Hello and welcome to Enter VR! An independent podcast about virtual reality. On this episode I speak with Graham Gaylor, one of the founders of VR chat and dear friend that I tend to weird out every time we meet.
Here is a snippet of some of the things we talked about:
42: Introduction to Graham's bike.
3:00 Graham and I are confessed console peasants.
5:00 Why Graham will buy Halo 5.
7:00 Using Virtual desktop from Guy Godin to get office work done.
9:00 How shopping in VR will justify its utility. Tapping into the social aspects of shopping.
11:50 Finding a backpack full of grenades in my mothers closet.
13:30 Will Amazon start getting involved in the virtual reality shopping space?
14:00 How will human to human service industries translate into VR?
20:00 The need for more psychological research on Vr and its effects.
21:00 Graham is looking forward to the Gallery Six Elements. when will we see 1st person VR shooters from big name publishers? (will we ever?)
25:00 Graham's expectations for user growth in the first year of consumer VR.
26:00 Graham's thoughts on the most overlooked aspects of VR.
27:00 Will GearVR live up to see its full potential?
29:00 Oculus CV1 vs. Morpheus. Which is more comfortable?
31:00 John Carmack will be doing a talk on VR Script at Oculus Connect 2.
34:00 The importance of flawless input.
36:00 Is figuring out a standard text input solution for VR necessary?
38:00 How do you compel users to literally look around while in VR.
41:00 How and Why Graham got muscular.
42:00 Ikea Meatballs are awesome.
45:00 Graham's favorite teenage movie of all time.
46:30 The Audi R8 is a sexy looking car.
49:00 Is Cortana hot?
50:00 Closing thoughts and how to stay in touch.
Thanks to Graham for being a scholar and gentlemen of the proto metaverse and thanks for listening!
Keep in touch with Graham with the links below:
https://twitter.com/grahamgaylor
http://www.vrchat.net/
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