nintendo Dolphin.

27:20 People want to escape reality? Why do we want to escape reality?

28:38 Elegant is probably not right term.

30:10 The rise of a new jock mentality through e-sports?

32:00 Lorne Michaels please buy our idea!

33:40 http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/11/we-need-an-energy-miracle/407881/

36:00 Transcending the self through nature.

38:00 Aaron is working on something awesome for the Vive.

40:10 Aaron is playing a lot of Tiltbrush and Fantastic Contraption on the Vive. http://fantasticcontraption.com/

42:00 Pewdiepie played Aaron's game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEbpMQB_PvA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSD6kEirHaM

44:00 Swarm hiveminds could counteract the power of AI?

45:00 Read the Metarmorphosis of Prime Intellect. Spoiler alert!!!!

46:00 How long before we fight the first robot war?

47:10 Rick and Morty is amazing!

49:00 Taking Roy off the grid!

54:00 It's the year 15,219 and your government doesn't want you to know.

55:00 Sand hydraulics are bad ass.

56:00 Watch Tim's Vermir. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3089388/

58:00 Technology is eternally linked to art. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3204392/

1:03:00 Learning game development helps you appreciate nature.

1:07:00 People are very critical of real world environments in VR.

1:08:00 Lands End is pretty sweet on the Gear VR.

1:10:00 Will Apple ever make a VR product?

1:12:00 VR is taking too long to get here.

1:14:00 Creating a VR fetish island.

1:17:00 Can VR make you more violent?

1:18:00 Creating the next Metal Gear for VR.

1:21:00 Don't step on the lava vr.

1:26:00 Will we ever see haptic gloves?

1:27:00 Deep uses human breath as input.

1:31:00 Debating the best tracking solutions.

1:33:00 I'll be the last guy Oculus will ever hire btw.

1:36:00 Lighthouse will become Wifi in a utopian future.

1:38:00 Closing thoughts and how to stay in touch.

Thanks to Aaron for being a true scholar and gentleman of virtual reality and thank you for listening!

Keep in touch with Aaron with the links below:

http://www.unellodesign.com/

https://twitter.com/aaronlemke

https://twitter.com/UnelloDesign

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0xNbnvTt0c

Enter VR is available on Stitcher, SoundCloud and Itunes. Follow @entervr on twitter for more updates and content.

Hello and welcome to the Enter VR podcast! On today's show Dora Cheng from uForis VR comes along to discuss business, the current challenges of VR, the future of the medium and more!

Here is a snippet of some of the things we talked about:

Intro: The value of having professional conferences for the VR industry.

2:00 How did this year's Oculus Connect compare to last years?

4:45 What is Uforis VR? What are they up to?

7:00 Letting student's take virtual tours of their future university housing.

8:00 Methodology to push out content.

10:40 Dora's team created their own engine with its own API.

12:20 How Uforis adapts their custom engine to individual clients.

14:30 The long term vision of Uforis VR.

17:30 What sets Dora's team apart from the competition.

19:50 Where does Dora's enthusiasm for VR come from?

24:45 How long will it take for the Metaverse that Dora envisions to arrive? What will it look like?

32:00 Why does it feel like dystopian futures and VR go hand in hand?

36:00 Will VR play a role in creating dystopian or Utopian societies?

41:20 How will bullying play itself out in VR?

49:00 The price of admission for VR is more than monetary.

51:30 Using virtual reality life forms to rehabilitate criminals and people with mental illnesses.

56:00 What is the biggest weakness of the industry thus far?

1:00:00 Biggest thing to remember for someone who works in VR.

1:01:30 How to stay in touch and keep in touch with Dora.

Thanks again to Dora for being a true lady and scholar of virtual reality and thank you for listening!

Keep in touch with Dora with the links below:

https://twitter.com/doracheng

https://twitter.com/uForis

http://www.uforis.com/

Welcome to Enter VR. On this episode I catch up with Steve Drash the creator of Titans of Space and currently working with the Apollo 11 VR experience, VR Girlz and more!

Here is a snippet of some of the things we talked about:

1:30 Intro, Apollo 11 VR update. As of the posting of this episode they have won the award.

3:00 The google Cardboard version of Titans of Space ported over awesomely!

5:00 The latest download numbers for Titans of Space.

6:00 Was Steve anticipating his download numbers?

7:00 What's in store for the future of Titans of Space?

10:00 Is Steve motivated by the same things he was 2 years ago? Steve

12:00 Why its hard to monetize on your passion projects?

14:20 Steve involvement in the Apollo 11 experience.

17:00 Apollo 11 is targeting release Q1 2016.

18:00 VR Girls is an up and coming VR adult entertainment platform.

19:00 The competitive advantage of VR Girls.

20:30 VR Girls intends to make my penis freak out.

21:30 Experimenting with a paid app. (Mars is a real place)

24:00 What do you value more as a vr entrepreneur? Download numbers or sales?

26:00 Which of Steve's projects will draw in the most money? Which project is he most passionate about?

27:00 What does Steve wish he knew back when he first started getting involved in VR.

29:00 The bright side to staying frugal.

30:00 Mars has been on the news a lot lately. Titans Of Space

31:00 Is there way to collaborate with Nasa on this project?

Enceladus is a moon of Saturn

32:30 Could Titans of Space ever be social?

34:00 What does Steve do for fun these days?

35:00 What will take to get humans to Mars? Steve lays out his plan.

36:40 Do you need positional tracking on board a space ship on course to Mars.

37:00 Becoming a space tourist...in VR!

39:30 We're gonna need to make humans so that they can fight in the future robot war.

40:00 Steve's vision of an ideal future.

45:00 VR is a new vehicle for mind expansion. What are Steve's concern for this technology.

47:00 What will it mean to "work" in the next 25 years?

48:30 Accelerating the growth of the jobs of the future through VR?

50:00 Can you name 3 companies that will make a lot of money is 3 years?

51:00 Steve bets on Frooxius creating the Oasis.

52:00 360 films vs. in engine.

(I left this blooper on purpose)

53:30 Can anything stop VR at this point?

54:00 Getting feedback from teachers and researchers has been really rewarding for Steve.

Thanks again to Steve for being a true scholar and gentleman of virtual reality and thank you for listening!

Stay in touch with Steve with all the links below:

http://www.titansofspacevr.com/

http://immersivevreducation.com/the-apollo-11-experience/

http://www.vrgirlz.com/

http://www.drashvr.com/p/mars-is-real-place.html

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.drashvr.marsisarealplacecb&hl=en

Hello and welcome to Enter VR! Join Frooxius and I as we explore complex subjects that are too difficult for me to understand! Frooxius is a genius level over 9,000, he's the creator of Sightline, Neos the Universe, World of Comenius and many more! In this conversation we talked a lot about light fields, the origins of Frooxius and trying to create life out of in-organic matter.

Here is a snippet of all the things we talked about:

45: Using nostalgia to sell VR to you.

1:20: Intro

2:30 Working with eVRday VR on lightfields in VR.

3:20 What's it like to work with Dee.

4:30 Frooxius thoughts on education in general. Read "Free to learn" by Peter Grey.

10:00 Creating simulations of Quantum effects in VR.

11:30 Using Lightfields in education.

14:30 How to capture Lightfields inside of game engines.

16:50 Why and how Lightfields are relevant to the average person.

21:30 The finish line in the race to cross the uncanny valley has already been crossed.

22:30 Creating Lightfield images that take up 48 gigs in your hard drive.

25:30 The end goal of Frooxius's light field work.

28:30 Are Lightfields the future of 3D rendering?

32:30 The origins of Frooxius.

36:30 Creating games with Powerpoint when he was 12 years old.

37:30 Growing up without internet.

40:00 The video games that influenced Frooxius the most.

42:30 Portal 2 has a great procedural soundtrack.

46:30 The most difficult fields of science to understand for Frooxius.

49:30 The science fair that changed Frooxius's life.

52:30 Discovering VR. Creating the first SightLine.

53:30 Trying the DK1 for the first time.

56:00 Beating Half Life 2 in VR.

57:30 Was Frooxius aware of how big VR could become?

58:30 Frooxius's secret to making fuck tons of VR games and demos.

59:50 Neos is using evolutionary algorythms to create a living metaverse.

1:04:30 Will we ever see AI that makes better pop music than us?

1:08:30 The most compelling theory of consciousness according to Frooxius.

1:14:30 Do you need self awareness to have consciousness?

1:16:30 Can simulations become self aware?

1:18:30 Using VR as a tool to explore consciousness.

1:20:30 Can inorganic matter develop consciousness?

1:24:30 Discussing the Michael Abrash's talk at Oculus Connect 2.

1:28:30 Using neural input to discover the edge of the simulation we live in.

1:30:30 We don't have the technology to simulate an exact replica of our current universe.

1:35:30 Frooxius prediction for when we will simulate reality.

1:38:30 Starting the church of the simulation.

1:39:30 Read the "Universe from nothing" by Lawrence Kraus.

1:41:30 Being in a multiverse is mathematically simpler.

1:45:30 Frooxius's plan for the future.

1:47:30 Procedural tree making is bad ass.

1:52:30 Neos the origin will show off the world building features of Neos the Universe.

1:53:30 Neos the origin demo on its way.

1:54:30 How to stay in touch and get more info on Frooxius's

1:56:30 Read Diaspora from Greg Egan. Orphanogenesis

2:00:00 Closing thoughts. What is Dark matter? How parallel universes can be possible.

Thanks to Frooxius for being a true scholar and gentleman of virtual reality and thank you for listening!

Keep in touch with the links below:

http://blog.frooxius.com/

http://www.frooxius.com/

https://twitter.com/frooxius

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diaspora_(novel)