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Hello and welcome to the EnterVR podcast! 

In today's episode, we learn what it's like to teach dance in virtual reality courtesy of the Dusty Dust Bunny, a professional VR dance instructor. 

Stay in touch with the Dusty Dust Bunny with the links below:

http://vrdance.org 
http://ko-fi.com/vrdance 
@DustBunnyVR

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Thanks for listening, and huge thanks to my excellent guest for being a beacon of light and kindness.

Teaching the world how to dance in virtual reality, ft. the Dusty Dust Bunny

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Welcome to the State of the Metaverse Report episode 1. We'll cover news, updates and my general thoughts on the VR space.

Here is the link to video about the underground rave scene I mentioned on the show:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1wUg9HCODU

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Welcome to the EnterVR podcast! On this episode we explore using VR to inform and educate the impacts of sea level rise caused by the climate crisis featuring Dr. Juliano Calil. 


Time stamps  and Show notes:

30 - Intro

1:10 - Why is the climate crisis and important issue, what is at stake?

4:00 - The consequences of doing nothing about the climate crisis.

6:00 - Why motivates Dr. Calil to work on this subject? 

11:00 - Why use VR to educate people about the Climate Crisis? What does VR do, that other media cannot?

16:00 - The design process of creating a sea level rise experience in VR. 

21:00 - If given an unlimited budget what sorts of features would Dr. Calil's team work on? 

25: 00  - How do you get the wealthiest people on the planet to learn about the climate crisis through immersive experiences? Would this strategy provide a larger benefit?

32:00 -The cost of prevention vs adaptation.

32:30 - Fighting forests fires in VR. 

35:00 - Exploring different solutions that will have tangible results in minimizing climate crisis impacts.

41:00 - Highlights of observing users try out the Sea Level rise VR experience.

46:00 - Community building opportunities for people who try the Sea Level Rise experience.

47:00 - How to deal with climate skeptics?

48:00 - How do you visualize 60 billion tones of carbon dioxide being emitted per year in VR? 

52:00 - Do we need to change the language we use to describe the climate crisis? 

1:08:00 - What lessons can be taken from the covid 19 pandemic that can be applied to the climate crisis?

1:11:00 - Is geoengineering the planet inevitable ? 

1:14:00 - What gives Dr. Calil hope for the future?

1:18:00 - How  to stay in touch Dr. Calil and the team.


Thanks so much to my guest for being a true scholar and gentleman of virtual reality and thank you for listening! 


Stay in touch with the links below: 


https://virtualplanet.tech/

https://twitter.com/VirtualPlanetVR

https://twitter.com/JulianoCalil

https://www.instagram.com/virtualplanettech/

https://www.facebook.com/virtualplanetllc

juliano.calil@gmail.com



References: 

https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2017/jul/10/100-fossil-fuel-companies-investors-responsible-71-global-emissions-cdp-study-climate-change

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/22/climate/climate-change-economy.html#:~:text=Climate%20Change%20Could%20Cut%20World,2050%20%2D%20The%20New%20York%20Times

https://www.nwf.org/Our-Work/Environmental-Threats/Climate-Change/Greenhouse-Gases/Gardening-for-Climate-Change

https://www.pnas.org/content/117/24/13182

https://therevelator.org/mangroves-climate-change/

https://www.britannica.com/video/162778/keystone-species-parts-coast-kelp-forest-ecosystem#:~:text=The%20presence%20of%20sea%20otters,species%20of%20the%20coastline%20ecosystem.

https://www.npr.org/2019/11/18/780373013/how-virtual-reality-can-help-people-better-understand-climate-change

https://slate.com/technology/2014/08/atmospheric-co2-humans-put-40-billion-tons-into-the-air-annually.html


https://www.co2.earth/global-co2-emissions

It is morally imperative that we destroy the metaverse

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