The endless possibilities of social VR with Ruuubick from Altspace

Hello and welcome to Enter VR. Come scuba dive with us inside the mind of Ruuubick a virtual reality community builder and social vr expert. Here is a snippet of some of the things we talked about: 2:00 The legend of Ruuubick origin story. 9:00 Skipping final exams to hang out with Palmer in VRChat. 13:00 Spending $400 dollars without hesitation for a device that would take months to arrive. 17:00 The difference between VR and 2D screens. Are there words that can encapsulate what VR feels like? 19:00 Ruuubick's vision of the future of VR. 20:00 Discussing the Time Magazine cover. 23:00 Struggling with the duality of virtual reality. 30:00 Ruuubick is waiting for the billion dollar VR MMO RPG game. Check out Log Horizon. Its has more likeable characters than Sword Art Online 33:00 What does Ruuubick see himself doing in the future. 36:00 Ruuubick is coming to SVVR in 2016. How VR saved Ruuu's life. 39:00 Social VR is asking the following question: "Where is everybody?" 42:00 How can social VR be successful? 45:00 Is VR inherently more expensive to build than legacy paradigm 3D software? 47:00 Dropping pins inside virtual worlds with the ability to comment in order to provide better feedback for developers? 50:00 Is there enough information out there for vr developers? 52:40 HTC Vive lighthouse vs. Oculus' tracking solution. 55:00 Eye tracking allows you to see inside the souls of users through their VR avatars. 58:00 Something went wrong here with my mic. My apologies. 1:02:00 ID MCGregor's article on Volumetric Representations. I've stopped 1:05:00 That fucking dude. 1:09:00 We're all assholes. 1:10:00 Preventing toxicity of trolling in vr communities will make or break your business. 1:16:00 Banning people from your virtual world is not an easy choice to make. 1:18:00 Social VR is about making people feel safe to be themselves. 1:20:00 How will the current social VR apps compete with the upcoming Facebook Social VR platform? 1:25:00 Looking at the bright side of the corporate takeover of VR. 1:26:00 Making sure consumers understand that VR can be used for more than just gaming. 1:28:00 Using comedy to conquer the hearts and minds of people. 1:30:00 Alien Isolation is amazing. 1:33:00 What is the formula for giving users euphoria in VR. 1:37:00 Ruuubick is hopefully coming to SVVR next year. 1:39:00 What do we get from Meatspace that VR will never provide? 1:40:00 Tourism agencies need to harness VR's capabilities. 1:44:00 Can VR affect our every day psychology? 1:52:00 If you look good you feel good. What will evolve past human? 2:00:00 VR is removing every day life burdens and hassles. What Burdens and hassles will come from VR? 2:08:00 How would reputation based economies work out in virtual worlds? 2:15:00 Lame and un-interesting attractive people will have to adapt to VR worlds in new ways. 2:18:00 Closing thoughts. Thanks again to Ruuubick for being a true scholar and gentleman of virtual reality and thank you for listening! Keep in touch with Ruuubick with the links below: /u/ruuubick http://altvr.com/ Get more Enter VR content by following the twitter stream @entervr The song at the intro was courtesy of WhiteBear. Check him out on Soundcloud! Its called Primal Stomp