An emotionally intelligent metaverse, VR expo 2015 and drone taxi services with Karl Krantz

Hello listeners! Welcome to the EnterVR podcast! On today's show I speak with Karl Krantz about organizing the largest virtual reality industry conference in the world, the creation of an emotionally intelligent metaverse and drone taxis of the future. 1:00 What is the worst thing that could happen to VR right now? 2:30 The general sentiment of the VR industry at this point. 4:00 John Carmack's prediction for the gaming industry in the next 10 years. What can you afford with a billion dollar VR production. 6:00 Envisioning an emotionally intelligent metaverse. 9:20 What will make people come back to virtual reality? 12:00 What will be the killer app for VR? 14:00 User generated VR vs. content creator centric VR experiences. 16:30 Figuring "discovery" for user generated vr content. 18:00 How Valve came out of the blue with an HMD. 22:00 What is the most important feature the consumer GearVR needs to have. 24:00 Using Samsung Smart Waches as input for GearVR. 24:30 Seeing miniature worlds in VR. 28:00 Trying out Tiltbrush with the Vive. 29:30 SVVR expo is right around the corner! 32:00 Will HTC Vive, Crescent Bay and Morpheus be present at SVVR? 33:00 Keeping up with the exponential growth of SVVR. 34:00 Important companies will be making big announcements at the conference. 35:00 There will be a VR museum exhibit at the conference this year. 39:00 The lessons learned from putting on massive VR conferences. 40:30 Volunteer at SVVR and get in for FREE. 43:00 Drone taxi services, will replace car taxis in the future. 47:00 What happens when you pair exponential technologies with other exponential technologies? Thanks again to Karl for being a true scholar and gentleman of virtual reality and thank you for listening! Keep in touch and get more info with the links below: http://vrexpo.com/ http://svvr.com/ http://www.meetup.com/SiliconValleyVirtualReality/ https://twitter.com/svvr2015