Welcome to Enter VR! On this episode we are joined by Zhen Cao, a VR investor and UX designer.

Here is a snippet of some of the things we discussed

3:00 What does Outpost VC invest on? Intro to Zhen.

5:00 What guides Outpost's investment strategy?

7:00 Microdose VR has killer app potential. Tiltbrush comparison does not match well.

8:00 What sets a company apart from the competition?

Tiltbrush and Microdose are both great but they are not the same thing.*

13:30 What makes some companies more easy to invest to than others?

"Harnassing human relationships is one of the greatest powers a start up can leverage."

12:00 Why E-sports are interesting to pay attention to for investors?

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/inke-broadcast-amazing-life/id978985106?mt=8

https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/inke#/entity

"E Sports taps into our human need to want to be part of a group"

20:00 China is poised to bring E-sports and VR together.

22:00 The VR industry should take note of the monetization strategies coming out of E sports.

30:00 Will the dominance of vr arcades in China change what kinds content people will buy?

31:00 What is the worst thing you can do in the realm of moneytization?

33:00 How do you end up loosing focus of your initial goals?

35:00 Zhen is looking for the 'prezi' of vr.

https://prezi.com/

37:00 Popular IPs need to come to VR.

44:00 VR and AR will battle for your attention. How does affect investment?

48:00 Will VR adaptations of movies be better than the movies that inspired them?

1:04:00 Sell me VR property in google earth VR.

1:05:00 Zhen's thoughts on the VR AI startups?

1:09:00 Zhen's hope and fears for the future of VR.

https://twitter.com/GemInVR

http://www.outpostvc.com/

Intro sound clips are from:

"World of Tomorrow" By Don Hertzfeldt

Worshyper - Dreamt (Hard Comma White Remix)

https://soundcloud.com/doandroidsdance/worshyper-dreamt-hard-comma-white-remix

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Disclosure.

The views expressed in this podcast are my personal opinions.

Thanks for listening!