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Hello and welcome to another episode of the Enter VR podcast featuring Steve McClosky from Nanome VR. Join us for a discussion on VR, nanoengineering and the limits of technology!

Show Notes

30: What is Nanome? What is Steve working on?

1:40 How did Steve reach the intersection between VR and Nanotechnology?

5:00 What is the current nanotechnology industry landscape.

11:00 What are the counterarguments of combining VR with nanotech?

15:00 What have been successful user acquisition strategies?

16:50 What is the grand vision for Nanome?

25:40 How do you minimize bad actors in a population of people with the ability to design materials at a nanoscale?

27:00 What are the limits of nanotechnology?

32:00 The most exciting trends in the vr industry for the next 6 months to 1 year.

42:00 The hype behind Neural link.

48:00 How to stay in touch with Steve

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49:40 Topics for the next conversation!

Stay in touch with the links below:

https://twitter.com/nanome_inc

https://twitter.com/StevenMcCloskey

https://nanome.ai/

Welcome to the Enter VR podcast! Today's episode features Harvey Ball AKA the Stone fox. Join us as we take a deep dive into VRTK an amazing tool set that allows anyone the ability to make vr experiences with Unity.

SHOW NOTES:

30: Getting rid of impostor syndrome thanks to VRTK.

2:00 How did VRTK first get started?

9:30 Why is working on VRTK important for the Stonefox?

13:00 What guided the Stonefox in building out VRTK.

16:40 What sets VRTK apart from other vr prototyping tools.

19:00 The features the community is asking for the most.

25:00 Advice on how to create multi player VR experiences.

28:00 Tips and advice for VRTK beginners.

30:00 Where to publish your content once you are done prototyping.

31:30 Long term and short term goals for VRTK.

36:00 Getting webVR and VRTK working together.

39:00 How to understand what's going on underneath the hood of your unity vrtk experiences?

43:00 Figuring out the logistics of delivering VRTK educational content.

47:00 Working on VRTK and the VR industry landscape.

54:00 Dealing with acquisition offers from big companies.

56:00 Is VR dead?

1:00:00 Where will VRTK be 10 years from now?

1:04:00 What will crossing the uncanny do to society?

1:10:00 Will VR create a massive cultural divide?

1:14:00 The Stonefox's hopes for the future of VR.

1:17:00 How to stay in touch with the Stonefox

Thanks again to the Stonefox for being a true scholar and gentleman of virtual reality and thank you for listening.

More information on VRTK and the stonefox in the links below:

https://twitter.com/VR_Toolkit

https://twitter.com/The_StoneFox

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWRk-LEMUNoZxUmY1wO7DBQ

https://github.com/thestonefox/VRTK

https://vrtoolkit.readme.io/

Welcome to the Enter VR podcast! This episode features Sam Huber from Admix. Admix is a monetization platform for VR and AR. Joins us we discuss the future of advertising in the metaverse!

SHOW NOTES

1:00 What is admix?

2:20 How did mobile advertising happen?

7:20 How to create a balanced advertising platform?

9:30 The technology behind Admix and how it works.

14:30 Developers supported by advertisers?

16:00 Who is Admix for?

18:30 What are the average earnings for developers on the Admix platform.

20:00 How do you calculate how much an ad is worth in virtual reality?

21:00 Is VR advertising more effective than meatspace advertising?

25:00 Using machine learning on the aggregated data of users.

27:00 Educating users on ethical advertising standards.

29:40 Will GDPR affect Admix's business model?

33:00 Sam's origin story.

38:00 The biggest challenges Sam faces.

42:00 How Admix provides support for its developers.

43:00 How to stay afloat for the long run.

46:00 How to not become a Black Mirror episode.

51:00 Biggest hopes for the future of virtual reality.

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

Stay in touch with Sam with the links below:

http://admix.in

https://www.facebook.com/groups/249932279077667/

samhuber.com

Welcome to the Enter VR podcast! On this episode we talk about videogames, VR and the sociopolitical crisis that is ongoing in Nicaragua affecting my friends and family. This will not be your typical virtual reality podcast episode.

SHOW NOTES

30: Trying out PSVR for the first time.

4:00 Trying out PSVR while on cannabis.

6:00 Completing Resident Evil on PSVR was super satisfying.

9:00 Do gadgets inspire us to dream about the future?

16:00 Buying a tank in GTA V.

21:00 The allure behind fighting games like Dragon Ball Fighters Z.

29:00 Smash Bros Ultimate! OMG!

36:00 The killer app of VR.

46:00 Figuring out how to expose the Nicaraguan political crisis.

49:00 History behind dictators in Nicaragua

58:00 Living under de facto martial law.

1:13:00 Dodging real world bullets.

1:20:00 Government is "disappearing people".

1:35:00 Interrupted by gunshots.

1:43:00 What will it take for trust with the police to come back ?

2:00:00 What can the international community do to help?

2:13:00 How to stay in touch and informed

Thanks again to my two guests for being true scholars and gentleman of virtual reality and thank you for listening.

Stay in touch and help out with the links below

https://twitter.com/ChinusX

https://twitter.com/nicadispatch

https://www.gofundme.com/helping-those-impacted-in-Nicaragua

Welcome to the Enter VR podcast! On this episode we are joined by Paul Marcano AKA Artist3d. Check out the show notes to get a preview of we talked about.

SHOW NOTES

30: How many hours of sleep does Paul usually get?

3:00 Flipping virtual reality on its head.

6:20 Paul's creativity works by doing pre-visualization of the project at hand.

10:48 Using Unity's terrain sculpting tool to create worlds for VRChat.

14:40 Paul techniques for learning new skills.

18:00 Paul's approach to figuring out what to do with the void.

23:00 The Paul's biggest influences.

28:00 How to gain inspiration?

31:00 How to stay motivated in the face of adversity.

36:00 The fear of never working hard enough.

43:00 How do you when a piece of art is ready to be shown?

58:00 What is art? Who pays for the art being created?

1:05:20 A social network where you get paid for your content.

1:11:00 A virtual reality economy needs to occur before VR can take off.

1:20:00 Paul's biggest hopes for VR as a technology.

1:21:00 How to stay in touch with Paul.

Thanks to Paul for being a true scholar and gentleman of the metaverse and thank you for listening!

Check out the links below to stay in touch with paul:

https://twitter.com/Artist3d

http://www.dreamscaping.com/

https://www.patreon.com/Artist3d

Welcome to the Enter VR podcast! On this episode we are joined by Adam Draper from Boost VC, come along with us as we discuss the current virtual reality venture capital landscape and much more ! Check out the show notes below to get a preview of what we talked about.

30: The current state of the virtual reality industry.

5:00 The current state of hardware competition in virtual reality. (Don't forget about Sony!)

7:30 What makes a VR startup successful?

10:00 What makes a good leader? How do you know when someone has what it takes?

12:30 The origin story behind Boost VC.

16:50 Advice from present Adam Draper to Adam Draper from the past.

21:35 What will intersection of VR and Crypto look like in the future?

30:00 Peer to peer exchange of value is coming for virtual reality.

31:00 What is VR not good for?

39:00 What are the goals for boost VC with regards to VR?

41:00 Adam's biggest hopes for VR.

43:00 Adam's parting thoughts.

44:00 How to stay in touch with Adam Draper.

Thanks to Adam for being a scholar of virtual reality and thank you for listening!

Stay in touch with Adam with the links below:

https://www.boost.vc/

https://www.boost.vc/podcast/

https://twitter.com/AdamDraper

https://twitter.com/boostvc

Welcome to the Enter VR podcast! On today's show we are joined by Noah Robinson a doctoral student of clinical psychology at Vanderbilt University, he also known as Psych one of the hosts of EndGame in VRChat. Join us we discuss treating addictions with virtual reality and much more! Check out the show notes below to get a preview of what we talked about.

30: Treating addictions with virtual reality.

1:30 Patients initial reaction to VR?

5:20 What are the limits of VR when it comes to treating mental illness?

7:00 What is it about VR and its ability to unlock flow states?

12:00 Regulating mental states with virtual reality.

14:00 Replacing one addiction with another?

16:40 How does VR become more widely accepted in the realm of mental health?

21:10 Psychological studies involving VR and their findings.

25:00 Using VR to treat sexual assault?

27:00 How does Noah take care of his own mental health?

31:00 The efficacy rate of VR compared to more traditional methods.

32:00 Lessons learned from hosting EndGame?

34:00 How did the opioid epidemic get so bad?

37:00 What can be done to solve the opioid epidemic?

38:00 The market for mental health therapy for VR.

41:00 Violence can be unlocked via environmental experiences?

43:00 What kind of person is attracted by virtual reality at this point?

45:00 Noah's goals for his work.

46:00 A future where psychology is practiced inside of virtual reality?

49:00 Will artificial intelligence replace your therapist ?

50:00 Noah's best case scenario for VR in mental health.

51:00 Will we develop new behaviors because of VR?

52:40 Scenarios where VR becomes mainstream.

55:00 Parting thoughts and how to stay in touch.

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

Stay in touch with Noah with the links below:

https://discordapp.com/invite/fWcE7zy

http://psychnoah.com/

https://twitter.com/PsychNoah

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9Qo0Iz5OdE1KRIqJVkD93w

Welcome to the Enter VR podcast! On this episode we are joined by Kent Bye from the Voices of VR podcast. Check out the show notes below to get a glimpse of what we talked about.

20: Welcoming Kent back on the Enter VR podcast.

2:15 Will we ever see a movie with the same impact as the first matrix?

10:00 The evolution of story telling via text and imagery.

13:00 VR will democratize experience. What else does it have the potential to democratize?

18:30 Predicting the duality of consequences and impacts brought forth by virtual reality.

27:00 You are being programmed. Could we program human behavior?

34:00 VR can affect your perception of time. How does it do that?

38:00 VR is the flow state machine. How do we market VR these days?

47:50 Unlocking neural plasticity with VR.

52:00 Augmenting the human mind and body using VR.

57:00 How Kent gets so much done.

1:00:50 How does Kent deal with impostor syndrome?

1:05:00 The philosophy of math. Is math invented or is it discovered?

1:09:00 How Kent decides who to interview.

1:14:30 Advice from Kent on how to get started in the VR industry.

1:18:00 The current and future state of virtual reality.

1:27:00 The evolving dynamic between the singularity and virtual reality.

1:36:00 Kent's parting thoughts.

1:38:00 How to stay in touch with Kent.

1:40:00 How to get over the anxiety of asking people for money to do VR journalism.

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

Stay in touch with Kent with the links below:

https://twitter.com/kentbye

https://www.patreon.com/voicesofvr

http://voicesofvr.com/

Welcome to the Enter VR podcast! On this episode we chat with Jesse Filipko from End Game about the potential of the hivemind, vr preventing the machine war and much more! Check out the show notes below to get a glimpse of what we talked about:

30: What is Endgame?

1:30 What is the structure of the Endgame?

2:30 What is the hivemind?

4:00 The true potential of the hivemind.

8:30 Grandparents and the language of memes.

11:00 More people need to see the real potential of vr.

13:30 Is crypto currency slowing down VR adoption?

14:00 Take everything I say for a grain of salt regarding crypto currency. I know nothing!

19:00 Is dreaming important? How important is REM sleep?

24:00 Are we living in a simulation?

27:00 What's going to happen to society when VR hmds cross the uncanny valley?

29:00 How long before NPCs are smart enough to fool you?

35:00 the inherent value behind video games.

37:00 Live porn performances in VR are here to prevent the machine war.

44:00 The future is going to be weird.

47:00 Climate change is an exponential problem.

51:00 The potential of experiential education.

53:00 The holy grail of mental health

55:00 What has Jesse learned about himself while doing Endgame?

57:30 What's Jesse's biggest hope for VR?

1:04:00 Games Jesse is playing in VR.

1:06:00 How did EndGame get started in the first place?

1:11:00 What does the perfect volumetric UI look like?

1:15:00 How quickly would you get bored from having a God simulator.

1:21:00 Schools need VR.

1:23:00 The matrix changed everything.

1:29:00 Why is VR not taking off?

1:32:00 How to stay in touch with Jesse AKA Nomono

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

Keep in touch with Jesse with the links below!

https://twitter.com/endgamevr

https://twitter.com/AgtXenon

http://www.endgamepodcast.com/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9Qo0Iz5OdE1KRIqJVkD93w

Welcome to the 200th episode of the Enter VR podcast! On this very special episode we're joined by Frooxius, the creator of Neos VR. Check out the show notes below to get a glimpse of what we discussed.

1:00 What is Neos VR?

2:00 The process of creating Neos VR.

8:50 Making VR inside VR is now here.

10:50 Sneak preview of what new features are coming for Neos VR in the near future.

13:40 Why include multiplayer in Neos in the first place?

15:00 Who is the audience that Neos was created for?

17:00 The biggest challenges in building out Neos.

20:00 How did Frooxius maintain his focus in building out Neos for so long?

21:00 Frooxius' strategy in creating UI and writing code.

23:00 What makes good UI in VR?

25:40 The interplay between logic and imagination.

26:30 What is the grand vision for Neos VR?

36:00 A lot of your knowledge in Unreal and Unity will transfer over to Neos.

38:00 What are the possible avenues of revenue creation with Neos.

41:00 What is Neos NOT meant for conceptually.

43:50 Sources of inspiration for Neos.

47:00 Frooxius' marketing strategy.

51:00 Marketing advice for Frooxius.

53:00 Neos VR is will be released in its beta mode on May 4th.

56:00 The different ways you can share your creations.

1:03:00 Importing your C# scripts into Neos.

1:05:00 How do you build something so big?

1:08:00 How long will Frooxius continue working on Neos?

1:11:00 How did the name "Neos" come about?

1:13:00 Why is VR important to Frooxius?

1:18:00 How to stay in touch with Frooxius.

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

Check out the links below to get in touch with Frooxius

https://twitter.com/neos_vr

http://neosvr.com/

https://www.facebook.com/TheNeosVR/

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoAvz0_U4_3z0_AQZTwSuv5pUI4-9ZaYt