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Hello and welcome to the EnterVR podcast! In today's episode, we learn what it's like to teach dance in virtual reality courtesy of the Dusty Dust Bunny, a professional VR dance instructor. Stay in touch with the Dusty Dust Bunny with the links below: http://vrdance.org http://ko-fi.com/vrdance @DustBunnyVR Also, don't forget to check out the HBO Thanks for listening, and huge thanks to my excellent guest for being a beacon of light and kindness.

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Welcome to the State of the Metaverse Report episode 1. We'll cover news, updates and my general thoughts on the VR space. Here is the link to video about the underground rave scene I mentioned on the show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1wUg9HCODU

Welcome to the EnterVR podcast! On this episode we explore using VR to inform and educate the impacts of sea level rise caused by the climate crisis featuring Dr. Juliano Calil. Time stamps  and Show notes: 30 - Intro 1:10 - Why is the climate crisis and important issue, what is at stake? 4:00 - The consequences of doing nothing about the climate crisis. 6:00 - Why motivates Dr. Calil to work on this subject? 11:00 - Why use VR to educate people about the Climate Crisis? What does VR do, that other media cannot? 16:00 - The design process of creating a sea level rise experience in VR. 21:00 - If given an unlimited budget what sorts of features would Dr. Calil's team work on? 25: 00  - How do you get the wealthiest people on the planet to learn about the climate crisis through immersive experiences? Would this strategy provide a larger benefit? 32:00 -The cost of prevention vs adaptation. 32:30 - Fighting forests fires in VR. 35:00 - Exploring different solutions that will have tangible results in minimizing climate crisis impacts. 41:00 - Highlights of observing users try out the Sea Level rise VR experience. 46:00 - Community building opportunities for people who try the Sea Level Rise experience. 47:00 - How to deal with climate skeptics? 48:00 - How do you visualize 60 billion tones of carbon dioxide being emitted per year in VR? 52:00 - Do we need to change the language we use to describe the climate crisis? 1:08:00 - What lessons can be taken from the covid 19 pandemic that can be applied to the climate crisis? 1:11:00 - Is geoengineering the planet inevitable ? 1:14:00 - What gives Dr. Calil hope for the future? 1:18:00 - How  to stay in touch Dr. Calil and the team. Thanks so much to my guest for being a true scholar and gentleman of virtual reality and thank you for listening! Stay in touch with the links below: https://virtualplanet.tech/ https://twitter.com/VirtualPlanetVR https://twitter.com/JulianoCalil https://www.instagram.com/virtualplanettech/ https://www.facebook.com/virtualplanetllc [email protected] References: https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2017/jul/10/100-fossil-fuel-companies-investors-responsible-71-global-emissions-cdp-study-climate-change https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/22/climate/climate-change-economy.html#:~:text=Climate%20Change%20Could%20Cut%20World,2050%20%2D%20The%20New%20York%20Times https://www.nwf.org/Our-Work/Environmental-Threats/Climate-Change/Greenhouse-Gases/Gardening-for-Climate-Change https://www.pnas.org/content/117/24/13182 https://therevelator.org/mangroves-climate-change/ https://www.britannica.com/video/162778/keystone-species-parts-coast-kelp-forest-ecosystem#:~:text=The%20presence%20of%20sea%20otters,species%20of%20the%20coastline%20ecosystem. https://www.npr.org/2019/11/18/780373013/how-virtual-reality-can-help-people-better-understand-climate-change https://slate.com/technology/2014/08/atmospheric-co2-humans-put-40-billion-tons-into-the-air-annually.html https://www.co2.earth/global-co2-emissions

Check out the video portion of this conversation on youtube: https://youtu.be/h411n3TytHQ Welcome to EnterVR! On this episode we explore the mind of Sara Lisa Vogl, one of the most talented designers in all of the metaverse! Show notes Meeting at the Unity Vision Summit in 2015 How Sara got involved with VR in the first place Designing VR experiences around Lucid Dreaming The revisiting the early VR prototypes era. Lucid Trips official release is aiming for 2022 How did Sara find mentorship and advice for VR design in the early days? A snapshot of the VR meetup scene in Germany The tectonics shifts in the VR community  caused by the Facebook acquisition Surviving the lows and the highs of the VR market. Sara's design process and methodology Designing prototypes in 2D often don't transfer well to VR. Finding the right designers for a VR project. How to break into the VR industry as a designer. The best way to do user testing for VR apps/games. What metrics should designers follow for when things need to be changed based on community feedback? What is considered ethical design in VR? A typical day in the life of a VR designer. What are Sara's favorite tools to get her work done? What would the ultimate tool for VR designers look like? What happened to the Unity VR editor? Thanks to Sara for being a true scholar and apex predator of virtual reality and thank you for watching/listening! Follow Sara and her work with the links below: Saralisavogl.com https://twitter.com/SaraLisaVogl https://www.linkedin.com/in/saralisavogl/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/389260/Lucid_Trips/

Welcome to the EnterVR podcast! On this episode we are joined by Sacha LeBaron from Somnium Space to learn more about the intersection of community building, Blockchain and virtual reality. Here are some highlights from our conversation: Leveraging blockchain to create a tangible vr economy. Creating communities centered around artists and creators. Marketing lessons on getting people excited about the future of VR. Decentralized governance systems in the metaverse. What sets Somnium apart from other social VR platforms. Thanks to Sacha for being a true scholar and gentleman of virtual reality and thanks for listening! Stay in touch with Sacha and Somnium team with the links below: https://discord.gg/somniumspace https://twitter.com/SomniumSpace https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCabT6LiDZv4cXQRPDwY1-DA Check out the video version of this conversation with the link below: https://youtu.be/O2oEhhrWetk

Video version available with the link below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZExpV4XMeM&feature=youtu.be Welcome to EnterVR ! Excited to bring you an insightful conversation as part of the VR UX design series featuring Martin de Ronde from Force Field XR.  Martin worked on the Anne Frank house VR experience, one of the most powerful pieces of VR media to date. Topics discussed: -A blueprint to make education VR apps seem more human. -Using emotion as a tool to improve experience. -How to make UI that gets out of the way of telling a story. -Walking a fine line to honor the memory of Anne Frank. -Using VR to make a profound story even more powerful. Thanks to Martin for being an awesome guest and thank you for tuning in! Follow Martin and Force Field XR with the links below: https://twitter.com/Forcefieldxr https://forcefieldxr.com/ https://twitter.com/annefrankhouse https://www.annefrank.org/en/ https://www.oculus.com/experiences/quest/1958100334295482/?locale=en_US Relevant link: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2018/04/12/two-thirds-of-millennials-dont-know-what-auschwitz-is-according-to-study-of-fading-holocaust-knowledge/ Notes: VRChat world courtesy of Lucifer M Star Audio version available on all major podcast apps.

Video version available on youtube with the link below: https://youtu.be/YiQuDgafNa0 Welcome to EnterVR ! Excited to bring you an insightful conversation as part of the VR UX design series featuring the Andy Tsen from Zenith. Zenith is an upcoming VR MMO with a passionate team and immense potential! Topics discussed: Managing real world player fatigue with VR UI Exploring the design of social interactions inside a VR MMO.  Drawing inspiration from popular media that adds to the over all experience.  Designing satisfying gameplay loops and progression. How to create combat mechanics that stay fresh and fun.  Future goals and ambitions for Zenith while managing expectations.  (avatar customization, player created quests)  Stay in touch with Andy and the Zenith team with the links below: https://discord.gg/zenith https://twitter.com/ZenithMMO store.steampowered.com/app/1403370/Ze… https://twitter.com/Andy_Tsen Thanks again to Andy for being such an awesome guest and thanks for tuning in!

Video version: https://youtu.be/2vCrOeqhWkw Welcome to EnterVR ! Excited to bring you an insightful conversation as part of the VR UX design series featuring the Lucifer M Star, a prolific VRChat world creator with some of the most popular spaces in the metarverse! In this talk we tackle subjects like: VRChat SDK 2 vs. SDk 3 . Getting feedback from users by going undercover. Tips and resources for aspiring VRChat world creators. Using music to guide design creativity. Get in touch with Lucifer with the links below! https://twitter.com/LuciferMStarVRC https://hellobanana.gg/ Thanks to Lucifer for being a wonderful guest and thanks for tuning in to the show!

Check out the video version: https://youtu.be/cX5X0yiaPUg Welcome to EnterVR ! Excited to bring you an insightful conversation as part of the VR UX design series featuring Sonya Seddarasan, a product designer with experience in mobile, AR and VR design. In this talk we tackle questions like: How to 2D designers can prepare to tackle the challenges of the spatial computing paradigm using real world familiarity to design virtual reality interactions Don't reinvent the wheel with UI patterns in AR/VR Obstacles to creating iteration loops Check out the slides below to learn more from Sonya's design talks: https://www.slideshare.net/SonyaSeddarasan/from-2d-to-3d-product-design https://www.slideshare.net/SonyaSeddarasan/familiarity-from-2d-ui-to-3d-spatial-interface Get in touch with Sonya with the links below! https://www.linkedin.com/in/sonya-seddarasan-303570a4/ https://account.altvr.com/channels/1531069185847722286 Thanks to Sonya for being a wonderful guest and thanks for tuning in to the show!

Watch the video version of the talk here: https://youtu.be/hfGGWfhmTpY Welcome to EnterVR ! Excited to bring you an insightful conversation as part of the VR UX design series featuring the team behind the Virtual Hand Physics Lab and Holoception; Dennys and Roger from Holonautic! Show Notes: Why add some VR interactions over others? How was audio integrated? Some ideas can be nice on paper but don't translate well in VR. Straddling the line between immersion and convenience in physics based games and experiences. Predicting what users will do with your UI implementations. Discovering interesting human behaviors based on watching users interacting with hand tracked experiences. The challenges of creating novel menus with hands in VR. User feedback iteration loop. Advice for aspiring VR UX designers. Get in touch and get more info with the links below: https://discord.com/invite/rRsQEew https://twitter.com/HandPhysicsLab https://twitter.com/DennysKuhnert https://twitter.com/Holonautic https://twitter.com/holoception https://www.holonautic.com/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/10... https://www.oculus.com/experiences/ri... Thanks to Dennys and Roger and thank you tuning in! Special Credits to VRchat user LucifermStar for creating the VRchat World we used : https://twitter.com/LuciferMStarVRC

Check out the EnterVR youtube channel to watch our talk: https://youtu.be/rkqEp0FqdLE Welcome to the EnterVR podcast! Excited to bring you an insightful conversation on VR UX design featuring Olivier JT, creator of Synthesis Universe! Huge thanks to Olivier for being a true scholar and gentleman of the metaverse! Stay in touch with Olivier with the links below: https://twitter.com/OlivierJT_SU http://www.synthesisuniverse.com/ Thank you for listening!

Huge thanks to Azad for being a true scholar and gentleman of the metaverse! Check out my impressions of Puzzling Places: https://youtu.be/84BE2qq8Mh4 Stay in touch with Azad with the links below: https://twitter.com/Azadux https://twitter.com/realities_io https://twitter.com/PuzzlingPlaces https://twitter.com/researchvrcast Thanks for listening and thanks for all your support these past 7 years! Credits: Photo for this episode is courtesy of my dog Music made in the intro made by Cris Miranda with the Bandlab app on Android.

Welcome to the Enter VR podcast, featuring Jesse Filipko aka nomono. Excited to bring another conversation at the intersection of VR, business, design, technology, gaming and society. Join us on this wonderful adventure down the rabbit hole with topics spanning: -Half Life Alyx mods -Under rated VR cockpit games -VR and your mental health during the pandemic -Why Facebook can go get fucked. . . and more! Huge thanks to Jesse Filipko for being a true scholar and gentleman of the metaverse! Stay in touch with Jesse with the link below: https://twitter.com/AgtXenon Thanks for listening and thanks for all your support these past 7 years! Credits: Photo for this episode is from VRchat World : VKET4 PARAREAL TOKYO ＂LITTLE FAREWELL" By User VirtualMarket1 Music made in the intro made by Cris Miranda with the Bandlab app on Android.

Welcome to the Enter VR podcast! On this very special episode, we review the 2010's decade for the virtual reality industry. Join Jon Oaks, Blair Renaud and Jesse Filipko as we review highlights of the virtual reality industry for the past 10 years! Show notes Best VR game of the decade Most profitable VR game of the decade A new frontier for human communication is here Check out these links to stay in touch with the guests: https://twitter.com/Anticleric https://twitter.com/JonVirtual https://twitter.com/AgtXenon Thanks to my guests for being true scholars and gentlemen of virtual reality and thank you for listening! Happy 2020 everyone!

Welcome to the Enter VR podcast! On this very special episode, I speak with my good friend Vasanth Mohan from Fused VR on a whole range of topics regarding the current and future state of the metaverse. Join us for a conversation full valuable VR industry knowledge! -Topics include: -Reselling the Quest for triple its price -Valve Index woes -Half Life Alyx's impact on VR adoption -Enjoying the journey of VR and the friends you make along the way Thanks to Vasanth for being a true scholar as well as a gentleman of virtual reality and thank you for listening! Check out the links for references and how to get in touch with Vasanth https://twitter.com/FusedVR https://bit.ly/2PwZxGA https://fusedvr.com/ Links to eVRyday VR's timewarp videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvtEXMlQQtI https://www.youtube.com/user/eVRydayVR/videos

Welcome to the Enter VR podcast! On this episode we'll be exploring the intersection of adult entertainment and virtual reality with special guest Ela Darling, the marketing director at ViRo club! (Virtual Romance Club). Join us for an awesome conversation at the edge of knowledge! Show Notes 1:00 Intro to Ela Darling 3:00 Top 3 things Ela has learned so far working in this new medium. 4:45 A birds eye view on the landscape of the VR adult industry. 9:00 How long will we find our selves in the "early days" of the VR adult industry? 11:30 An intro to Viro club : Virtual Romance Club 15:00 Exploring the appeal of Viro Club's shows. 16:30 How was Viro Club created and why? 20:00 Who is ViroClub for? 25:00 It should be okay to have regular social VR experiences/platforms for only adults. 27:00 The challenges ahead and how the team plans to address them. 30:00 How to make sure minors are not allowed inside the app. 32:00 What does privacy on the platform look like? 35:00 Monetization strategy 37:00 How to make sure there is a healthy balance of community feedback. 39:00 Ela's hopes for the future of the adult VR industry. 41:00 The effects on the safe and legal access to adult content for adults viewed from a macro level : https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19665229 https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/homo-consumericus/201001/pornography-beneficial-or-detrimental 47:00 Exploring haptic devices and the potential for full body suits. 48:00 Discovering the true purpose for the existence of tens units TENS units. 49:00 How to become a part of the Viro Club community. 51:00 Personalized avatars and custom rooms confirmed. 53:00 The challenges of marketing a VR adult app. 56:00 Having VR "sex" with live consenting adults is hard to describe. 57:00 Viro Club has no intention of being used as a population control tool by the Chinese Communist Party. 59:00 Will Viro Club ever become a VR brothel? 1:04:00 Ela's message to her future self. 1:05:00 How to stay in touch with Ela Thanks to Ela for being a true scholar as well as an absolute bad ass of the metaverse and thank you for listening! References and how to stay in touch with Ela and the team at ViRo Club https://twitter.com/ElaDarling https://twitter.com/ViRoClub https://viro.club/ https://viro.club/haptic-devices/ https://www.patreon.com/ViRoClub

Welcome to the Enter VR podcast! Join us for an amazing episode featuring my friend Yui Araki. Come learn about Yui's journey in the industry and catch a quick glimpse into the landscape of the VR community in Japan. Show notes: 45: Yui's past life before VR. 2:00 Yui's journey into the industry. 4:00 Why Hatsune Miku makes so much sense in VR 6:30 Hatsune Miku is not alive but she is also not "dead" 9:15 Hatsune Miku will transcends all mediums, including VR 12:30 Anime is driving VR adoption in Japan. 13:30 A migration towards the metaverse has been underway for some time.  14:00 Why are people in Japan migrating to the metaverse? 16:15 Does Yui want to leave reality and live in the metaverse? 18:00 Yui is ready for the metaverse.  19:45 Enjoying beer parties in VR 20:45 Yui wants to own her country in VR while raising a wholesome family.  24:30 VR allows Yui to form a family across long distances 25:30 Going from cram school teacher to VR industry professional 28:00 Yui taught herself Unity on her phone while on the train 32:00 The ultimate Hatsune Miku experience would be an ultra realistic AI.  35:00 Yui's lessons navigating the industry 37:30 Present Yui's message to future Yui. Thanks to Yui for being a true scholar and bad ass of virtual reality and thank you for listening ! Stay in touch with Yui with the link below: https://twitter.com/Somelu01

Welcome to the Enter VR podcast! Join us for a special episode featuring my friends Jesse Filipko and Evan Young, with a short appearance by Bella, (spent the whole episode inside the Valve Index). Come learn about the latest VR use cases, how there's more to VRchat than just memes plus combining AR/VR in one seamless experience and more! Show notes: 1:00 Expect lots of cheese and bread at Oculus Connect 2:00 VR as an anxiety relief tool for the masses.  4:00 Trying to understand the value of untethered 6dof VR. 8:00 The merging of gaming and exercise is coming 11:00  VR biometric data for exercise games --  https://yur.fit/ 13:00 Linking your meat vehicle to real time biometric data will be manifested in VR. 14:30 Using VR to teach yourself to have more bravery, courage and discipline. 17:30 VR has the potential to open the door to new forms of "suffering porn" 19:00 No Man Sky teaches you the consequences of bad resource management. 23:00 Can VR experiences give us visceral reactions like some movies can?  27:00 Windlands is a great but it gives me too much vertigo 29:00 What will it take to accelerate VR?  31:00 The dream of the ultimate MMO for Spatial Computing.  34:00 Red Dead spoiler alert 36:00 The Red Dead open world needs to come to VR 39:00 Being inside the temple of time is hard to describe.  42:00 VRchat connections are great, reconnecting back to people in VRChat is hard, but why? 44:30 " I just came here for the memes. " 49:00 VR is here to stay and it's okay for it to take its time to reach the masses. Thanks to Bella, Evan and Jesse for being true scholars of virtual reality and thank you for listening!  https://www.patreon.com/SideQuestVR https://hubs.mozilla.com/

Welcome to the Enter VR podcast! Join us for an insightful episode featuring my friend Nobuyuki Tomiuga. Come learn about Nobu's journey through the VR industry! 1:00 How Nobu got introduced to the idea of VR. 2:30 How Nobu first got involved with the VR community. 7:00 SVVR did something special for the VR community. 11:00 Google Cardboard was a double edged sword. 14:20 Nobu's experience with VR porn. (Not much) 22:00 What made Nobu leave the VR community in Japan? 25:00 Who is the community in VR for? 28:00 Alternative VR communities in Tokyo? 34:00 " There's no need to be at the heart of the industry to feel satisfied. " 41:00 Present Nobu's message to future Nobu. Thanks to Nobu for being a true scholar and gentleman of virtual reality and thank you for listening!

Welcome to the Enter VR podcast! Join us for an awesome episode featuring Kent Kajitani, the CEO at Meson AR. Come learn about the AR industry landscape in Japan and much more! Show notes: 45:  What is Meson AR? 1:30 Kent's journey through the industry. 4:00 Strategies and challenges Kent faces when selling to corporate partners.  6:00 Communicating the potential of AR to Japanese audiences. 8:40 Discussions about privacy in AR are more prevalent in Japan. 11:40 How to approach advertisement in AR the right way. 15:00 Going to the root of what gives an AR app a use case. 18:00 Do people in Japan want AR?  19:00 What Kent envisions himself doing every day with a mature AR platform.  22:00 Hado is taking off in Japan and it's amazing.  https://hado-official.com/en/ 23:45 Passthrough AR VS. Seethrough AR 27:50 Apple knows how to read the Japanese market. 29:30 Kent's advice for people trying to break into the AR industry. 31:30 Present Kent's message to future Kent.  34:00 How to stay in touch with kent: https://twitter.com/kajikent https://meson.tokyo/en/

Welcome to the Enter VR podcast! Featuring Ando Shah from Ballast VR! Follow us down the rabbit hole as we explore how Ando and his team is creating real value combining water and virtual reality! Thanks to Ando for being a true scholar and gentleman of virtual reality and thank you for listening! Stay in touch with Ando and Ballast VR with the links below: https://twitter.com/BallastVR https://ballastvr.com/ https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/7/17/17582004/virtual-reality-water-slide-vrslide-ballastvr

Welcome to the Enter VR podcast! On this very special episode we are joined by a fellow scholar of the metaverse, Jon Oaks to discuss all things Oculus Quest. Thanks to Jon for all his sage wisdom and thank you for listening! Stay in touch with Jon with the link below: https://twitter.com/JonVirtual

Hello and welcome to the Enter VR podcast! With special guest: Evan Young! Come with us as we explore the intersection of doing business and virtual reality! Thanks to Evan for being a true scholar and gentleman of virtual reality and thank you for listening! Stay in touch with Evan with the link below! https://www.linkedin.com/in/eyoung7/

Welcome to a very special episode inside VRChat! We're hanging out with Jon Oaks at the Tree house in the Shade world! Join us down the rabbit hole as we discuss the state of the metaverse! Keep in touch with Jon with the link below and check out the tree house in the shade! https://twitter.com/JonVirtual https://tinyurl.com/y5suaea8 Thanks to Jon for being a true scholar and gentleman of virtual reality and thank you for listening!

Welcome to the Enter VR podcast! On this episode we are joined by Ana Ribeiro, the creator of Pixel Ripped 1989. Come along with us for a trip down the rabbit hole! Thanks to Ana for being a true scholar and lady of virtual reality and thank you for listening. Stay in touch with Ana with the links below: https://twitter.com/Anagamedev https://twitter.com/pixelripped https://discordapp.com/invite/nxc348W http://www.pixelripped.com/

Welcome to the Enter VR podcast! On this week's episode we are joined by Dr. Marialice Kern and Aaron Stanton from the VR Health Institute. Join us for a trip down the rabbit hole! Thanks to my guests for being true scholars of virtual reality and thank you for listening! Keep in touch with Aaron and Dr. Kern with the links below: [email protected] https://twitter.com/AaronStanton https://www.facebook.com/vrhealthinstitute/ https://bit.ly/2Jm9vte https://vrhealth.institute/

Welcome to the Enter VR podcast! Featuring Sasha LeBaron, the community manager at Somnium Space! Pack your bags and get ready for a journey down the rabbit hole! Topics covered: The reverse "U" of VR fitness, the future of VR content platforms, What happened to Decentraland?, Nintendo Labo VR analysis, Hololens 2 impressions, Somnium Space perks, Valve HMD speculation and more! Stay in touch with Sasha with the links below: https://discord.gg/fKVPx5y https://twitter.com/SLeBaron https://twitter.com/SomniumSpace http://www.somniumspace.com/ Thanks to my guest for being a true scholar and gentleman of virtual reality and thank you for listening!

Welcome to the Enter VR podcast! We're doing something unorthodox on this episode. Dara Bonakdar will be today's guest host and he will be interviewing Cris Miranda on the origins of Enter VR, its future and we get a sneak peak into an exciting new venture in the VR fitness field. Stay tuned and come with us on trip down the rabbit hole! Show notes: Skip to minute 10 to hop over to VR talk. Skip to minute 44 to learn about VR Personal Fitness Training. Thanks to Dara for hosting the show and for being a true scholar and gentleman of virtual reality! Thank you for listening! Stay in touch with the links below: https://twitter.com/darabonakdar https://twitter.com/VRFightSchool https://twitter.com/VRFightLeague https://www.linkedin.com/in/cris-miranda-abb3b938/ https://twitter.com/EnterVR https://www.youtube.com/user/EnterVR

Welcome to the Enter VR podcast featuring Jon Oaks. Join for us a journey down the rabbit hole! Topics covered: The ultimate holiday 2018 buyers guide, Trackpads VS Joysticks, PSVR dominance, RIP GearVR, Oculus fragmentation, HTC McLaren flop, Windows MR getting overlooked. To stay in touch with Jon with the link below: https://twitter.com/JonVirtual Thanks to my guest for being a true scholar and gentleman of virtual reality and thanks for listening!

Welcome to Enter VR podcast ft. Maurice Op de Beek, the CTO at Kiiro. Join us for a journey down the rabbit hole! Stay in touch with Maurice and Kiiro with the links below: https://www.kiiroo.com/ https://twitter.com/Kiiroo Thanks again to my guest for being a true scholar and gentleman of virtual reality and thank you for listening.

Welcome to the Enter VR podcast ft. Godfrey Meyer. Join us for a journey down the rabbit hole! Stay in touch Godfrey with the links below: @boomboxhead #boomboxhead Spotify ⇨ https://open.spotify.com/artist/1Dh5Sd0jpLMYJJYhSHuomD Discord ⇨ https://discord.gg/vZd3suN TikTok ⇨ https://tiktok.com/@boomboxheads Instagram ⇨ https://instagram.com/boomboxhead Twitch ⇨ https://twitch.tv/boomboxheads Twitter ⇨ https://twitter.com/boomboxheads Facebook ⇨ http://facebook.com/boomboxhead Thanks to Godfrey for being a true scholar and gentleman of VR and thank you for listening!

Welcome to the Enter VR podcast! Featuring Jason Storey, founder at Darker Smile studios. Come with us for a journey down the rabbit hole! Stay in touch with Jason with the links below: https://twitter.com/_JasonStorey https://www.darkersmile.com/blog Thanks to my guest for being a true scholar of VR and thank you for listening!

Welcome to the Enter VR podcast ft Chris Madsen - Business dev for Immersive Education & James Ruscella the executive director of the Shenandoah center for Immersive Learning at Shenandoah University. Join us for a journey down the rabbit hole! Stay in touch with my guests with the links below: https://twitter.com/vreducation https://twitter.com/deep_rifter https://twitter.com/ShenandoahU Thanks to my guests for being true scholars and gentlemen of virtual reality and thank you for listening!

Welcome to the Enter VR podcast featuring Blair Renaud an OG vr developer, creator of Technolust. Join us for a journey down the rabbit hole! Stay in touch with Blair with the links below: https://twitter.com/Anticleric https://twitter.com/QuantumCapture https://twitter.com/OccupiedVR https://twitter.com/WEED_VR https://twitter.com/Pinboard/status/1051259081548214273 https://twitter.com/BasedOps/status/922316546050891776 Thanks again to Blair for being a true scholar and gentleman of virtual reality and thank you for listening!

Welcome to the Enter VR podcast ft Erika Barraza, founder and CEO at EV Realities. Join us for a journey down the rabbit hole! Stay in touch with Erika with the links below: https://www.evrealities.com/ https://twitter.com/SV_SocEnt Thanks to Erika for being a true scholar of virtual reality and thank you for listening!

Welcome to the EnterVR podcast! Featuring Shawn Whiting, the community designer at Against Gravity, the makers of Rec Room. Join us for a journey down the rabbit hole! Thanks to my guest for being a true scholar and gentleman of virtual reality and thank you for listening! Stay in touch with Shawn with the links below: https://twitter.com/shawncwhiting https://twitter.com/recroom https://www.youtube.com/c/recroom https://www.instagram.com/recroom/

Alex Chu is the lead interaction designer at the Google Daydream team. Join us for a conversation on the current state of vr, ai to predict viral content, solving the user input question and more! Stay in touch with Alex with the links below: https://twitter.com/alexchudesign https://www.alexchudesign.com/ https://twitter.com/googlearvr

Welcome to the Enter VR podcast! Featuring Chris Madsen aka Deeprifter, join us for a journey down the rabbit exploring topics like immersive education, virtual reality immortality and the future of amusement rides! Thanks to my guest for being a true scholar and gentleman of virtual reality and thank you for listening! Check out the links below to get in touch with Chris: https://twitter.com/deep_rifter https://engagevr.io/ https://twitter.com/vreducation

Welcome to the Enter VR podcast! On this episode, I am joined by Jon Oaks a VR business development expert full of sage wisdom for anyone trying to survive and thrive in VR! Come with us for a journey down the rabbit hole! Keep in touch with Jon with the links below: https://twitter.com/JonVirtual https://svvr.com/ Thanks to Jon for being a true scholar and gentleman of virtual reality and thank you for listening!

Hello and welcome to the Enter VR podcast! On this very special episode we are joined by Max Harper and Amedeo Mapelli, the founding team at Simmetri! Join us for a journey down the rabbit hole! SHOW NOTES: 40: What is Simmetri? 3:30 The initial point of inspiration for creating Simmetri 4:50 Integrating VR with Simmetri in the DK2 days. 9:30 Will VR ever become important for society, and to what degree? 11:30 Preventing/minimizing VR addiction in the future 18:00 How to view the current state of the internet as a blue print of what not to do with the metaverse 22:00 VR will one day magnify the shock and trauma caused by content created by malicious users in the aggregate. 28:00 How do you teach compassion with VR? 29:20 What will it take to make VR mainstream? 32:30 How to bring VR to schools 38:00 Engines are the future the internet. Where does Simmetri fit into this grand scheme? 48:00 How will AI and engines grow together over time. 52:00 What does the killer app of VR look like? 1:04:00 People are wired to become consumers, how do you rewire people to become creators instead. 1:10:00 Why should you try Simmetri? 1:16:00 How far can you push the Simmetri engine if you know how to develop 1:22:00 Sending a message to the year 2038. 1:26:00 Parting thoughts. 1:30:00 How to stay in touch with Max and Amedeo Thanks to Amedeo and Max for being true scholars and gentlemen of virtual reality and thank you for listening! Stay in touch with the links below: https://discord.gg/pTY3EsX https://twitter.com/simmetri [email protected] [email protected] https://www.simmetri.com/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/547120/Simmetri/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/547280/Calcflow/

Welcome to the Enter VR podcast! On this episode we are joined by Clorama Dorvilias, the founder and CEO of Debias VR. Join us for a journey down the rabbit hole! Show Notes: 2:00 Check out the Half Moon Bay pumpkin festival! 4:00 Visiting 18 countries in a few years. 6:00 Dealing with a mid 20's life crisis. 16:00 The source of Clorama's drive to do good. 24:00 Working with State housing slum lords. 32:00 The inception of Enter VR. 35:00 Sending a message to Clorama in 2038. 36:00 Where did the spark for virtual reality begin for Clorama? 55:00 Dealing with impostor syndrome. 1:02:00 Balancing marketing with product development goals. 1:05:00 The most successful marketing channel for Debias VR. 1:08:00 What advice would present Clorama give to her past self? 1:12:00 Why travel is necessary. 1:16:00 The psychedelic experience is not for everyone. Anti depressants are good for those who can afford it but they can have scary side effects. 1:22:00 Mental health in Silicon Valley is overlooked. 1:32:00 Please give Cris Miranda money to start the world's first VR brothel service. email him at : [email protected] 1:38:00 How to make experiences that increase empathy in fun ways. 1:48:00 How to feel okay about the associations you make and how they influence your decisions. 1:55:00 How avatars can change your personality and how people treat you. 1:58:00 How can AR impact behavioral training to reduce racial bias. 2:04:00 The grand vision for Debias VR. 2:07:00 How to stay in touch and follow up with Clorama's work: https://twitter.com/CreativeClo https://twitter.com/DebiasVR http://debiasvr.com/ Thanks to Clorama for being a true scholar and lady for virtual reality and thank you for listening!

Hello and welcome to another episode of the Enter VR podcast featuring Steve McClosky from Nanome VR. Join us for a discussion on VR, nanoengineering and the limits of technology! Show Notes 30: What is Nanome? What is Steve working on? 1:40 How did Steve reach the intersection between VR and Nanotechnology? 5:00 What is the current nanotechnology industry landscape. 11:00 What are the counterarguments of combining VR with nanotech? 15:00 What have been successful user acquisition strategies? 16:50 What is the grand vision for Nanome? 25:40 How do you minimize bad actors in a population of people with the ability to design materials at a nanoscale? 27:00 What are the limits of nanotechnology? 32:00 The most exciting trends in the vr industry for the next 6 months to 1 year. 42:00 The hype behind Neural link. 48:00 How to stay in touch with Steve Message [email protected] for an enterVR podcast discount! 49:40 Topics for the next conversation! Stay in touch with the links below: https://twitter.com/nanome_inc https://twitter.com/StevenMcCloskey https://nanome.ai/

Welcome to the Enter VR podcast! Today's episode features Harvey Ball AKA the Stone fox. Join us as we take a deep dive into VRTK an amazing tool set that allows anyone the ability to make vr experiences with Unity. SHOW NOTES: 30: Getting rid of impostor syndrome thanks to VRTK. 2:00 How did VRTK first get started? 9:30 Why is working on VRTK important for the Stonefox? 13:00 What guided the Stonefox in building out VRTK. 16:40 What sets VRTK apart from other vr prototyping tools. 19:00 The features the community is asking for the most. 25:00 Advice on how to create multi player VR experiences. 28:00 Tips and advice for VRTK beginners. 30:00 Where to publish your content once you are done prototyping. 31:30 Long term and short term goals for VRTK. 36:00 Getting webVR and VRTK working together. 39:00 How to understand what's going on underneath the hood of your unity vrtk experiences? 43:00 Figuring out the logistics of delivering VRTK educational content. 47:00 Working on VRTK and the VR industry landscape. 54:00 Dealing with acquisition offers from big companies. 56:00 Is VR dead? 1:00:00 Where will VRTK be 10 years from now? 1:04:00 What will crossing the uncanny do to society? 1:10:00 Will VR create a massive cultural divide? 1:14:00 The Stonefox's hopes for the future of VR. 1:17:00 How to stay in touch with the Stonefox Thanks again to the Stonefox for being a true scholar and gentleman of virtual reality and thank you for listening. More information on VRTK and the stonefox in the links below: https://twitter.com/VR_Toolkit https://twitter.com/The_StoneFox https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWRk-LEMUNoZxUmY1wO7DBQ https://github.com/thestonefox/VRTK https://vrtoolkit.readme.io/

Welcome to the Enter VR podcast! This episode features Sam Huber from Admix. Admix is a monetization platform for VR and AR. Joins us we discuss the future of advertising in the metaverse! SHOW NOTES 1:00 What is admix? 2:20 How did mobile advertising happen? 7:20 How to create a balanced advertising platform? 9:30 The technology behind Admix and how it works. 14:30 Developers supported by advertisers? 16:00 Who is Admix for? 18:30 What are the average earnings for developers on the Admix platform. 20:00 How do you calculate how much an ad is worth in virtual reality? 21:00 Is VR advertising more effective than meatspace advertising? 25:00 Using machine learning on the aggregated data of users. 27:00 Educating users on ethical advertising standards. 29:40 Will GDPR affect Admix's business model? 33:00 Sam's origin story. 38:00 The biggest challenges Sam faces. 42:00 How Admix provides support for its developers. 43:00 How to stay afloat for the long run. 46:00 How to not become a Black Mirror episode. 51:00 Biggest hopes for the future of virtual reality. Thanks to Sam for being a true scholar and gentleman of virtual reality and thank you for listening! Stay in touch with Sam with the links below: http://admix.in https://www.facebook.com/groups/249932279077667/ samhuber.com

Welcome to the Enter VR podcast! On this episode we talk about videogames, VR and the sociopolitical crisis that is ongoing in Nicaragua affecting my friends and family. This will not be your typical virtual reality podcast episode. SHOW NOTES 30: Trying out PSVR for the first time. 4:00 Trying out PSVR while on cannabis. 6:00 Completing Resident Evil on PSVR was super satisfying. 9:00 Do gadgets inspire us to dream about the future? 16:00 Buying a tank in GTA V. 21:00 The allure behind fighting games like Dragon Ball Fighters Z. 29:00 Smash Bros Ultimate! OMG! 36:00 The killer app of VR. 46:00 Figuring out how to expose the Nicaraguan political crisis. 49:00 History behind dictators in Nicaragua 58:00 Living under de facto martial law. 1:13:00 Dodging real world bullets. 1:20:00 Government is "disappearing people". 1:35:00 Interrupted by gunshots. 1:43:00 What will it take for trust with the police to come back ? 2:00:00 What can the international community do to help? 2:13:00 How to stay in touch and informed Thanks again to my two guests for being true scholars and gentleman of virtual reality and thank you for listening. Stay in touch and help out with the links below https://twitter.com/ChinusX https://twitter.com/nicadispatch https://www.gofundme.com/helping-those-impacted-in-Nicaragua

Welcome to the Enter VR podcast! On this episode we are joined by Paul Marcano AKA Artist3d. Check out the show notes to get a preview of we talked about. SHOW NOTES 30: How many hours of sleep does Paul usually get? 3:00 Flipping virtual reality on its head. 6:20 Paul's creativity works by doing pre-visualization of the project at hand. 10:48 Using Unity's terrain sculpting tool to create worlds for VRChat. 14:40 Paul techniques for learning new skills. 18:00 Paul's approach to figuring out what to do with the void. 23:00 The Paul's biggest influences. 28:00 How to gain inspiration? 31:00 How to stay motivated in the face of adversity. 36:00 The fear of never working hard enough. 43:00 How do you when a piece of art is ready to be shown? 58:00 What is art? Who pays for the art being created? 1:05:20 A social network where you get paid for your content. 1:11:00 A virtual reality economy needs to occur before VR can take off. 1:20:00 Paul's biggest hopes for VR as a technology. 1:21:00 How to stay in touch with Paul. Thanks to Paul for being a true scholar and gentleman of the metaverse and thank you for listening! Check out the links below to stay in touch with paul: https://twitter.com/Artist3d http://www.dreamscaping.com/ https://www.patreon.com/Artist3d

Welcome to the Enter VR podcast! On this episode we are joined by Adam Draper from Boost VC, come along with us as we discuss the current virtual reality venture capital landscape and much more ! Check out the show notes below to get a preview of what we talked about. 30: The current state of the virtual reality industry. 5:00 The current state of hardware competition in virtual reality. (Don't forget about Sony!) 7:30 What makes a VR startup successful? 10:00 What makes a good leader? How do you know when someone has what it takes? 12:30 The origin story behind Boost VC. 16:50 Advice from present Adam Draper to Adam Draper from the past. 21:35 What will intersection of VR and Crypto look like in the future? 30:00 Peer to peer exchange of value is coming for virtual reality. 31:00 What is VR not good for? 39:00 What are the goals for boost VC with regards to VR? 41:00 Adam's biggest hopes for VR. 43:00 Adam's parting thoughts. 44:00 How to stay in touch with Adam Draper. Thanks to Adam for being a scholar of virtual reality and thank you for listening! Stay in touch with Adam with the links below: https://www.boost.vc/ https://www.boost.vc/podcast/ https://twitter.com/AdamDraper https://twitter.com/boostvc

Welcome to the Enter VR podcast! On today's show we are joined by Noah Robinson a doctoral student of clinical psychology at Vanderbilt University, he also known as Psych one of the hosts of EndGame in VRChat. Join us we discuss treating addictions with virtual reality and much more! Check out the show notes below to get a preview of what we talked about. 30: Treating addictions with virtual reality. 1:30 Patients initial reaction to VR? 5:20 What are the limits of VR when it comes to treating mental illness? 7:00 What is it about VR and its ability to unlock flow states? 12:00 Regulating mental states with virtual reality. 14:00 Replacing one addiction with another? 16:40 How does VR become more widely accepted in the realm of mental health? 21:10 Psychological studies involving VR and their findings. 25:00 Using VR to treat sexual assault? 27:00 How does Noah take care of his own mental health? 31:00 The efficacy rate of VR compared to more traditional methods. 32:00 Lessons learned from hosting EndGame? 34:00 How did the opioid epidemic get so bad? 37:00 What can be done to solve the opioid epidemic? 38:00 The market for mental health therapy for VR. 41:00 Violence can be unlocked via environmental experiences? 43:00 What kind of person is attracted by virtual reality at this point? 45:00 Noah's goals for his work. 46:00 A future where psychology is practiced inside of virtual reality? 49:00 Will artificial intelligence replace your therapist ? 50:00 Noah's best case scenario for VR in mental health. 51:00 Will we develop new behaviors because of VR? 52:40 Scenarios where VR becomes mainstream. 55:00 Parting thoughts and how to stay in touch. Thanks to Noah for being a true scholar and gentleman of virtual reality and thank you for listening! Stay in touch with Noah with the links below: https://discordapp.com/invite/fWcE7zy http://psychnoah.com/ https://twitter.com/PsychNoah https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9Qo0Iz5OdE1KRIqJVkD93w