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/

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Exploring Sara Lisa Vogl's VR design process, using lucid dreaming as a tool & iteration metrics

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

juliano.calil@gmail.com



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

Using sea level rise visualizations in VR to learn about the climate crisis  ft. Dr. Juliano Calil

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

SMR #1 Star Wars Squadrons VR in 2021, PSVR2, full body tracking and more!

Zuck's metaverse, valve deckard, psvr2, haptics vests and more!

It is morally imperative that we destroy the metaverse

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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Teaching the world how to dance in virtual reality, ft. the Dusty Dust Bunny

Hello listeners! Welcome to the EnterVR podcast! On today's show, I speak with Chris Mitchell from OSVR. Join us as we explore the possibilities open source virtual reality has to offer.

1:00 Intro. What does "open source" mean in the context of OSVR?

2:30 What are the lessons one can learn from Linux that can apply over to OSVR?

5:00 What will the user agreements look like? Is there a fine print that you should keep in mind if you are developing for OSVR?

10:00 What are the limits of commercialization? At what point will Razer sue you for making money?

11:00 Will OSVR be on Github? 

12:00 How many OSVR's is Razer expecting to sell?

14:40 How will OSVR define success?

17:00 Why should developers make content for OSVR vs the competition?

20:00 Is OSVR limited to gaming?

21:30 Chris's biggest hope for the VR industry.

23:00 What are the benefits to consumers that the open source version of the metaverse can provide?

24:00 Where does the open source virtual reality movement need the most improvement in ?

26:00 What will the distribution process look like for OSVR?

28:30 Where will the most money be made in VR?

31:00 Chris's motivations to be in VR.

34:00 Reliving Final Fantasy 8 & 10 in VR.

36:00 Closing thoughts and staying.

Thanks to Chris for being a true scholar and gentleman of virtual reality! 

Keep in touch with Chris and OSVR with the links below:

@OpenSource_VR

http://www.osvr.com/

@MitchellChris

http://osvr.github.io/


Razer is creating an open source virtual reality platform

Hello there and welcome to Enter VR! Join Graham Gaylor, Jesse Joudrey and I as we talk about the psychology of VRChat, tips on being a VR entrepreneur and much more!

Here is a snippet of some of the things we talked about:

40:  The origins of VR Chat,How it all got started. 

1:40 Why start VR chat at the time that they did,

3:30 VRChat is almost 1.5 years old. How the community has grown over the course of the lifespan of VR chat thus far. 

4:20 How VRChat allows you to share and create environments to hang out with your friends in. 

6:20 Thinking of native tools for customization. Balancing between accessibility and being a full featured app. 

9:00 What are the main reasons people will build content for virtual reality worlds?

11:00 Interesting psychological observations on the behavior of VRChat  users.

13:00 Are virtual reality avatars having a subconscious impact on your psyche?

16:00 What will be the dick measuring contests of the metaverse?

19:00 The business opportunities in creating custom avatar marketplace.

20:40 Why is there no social VR app in the mobile VR platform?

22:00 Which will be more lucrative for social vr companies, the mobile or desktop vr space?

24:00 What social vr developers need from the hardware manufacturers.

27:00 The contingency plan in the scenario that an SDK does not work and there are hundreds of users relying on the app.

28:00 Milestones for VRChat in the next couple of years. 

29:00 Strategies to stay motivated as vr entrepreneurs. 

33:30 How social VR stacks up to real world meetups. The vision for VRChat.

38:00 Will you be able to host your own sex dungeon in VRChat?

40:00 What is the team's take on advertisers selling user's information and interactions inside of vr spaces?

41:00 What Jesse and Graham do on their time off from VRChat.

43:00 Look for Refried bicycle in San Francisco. Doing a naked bicycle ride with Graham through San Francisco.

45:00 The weather in Vancouver this summer.

47:00 Getting high on breathing?

51:00 Jesse can work without eating for long periods of time.

52:00 Graham loves peanut butter.

54:00 Jesse loves the Shaolin noodle house near Camby and Broadway in Vancouver. 

56:00 Closing thoughts and how to stay in touch. 


Thanks again to Jesse and Graham for being true scholars and gentlemen of virtual reality and thank you for listening. 

Found out more information with the links below.

https://twitter.com/VRChatNet

http://www.vrchat.net/

https://twitter.com/JesseJoudrey

https://twitter.com/grahamgaylor
 


This episode's intro is courtesy of my friend Ben. More info on Ben's work in the links below:

https://soundcloud.com/sixis-3

http://shantiplanticharity.bandcamp.com/releases


Harnessing the power of social VR with Jesse Joudrey and Graham Gaylor

Welcome to the Enter VR podcast! Featuring Tina Sauerlaender and Philip Hausmeier, the team behind Radiance VR.  Check out the show notes below to preview what we talked about.


30: What is Radiance VR ?

2:00 The Radiance VR's mission and business model.

5:20 The process of curating VR art,

6:00 The source of inspiration for VR artist?

7:00 When is something considered art?

12:00 What is the value of art for society?

14:00 What does the traditional art world think about VR?

19:00 Does the marketing behind VR affect how the tech is viewed by the traditional art world?

22:00 How will VR effect the things you believe are real?

27:00 Digging deeper into the value and purpose of VR Art and art in general.

30:00 Advice for people who would like to create art in VR. 

32:00 The art piece that has imprinted on Tina and Philip the most. When is art is good?

35:00 The best creation tools for VR art. 

36:40 What is the importance of intention when creating art?

41:30 The biggest challenges facing VR artists right now

45:00 Protecting the rights to digital art with a block chain protocol?

46:45 Why is VR important?

48:30 How to stay in touch with Philip and Tina


Thanks again to Philip and Tina for being true scholars and wizards of virtual reality and thank you for listening! 

Get in touch with the links below:

https://www.radiancevr.co/

https://www.facebook.com/vr.radiance/

https://www.instagram.com/radiance_vr/


Intro song:
Me Gustas tu by Manu Chau

https://soundcloud.com/because/manu-chao-me-gustas-tu

The dynamic nature of virtual reality art featuring Radiance VR

Welcome to the Enter VR podcast! Hope you enjoy a conversation featuring The Architect, the Creator of Club Trancendia in VRChat.



30: Discovering the Architect through DeepRifter

1:50 What is Club Trancendia?

4:20 Why join VRchat in the first place?

7:30 Defining Cyberdelic experiences.

8:40 The Architect's grand plan for Club Trancendia.

11:30 How do you build communities in VRChat?

15:15 How to find Club Trancendia in VRChat.

16:50 Does the Architect predetermine how he wants you to feel inside his world?

19:30 How does the Architect balance between his own art style and what users want from him. 

21:00 Could you replicate the kind of community the architect as created with VR chat

25:00 A universal language will emerge from VRChat and memes.

26:20 Favorite memory in VR.

28:00 How does the Architect define success?

31:00 What happens when a community gets too big?

34:00 What sorts of psychedelic experiences have influenced the Architect's work?

38:30 How can you tell when someone is going to be a troll?

41:00 What does the ultimate suite of moderator tools look like?

43:30 How did the Architect hear about virtual worlds in the first place?\

45:40 Getting started with youtube VRChat Unity tutorials.

47:00 Does creativity come from within or is it something that you can teach?

49:00 The Architect's favorite games list.

51:00 Playing Dragon Ball Fighter Z and Mortal Kombat Deception

55:00 Command and Conquer on the N64 was a thing.

58:00 The Architect loves is writing a scifi epic as a hobby.

1:02:40 VRChat avatars provide a great medium for improv.

1:04:00 How to create a successful Patreon page.

1:06:00 The most difficult thing about being the Architect.

1:08:00 Is the future of virtual reality a positive one? What are the unforeseen consequences of VR?

1:11:00 Technological solutions for our technology induced problems.

1:15:00 Dabbin is an effective way to neutralize the haters.

1:18:00 The best anti burglary strategy.

1:20:40 Reminiscing about robo recall.

1:21:00 Creating VR inside VR is going open up endless possibilities.

1:23:00 "Just love each other"  - The Architect.

1:24:00 How to stay in touch

Thanks to the Architect for being a true scholar and gentleman of virtual reality and thank you for listening!

Stay in touch with the Architect with the links below

https://twitter.com/wordedworlds

https://www.patreon.com/thearchitectvr




Intro clips include:

 MTV Movie Awards Matrix Parody Scene

Point Point -Too Future guest mix 

https://soundcloud.com/too-future-mixes/too-future-guest-mix-066-point-point

Please support the artists!

Cyberdelic virtual worlds and creating vibrant communities in VR featuring The Architect

Welcome to the Enter VR podcast! On this episode we are joined by Az Balabanian from the Research VR podcast. Check out show notes below to get a preview of what we talked about. 


1:00 Reminiscing the good ol days and 100 vr hour project

2:30 What keeps Az busy these days.

5:00 The dynamics of doing a podcast in VR with Bigscreen VR.

7:00 Shopping around for the right social VR world to host a talk show.

11:00 Enter VR dance crew is on the way.

12:40 Recalling playing vr games and experiences these days.

16:00 VR environments can have a real effect on you?

27:00 Could VR environments be designed to minimize trolling and bad behavior?

35:00 Self policing communities can actually happen in VR

37:00 What is the current state of photogammetry? 

43:30 What is the difference between lightfields vs. photogammetry ?

49:00 Is lightfield technology dead?

51:00 Can you pay your rent just by doing work with photogammetry?

54:00 What are LIDAR cameras?

59:00 Who will win? Spinning lasers or machine vision for VR tracking?

1:03:30 How long will it take for VR to leave the trough of disillusionment. How do you make money VR right now while anticipating where the future will be?

1:09:00 Reflecting on the impact Ready Player One can have on the current state of the industry.

1:14:30 Trying out the Varjo headset and the potential it will have on the industry.

1:19:00 How far away are we from a complete 5G connected future?

1:23:00 The existential potential and threat of eye tracking technology.

1:28:00 Trying to wrap our minds our around the current state of social media.

1:35:00 How to stay in touch Az and closing thoughts.


Thanks to Az for being a true scholar and gentleman of virtual reality and thank you for listening! 

Check out the links below to get in touch Az:


https://twitter.com/Azadux

http://azadux.com/

https://itunes.apple.com/fi/podcast/researchvr-podcast/id1072936162?mt=2

https://twitter.com/researchvrcast


The song from the intro is Remix of the Legend Zelda's Song of Storms by Deon Custom

https://soundcloud.com/deoncustom/zelda-song-of-storms-deon-custom-remix

Please support the artist!

The current state of photogrammetry and the ultimate potential of eye tracking with Az Balabanian

Welcome to the 200th episode of the Enter VR podcast! On this very special episode we're joined by Frooxius, the creator of Neos VR. Check out the show notes below to get a glimpse of what we discussed.

1:00 What is Neos VR?

2:00 The process of creating Neos VR.

8:50 Making VR inside VR is now here.

10:50 Sneak preview of what new features are coming for Neos VR in the near future.

13:40 Why include multiplayer in Neos in  the first place?

15:00 Who is the audience that Neos was created for?

17:00 The biggest challenges in building out Neos.

20:00 How did Frooxius maintain his focus in building out Neos for so long?

21:00 Frooxius' strategy in creating UI and writing code.

23:00 What makes good UI in VR?

25:40 The interplay between logic and imagination.

26:30 What is the grand vision for Neos VR?

36:00 A lot of your knowledge in Unreal and Unity will transfer over to Neos.

38:00 What are the possible avenues of revenue creation with Neos.

41:00 What is Neos NOT meant for conceptually.

43:50 Sources of inspiration for Neos.

47:00 Frooxius' marketing strategy.

51:00 Marketing advice for Frooxius.

53:00 Neos VR is will be released in its beta mode on May 4th. 

56:00 The different ways you can share your creations.

1:03:00 Importing your C# scripts into Neos.

1:05:00 How do you build something so big?

1:08:00 How long will Frooxius continue working on Neos?

1:11:00 How did the name "Neos" come about?

1:13:00 Why is VR important to Frooxius?

1:18:00 How to stay in touch with Frooxius.

Thanks for Frooxius 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 Frooxius

https://twitter.com/neos_vr


http://neosvr.com/


https://www.facebook.com/TheNeosVR/


https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoAvz0_U4_3z0_AQZTwSuv5pUI4-9ZaYt

Make VR inside VR with Neos, the God simulator. Featuring Frooxius

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!

Everything you thought you knew about virtual reality is WRONG

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/

Social VR is the future ft. Shawn Whiting from Rec Room

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!

The future of work and education via simulation training ft. JJ Ruscella and Chris Madsen

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!

Balancing your expectations of VR objectively ft. Jason Storey

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!

Virtual Reality and the Future of Music Videos ft. Godfrey Meyer

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!

A Hitchhiker's Guide to Virtual Reality ft. Jon Oaks

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/

A trip down the rabbit hole featuring Evan Young and Jesse Filipko

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

A conversation with the future president of the United States of the Metaverse - Yui Araki

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

Pushing the boundaries of sex, porn and virtual reality ft. Ela Darling from Viro Club

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

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Exploring the current landscape of the metaverse with Vasanth Mohan from Fused VR

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!

Enter VR new years show : A decade in review for virtual reality

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.

2020 is a year of adaptation, innovation and commitment for the VR industry ft. Azad Balabanian

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!

EnterVR Spatial UX series

Creating a universal language using unconventional VR design

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

VR UX design 101 - Hand tracking, physics and new possibilities ft. team Holonautic

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!

VR UX 101 : Crossing over from 2D design to AR/VR with Sonya Seddarasan

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!

VR UX 101 : Designing VRChat Spaces that Evoke Emotion ft. Lucifer M Star

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!

Design that gives you a sense of belonging in Zenith, a VR MMO.

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.

EnterVR, VRUX 101 

VRUX 101:  Design that highlights the profound humanity behind the Anne Frank story

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

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