30: What is Fused VR?

3:30 How to keep up with the pace of innovation when putting out learning material for the VR industry.

5: 45 What does success look like for Fused VR?

7:30 How do you pay the bills while working in the VR industry?

8:00 What does the demand for VR contract work look like?

9:30 Where to get started if you want to learn to develop VR.

10:30 The struggles of learning to program. (As of the publishing of this podcast, Cris has decided to learn to program. )

16:45 (To be honest I don't even know how API's really work)

18:30 Please don't steal my idea! I was just kidding!

19:30 Spoiler ALERT! Dragon Ball Super ending discussion.

35:00 Dragon Ball Fighter Z is a great game!

36:00 Vasanth's review of Ready Player One. SPOILER ALERT!

41:00 Was the Oasis portrayed in a realistic way?

44:00 VR needs to have an effect on the real world for it to take off?

47:00 What will it take for VR to reach mass adoption?

53:00 How do we communicate the true value of virtual reality.

57:00 The impact of Crypto currency on the VR market and the potential of the Lenovo Mirage.

1:00:00 The good old days haven't left yet !

1:01:30 The biggest challenges with running Fused VR.

1:03:40 What are Vasanth's biggest hopes for VR?

1:05:00 How to stay in with Vasanth and Fused VR

Thanks again to Vasanth 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 Vasanth:

http://fusedvr.com/

https://twitter.com/fusedvr

https://www.instagram.com/fusedvr/

https://www.youtube.com/fuseman

Intro song is from the opening theme song of Dragon Ball GT.

Welcome to the Enter VR podcast! On this episode we are joined by Az Balabanian from the Research VR podcast. Check out show notes below to get a preview of what we talked about.

1:00 Reminiscing the good ol days and 100 vr hour project

2:30 What keeps Az busy these days.

5:00 The dynamics of doing a podcast in VR with Bigscreen VR.

7:00 Shopping around for the right social VR world to host a talk show.

11:00 Enter VR dance crew is on the way.

12:40 Recalling playing vr games and experiences these days.

16:00 VR environments can have a real effect on you?

27:00 Could VR environments be designed to minimize trolling and bad behavior?

35:00 Self policing communities can actually happen in VR

37:00 What is the current state of photogammetry?

43:30 What is the difference between lightfields vs. photogammetry ?

49:00 Is lightfield technology dead?

51:00 Can you pay your rent just by doing work with photogammetry?

54:00 What are LIDAR cameras?

59:00 Who will win? Spinning lasers or machine vision for VR tracking?

1:03:30 How long will it take for VR to leave the trough of disillusionment. How do you make money VR right now while anticipating where the future will be?

1:09:00 Reflecting on the impact Ready Player One can have on the current state of the industry.

1:14:30 Trying out the Varjo headset and the potential it will have on the industry.

1:19:00 How far away are we from a complete 5G connected future?

1:23:00 The existential potential and threat of eye tracking technology.

1:28:00 Trying to wrap our minds our around the current state of social media.

1:35:00 How to stay in touch Az and closing thoughts.

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

Check out the links below to get in touch Az:

https://twitter.com/Azadux

http://azadux.com/

https://itunes.apple.com/fi/podcast/researchvr-podcast/id1072936162?mt=2

https://twitter.com/researchvrcast

The song from the intro is Remix of the Legend Zelda's Song of Storms by Deon Custom

https://soundcloud.com/deoncustom/zelda-song-of-storms-deon-custom-remix

Please support the artist!

Welcome to the Enter VR podcast! On this episode we are joined by Alison Raby and James Hanusa from Digital Raign. Check out the show notes below to get a preview of what we talked about.

20: Intro: What is Digital Raign?

1:40 Why is VR important for James and Alison?

4:00 Envisioning the benefits and consequences of VR once it goes mainstream.

7:40 How do you keep the VR industry in a trajectory where the technology is used for good?

11:30 How can impact driven communities advance the progress of vr?

13:00 Practical advice for people who want to get more involved with VR while paying the bills?

18:00 What are the challenges of organizing communities around emerging technologies?

23:40 Is there a formula to creating thriving communities?

30:20 Parting thoughts and upcoming dates to keep in mind.

Thanks to Alison and James for being true scholars and wizards of virtual reality and thank you for listening!

Check out the links below to stay in touch with James and Alison.

https://twitter.com/DigitalRaign

https://www.digitalraign.com/

https://www.facebook.com/DigitalRaign/

Song from intro:

A new beginning by Kupla

https://soundcloud.com/kuplasound/new-beginnings

Please support the artist!

Welcome to the Enter VR podcast! Join us on this episode as we discuss the future of reality with Dilan Shah. Check out the show notes below to get a preview of what we talked about.

45: Discussion on the Vive Pro pricing

4:30 Does the Vive Pro advance the adoption of VR?

7:00 Samsung Odyssey vs. Vive Pro. Which one has a better value?

9:00 What will it take for VR to go mainstream at this point?

13:30 IBM Watson partnership with Unity and what it could mean for VR developers.

16:00 Discussing the potential of Ready Player One.

19:30 What should the metaverse look like?

24:00 A compelling metaverse needs its own economy?

29:00 The use cases behind replicating real world interactions in VR environments.

32:00 What is the biggest threat to virtual reality?

37:00 Does virtual reality bring real world benefits?

47:00 Doing comparative studies on VR games for therapy.

48:00 What is the current state of the virtual reality industry? What are the biggest hopes for the future

50:00 How to stay in touch with Dilan

Keep in touch with Dilan with the links below:

https://twitter.com/dilan_shah

https://thelatentelement.com/

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

The song in the intro is a remix by Tha Bootleg Bandit of the 'Pray for me'.

https://soundcloud.com/thaboogiebootlegs/prayforme

Welcome to the Enter VR podcast! On this episode we are joined by Barry Pousman from Variable Labs. Check out the show notes below to see what we talked about.

20: What is Variable labs?

1:00 Why use VR to enhance soft skills in the first place?

3:30 How to persuade companies to see the value in virtual reality based training.

7:00 What are the limitations of virtual reality?

10:50 What's the best thing that could happen to virtual reality at this point?

14:10 Will VR become common place in the work place?

18:00 Could VR enhance your productivity?

20:00 VR has something for everyone.

22:00 Is the mainstream ready for VR?

25:40 Barry's favorite tools to make VR with and working with Discovery VR.

29:30 Is 360 video considered "VR"?

31:00 What is medium of 360 video evolving into?

34:00 *I've been back to the WAVE since this conversation and can confirm that you CAN DJ inside the wave.

36:00 Will VR environments become the offices of the future?

39:00 Designing VR UI that gives you back a couple of hours of your day.

43:45 Reflecting on the opportunity to work on Clouds over Sidra.

47:00 Monetizing and doing VR for good, could go hand in hand?

51:50 What is the ultimate potential of virtual reality?

52:30 How to stay in touch with Barry

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

Check out the links below to stay in touch with Barry.

https://twitter.com/variable_labs

https://variablelabs.com/

https://www.facebook.com/variablelabs/

Song from the intro is from a mix by Ju1ced check out the soundcloud link below and please support the artist!

https://soundcloud.com/ju1ced/heatcheck

Song is called Language by Porter Robinson

Welcome to the Enter VR podcast! Hope you enjoy a conversation featuring The Architect, the Creator of Club Trancendia in VRChat.

30: Discovering the Architect through DeepRifter

1:50 What is Club Trancendia?

4:20 Why join VRchat in the first place?

7:30 Defining Cyberdelic experiences.

8:40 The Architect's grand plan for Club Trancendia.

11:30 How do you build communities in VRChat?

15:15 How to find Club Trancendia in VRChat.

16:50 Does the Architect predetermine how he wants you to feel inside his world?

19:30 How does the Architect balance between his own art style and what users want from him.

21:00 Could you replicate the kind of community the architect as created with VR chat

25:00 A universal language will emerge from VRChat and memes.

26:20 Favorite memory in VR.

28:00 How does the Architect define success?

31:00 What happens when a community gets too big?

34:00 What sorts of psychedelic experiences have influenced the Architect's work?

38:30 How can you tell when someone is going to be a troll?

41:00 What does the ultimate suite of moderator tools look like?

43:30 How did the Architect hear about virtual worlds in the first place?\

45:40 Getting started with youtube VRChat Unity tutorials.

47:00 Does creativity come from within or is it something that you can teach?

49:00 The Architect's favorite games list.

51:00 Playing Dragon Ball Fighter Z and Mortal Kombat Deception

55:00 Command and Conquer on the N64 was a thing.

58:00 The Architect loves is writing a scifi epic as a hobby.

1:02:40 VRChat avatars provide a great medium for improv.

1:04:00 How to create a successful Patreon page.

1:06:00 The most difficult thing about being the Architect.

1:08:00 Is the future of virtual reality a positive one? What are the unforeseen consequences of VR?

1:11:00 Technological solutions for our technology induced problems.

1:15:00 Dabbin is an effective way to neutralize the haters.

1:18:00 The best anti burglary strategy.

1:20:40 Reminiscing about robo recall.

1:21:00 Creating VR inside VR is going open up endless possibilities.

1:23:00 "Just love each other" - The Architect.

1:24:00 How to stay in touch

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

Stay in touch with the Architect with the links below

https://twitter.com/wordedworlds

https://www.patreon.com/thearchitectvr

Intro clips include:

MTV Movie Awards Matrix Parody Scene

Point Point -Too Future guest mix

https://soundcloud.com/too-future-mixes/too-future-guest-mix-066-point-point

Please support the artists!

Welcome to the Enter VR podcast! Featuring Rene' Pinell from Kaleidoscope VR. Check out the show notes below to get a preview of what we talked about.

15 What is Kaleidoscope and how did it get started?

2:00 Where does Rene get his drive?

4:00 What is the current state of the virtual reality industry?

6:45 Most successful project that Kaleidoscope has worked on.

7:45 What are the biggest obstacles immersive entertainment is facing?

10:30 The rules for immersive entertainment are constantly changing.

14:15 Where do you find funding for your VR project in 2018?

18:00 How to stay in touch with Rene.

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

Get in touch with Rene' with the links below:

http://kaleidoscope.fund/

http://kaleidoscope.fund/first-look-2017

https://twitter.com/KaleidoVR

Intro song:

Your Favorite Place by Joey Pecoraro

https://soundcloud.com/chillhopdotcom/joey-pecoraro-your-favorite-place

Welcome to Enter VR! Featuring Karl Krantz from Silicon Vallley Virtual Reality (SVVR).

Check out the show notes below to preview what we talked about.

1:00 Karl's thoughts on OLED micro displays.

3:00 Impressions of the Vive Pro.

3:30 Vive Pro's comfort factor.

5:00 What's going on with the Knuckles controllers?

6:50 https://www.roadtovr.com/4-most-important-stories-ces-2018-breakdown-analysis/

7:20 Vive Focus vs. Google Mirage vs. Oculus Go. .

11:00 Where are all the triple A VR games in 2018?

16:30 Stories from the VR frontline (Sparc, VRchat)

19:30 VR dancing is a thing!

25:00 Communities self policing in VRchat

27:00 Which social VR space will be the next "Second Life"?

32:00 GDC VR Mixer details

36:00 2018 SVVR expo details

38:00 SVVR has a new headquarters!

43:00 What do the VR communities in South Korea and Japan look like?

47:00 Thoughts on Ready Player One

49:00 What is the state of virtual reality as it stands today?

52:00 Taking the time to reflect on the implications of the decisions we make with technology.

57:00 Struggling with social media

1:0030 How to stay in touch with Karl

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

Get in touch with Karl with the links below:

http://svvr.com/

http://www.vrmixer.com/

https://twitter.com/SVVRLIVE

Intro song:

My Neighbor Totoro - Chillhop Remix

https://soundcloud.com/akashh_495/my-neighbor-totoro-path-of-the-wind-aekasora-chillhop-remix

Welcome to the Enter VR podcast! Featuring Tina Sauerlaender and Philip Hausmeier, the team behind Radiance VR. Check out the show notes below to preview what we talked about.

30: What is Radiance VR ?

2:00 The Radiance VR's mission and business model.

5:20 The process of curating VR art,

6:00 The source of inspiration for VR artist?

7:00 When is something considered art?

12:00 What is the value of art for society?

14:00 What does the traditional art world think about VR?

19:00 Does the marketing behind VR affect how the tech is viewed by the traditional art world?

22:00 How will VR effect the things you believe are real?

27:00 Digging deeper into the value and purpose of VR Art and art in general.

30:00 Advice for people who would like to create art in VR.

32:00 The art piece that has imprinted on Tina and Philip the most. When is art is good?

35:00 The best creation tools for VR art.

36:40 What is the importance of intention when creating art?

41:30 The biggest challenges facing VR artists right now

45:00 Protecting the rights to digital art with a block chain protocol?

46:45 Why is VR important?

48:30 How to stay in touch with Philip and Tina

Thanks again to Philip and Tina for being true scholars and wizards of virtual reality and thank you for listening!

Get in touch with the links below:

https://www.radiancevr.co/

https://www.facebook.com/vr.radiance/

https://www.instagram.com/radiance_vr/

Intro song:

Me Gustas tu by Manu Chau

https://soundcloud.com/because/manu-chao-me-gustas-tu

Welcome to the Enter VR podcast! Featuring Gunter S. Thompson from VRChat! Check out the notes below to get a preview of what we talked about.

30: 2 years feels like a decade in VR

1:15 What's keeping Gunter busy these days.

3:15 The origins of Gunter's Universe

11:45 Using Social VR to connect with hundreds of people from all over the world.

17:40 What keeps people coming back to social VR?

25:00 How did VRChat grow to 3 million users?

33:45 What is the purpose of memes in virtual reality?

35:40 An example of a community self policing itself in VR.

37:30 Best worlds to go dancing in.

41:00 What kind of economy is starting to form around VRchat?

47:00 Piano concerts in VRchat

49:00 VRChat reality shows?

50:00 Gunter's predictions on the future of social VR?

53:00 What does it look like to moderate VRchat these days?

1:07:55 Can social VR have an impact on the way we communicate in the real world?

1:17:00 Upcoming features for VRChat and events to check out

1:24:00 Using the VRChat SDK

1:31:00 Making events easier to find in VRChat

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

Get in touch with Gunter with the links below:

https://twitter.com/guntersuniverse

http://guntersuniverse.com/

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLzhb-tdSkyM0tV5QDfpkaY-B8nCoygOw

Intro song:

Panic City remix of Skywalker by Miguel

https://soundcloud.com/paniccitymusic/skywalker