044: Jason Ganz on “What is the Future of Virtual Reality?”

What this episode covers

In this episode we talk to guest Jason Ganz of Agora VR. You may know Jason from his efforts as a moderator on the Futurology subreddit and the Futurology podcast. He's an enthusiastic supporter and we had a wide-ranging, informative conversation we think you are going to find fascinating. We cover some of the newest advances in the rapidly exploding VR space, including the Oculus rift and the Google Cardboard project, omnidirectional treadmills, haptics, new sensors from Leap Motion and the new fibre-optic in-eye monitor being developed by Magic Leap. We discuss the obvious upsides to better VR technology as well as the ways ephemeralizing experiences might add to technological unemployment and superstar economic effects. We also touch on age-old media canards like addiction and problems with realistic violence, and whether the coming VR multiverse is more likely to be an open-source competitive paradise or a nightmare walled-garden "Zuckerverse."

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