Embodying a particle travelling inside the large Hadron Collider in vr with Eddie Lee

Hello and welcome to the EnterVR podcast. On today's show I speak with Eddie Lee from Funktronic Labs, the people who brought you the awesome "Collider" experience for Dk2. Here is a snippet of some of the things we talked about: 40: Intro. How Funktronic Labs came about. 1:20 Figuring out what kind of Studio to build. Becoming involved with the Leap Motion VR initiative. 3:00 Embodying a particle that is traveling inside the Large Hadron Collider in VR. 5:00 Relaying a story through Collider? 6:00 What is Generative Art? 7:30 The difference between procedural systems algorithms and generative art. 9:30 Use cases where generative art really shines. 12:40 Will generative art render artists obsolete? What will the future of generative in vr look like? 16:40 How people are reacting to generative art in virtual reality. 19:00 Creating a content studio with two teams creating two types of software. 21:00 Is the average gamer looking for something new? 25:00 What are Funktronic labs future plans for vr content? 28:00 Should you make a product right now for a non existent vr consumer market. 30:30 How to bridge the gap between early adopters and the mass market consumers. 40:00 Are humans hardwired to want to "escape"? 42:00 Will VR make people smarter? 45:00 Learning highly abstract subjects in vr. 46:20 Can you imagine life without the internet? 50:30 What made Eddie want to teach himself generative art through the internet? 56:20 The relationship between Oculus Story Studio and the lack of input device. 1:03:00 What version of the metaverse will be more predominant, the open source version or the walled gardens? 1:07:00 What will be the best monetization models look like in the first year of the consumer version? 1:10:00 Is advertising more effective in vr? 1:16:00 How will a fully featured metaverse compete for your time while awake. 1:18:30 What is one thing that will never be better in vr? 1:22:00 What if VR doesnt take off? 1:26:00 Will there ever be a Metaverse? What comes after the smartphone? 1:32:00 What kind of experiences and games is Eddie forward to in vr? 1:34:00 Creating music in vr? 1:36:00 Making your daily computer interactions more efficient through vr interfaces. 1:41:00 What do you see inside your head when you listen to music? 1:43:00 Do Orcas, dolphins or chimpanzees dance? 1:44:00 Closing thoughts and how to stay in touch. Thanks again to Eddie for being a true scholar and gentleman of virtual reality and thanks for listening. Keep in touch with Eddie and Funktronic labs with the link below. http://funktroniclabs.com/ https://twitter.com/eddietree https://apps.leapmotion.com/apps/collider/windows