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.

EnterVR

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

Hello listerners!

On today's episode I speak with Neal Nellans the creator of Super Bike TT the Superbike racing simulator designed for the Oculus Rift.
Come along as we discuss, the second coming of arcades with VR, using virtual reality in animal experimentation, developing SuperBike TT for the Rift and Neal's dog can shoot lasers from his mouth and fire from his butt.

For more info on Neal , check out the links below:

http://www.superbikett.com/

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=219993417

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tinyutopia.homersadventurespectacular

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/homers-adventure-spectacular/id692614411?mt=8

Thanks again to Neal for being a true scholar and gentleman of virtual reality

Follow the show on @entervr

Neal Nellans SuperBike TT

On today's show I speak with Flake, the VR Guinea Pig. We spoke about the potential marketing challenges for Oculus' CV1, how virtual reality can help In a viral pandemic and we dip our toes into the 'let's play' phenomena.

Thanks again to Flake for being a true scholar and gentleman of virtual reality.

For more info on what Flake is up to check out the links below:

https://twitter.com/VRGuineaPig

https://www.youtube.com/user/ChannelCaine

Thank you for listening and don't forget to check out entervr.net to get more content.
Note: The clip in the beginning is from the Ghost in the Shell soundtrack.

VR guinea pig

Hello listeners! Welcome to another episode of EnterVR. On today’s show I speak with Nathan Burba and James Iliff from Survios (formerly known as project holodeck).

We talked about what Survios is up to right now, the origins of Survios and they teased out the really cool things we can expect from them in the future. On top of that we also talked about the public relations obstacles to virtual reality, the economics of VR ,how robots have become the nuclear weapons of the 21st century and how the NSA plans on listening to the thoughts inside your head.

for more information on Survios, check out the links below:

https://www.facebook.com/surviosvr

http://www.survios.com/

https://twitter.com/Survios

 

EnterVR is also available on Itunes and Stitcher Radio by simply typing ‘entervr’ in the search bar.

Follow me @ cris_miranda1 or @entervr

 

Thanks again for listening!


Discussing the future, VR and killer robot with Survios' Nathan Burba and James Iliff

Hello listeners! On today's show I speak with AJ Tavakoli, the creator of Temple of Merk and mobile VR experiences. Here is a preview of some of the things we talked about:

1:10 How AJ became involved with VR

5:30 AJ's process of going from Skeptic to full out enthusiast.

9:00 The biggest problem facing the VR space is input device fragmentation. 

11:25 How to decide what is the best peripheral to develop with. 

14:30 Do we need standards in VR? The pros and cons of diversity.

16:30 Getting controllers to work with your project.

19:40 AJ's method of troubleshooting.

21:55 How Temple of Merk came about and the design decisions that went into it. 

27:40 The future plans for Temple of Merk

34:05 Trying out AJ's multiplayer IOS VR game. 

37:10 Mobile VR vs. Desktop VR

41:50 Mobile VR and how its introduction can have an impact on the success or failure of VR going mainstream.

46:10 What is holding back mobile from overtaking and how long before mobile becomes just as good as desktop experiences.

48:00 Cracking the lack of positional tracking code. 

50:55 Where will AJ be 5 years from now?

52:30 How to achieve success in the VR space

55:00 What will VR look like 5 years from now? Will it become mainstream?

1:00:00 What are the long term implications for human in privacy in virtual reality.  How the issue of privacy and virtual reality intersect. 

1:06:00 What's worst a robot war or a zombie apocalypse?

1:08:33 Closing thoughts and announcements

Thanks again to AJ for being a true scholar and gentleman of virtual reality 

and

Thank you for listening!

To get in touch with AJ and to find out more about his projects, check out the links below. 


https://share.oculusvr.com/app/temple-of-merk

http://www.virtuaso.com/TempleOfMerk/

https://twitter.com/ajtavakoli 


AJ Tavakoli's Temple of Merk is what would happen if Diablo and Dark Souls had a baby in VR

Hello listerners! Welcome to another episode of the EnterVR podcast. On todays show I speak with Zoe and Michael. They are graduate robotics researchers at UC Berkeley and they are also developing a platform for you to learn and teach math using virtual reality. 

Here is a preview of some of the things discussed.


30: Intro. Making a more intimate connection with math through VR.

3:00 What are the fundamental advantages of a math literate society?

5:50 What is Math VR? How will it look? Travelling to a place where math resides.

8:30 How do you know what to visualize and how to visualize it? Making 3D math accesible in VR.

12:20 How to convey the utility of math in virtual reality to the average user.

14:10 Why do you need linear algebra in your life?

16:20  "I know math, and I feel free as fuck".

20:00 "What can't you do with math?" AR and Wearable will make turn our world into math.

24:00 How far along in development is MathVR. Using Leapmotion to control the interface.

30:50 Speaking about the Dimensions of Interstellar. SPOILER ALERT.

37:00 What is the distribution model? Is the team trying to make money with this project?

39:30 How to contribute to the MathVR project?

41:20 Giving people the tools so that they can create their own vr math lessons.

42:00 Are we genetically encoded to love math? Are some of us doomed to never 'get' math?

50:22 Making math social and doing math together with friends in VR. Is Math meant to be a lonely journey?

53:00 Mathcraft. Minecraft for math. 

59:00 Getting people addicted to getting smart. 

1:02:00 Is Math something that you create or is it something we discover.

1:06:00 What are the implications of conclusively resolving whether math is created or discovered.

1:08:00 Could math teach people how to be better humans?

1:10:00 Could enabling the democratization of math bring about the next Hitler?

1:14:00 What does Stephen Hawking and Elon Musk know about that you don't about AI?

1:15:00 How is a deep learning influencing the progress of AI?

1:18:30 Doing Math on drugs? Can we create drugs that can make us smarter in math?

1:25:00 "The Matrix is coming, learn math".

1:27:00 When and how will we know when AI is here?

1:29:00 What happens when you mix quantum computers and AI algorithyms?

1:32:00 Why build AI? What's the point?

1:35:00 What is sentience?

1:38:00 Do you create sentience from a model of the human brain or do you start from scratch?

1:42:00 The geopolitical state of AI. Is there Manhattan project for AI somewhere underneath the desert?

1:45:00 Is the military involved in the push to create better AI? How far along are they?

1:48:00 What is the singularity after all? The MIRI institute.

1:51:00 Is humanity ready for AI? What are the legal ramifications of AI?

1:55:00 How do you deal with the implications that something might be smarter than humans? Creating a human based strong AI.

1:59:00 Are we really just the sex organs of the machine?

2:02:00 Experimenting with Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation.

2:04:00 What will virtual reality look like 20 years from today?

2:06:00 How can we create the metaverse from within the metaverse.

2:08:00 Closing thoughts and how to stay in touch.


Thanks again to Zoe and Michael for being true scholars /lady and gentleman of virtual reality and thank you for listening.


Keep in touch with the links below. 
(check back soon, this list will have better links in the future)


https://twitter.com/ZoeMcCarthy2


Learn and teach math using virtual reality and understanding the dawn of artificial intelligence

Hello and welcome to the enterVR podcast. On today's show I speak with Igor and Gregory and they are part of the team that created Blazerush.

Here is a snippet of some of the things we talked about:



1:00 How Blazerush got started

3:30 How the team divided up work.

6:30 Why did they decide to implement vr support?

9:00 How was the UX/UI VR design implemented in Blaze Rush?

10:40 Nailing down the Vantage point of Blaze Rush.

13:20 Will Targem make more VR games in the future?

20:00 What does the virtual reality community look like in their part of Russia.

22:00 How do people react to the term virtual reality where they are from?

24:00 The duration of production.

25:00 Why did decide to create games in the first place?

28:00 The most difficult aspects of shipping out Blazerush from both a technical and business perspective.

32:00 Gregory and Igor's favorite games.

35:00 How do you create a well balanced game?

 39:30 Balancing out the weapon system. The devs favorite weapons.


49:00 How move forward when you nail down a good formula for success in gameplay?

51:00 Will there be DLC for Blazerush?

53:00 Closing thoughts.

Extra feature

58:00 Adding community submitted content to the game. 


Thanks again to Igor and Gregory for being true scholars and gentlemen of virtual reality and thank you for listening.


Get more info on Targem games with the links below:

http://www.targem.ru/

https://twitter.com/BlazeRushGame

http://blazerush.com/


BlazeRush is non stop action

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 everyone and welcome to the Enter VR podcast! On today's show I speak with Ela Darling from VRtube.xxx . Come along as talk about sex, porn and the future of virtual reality!


1:00 The origin story of VRtube.xxx

6:00 Does Ela have a name for her vagina?

Sidenote: My favorite eupheism for vagina comes from Africa, they call it  Honeypot

7:30 Will VR relationship counseling be a thing one day?

10:00 How do you how much to charge for VR porn?

16:00 The strategy for growth. Creating a VR dating simulator.

23:00 What are the user experience challenges of VR porn?
Bringing your actual body into VR. Mediated reality interfaces?

27:00 Teledildonics for Women in VR.

29:00 What does having a penis feel like?

31:00 The ultimate dream for VR porn technology. 

34:00 Ela does not watch porn.

37:00 Solving the issue of discovery with vr interfaces using porn.

43:00 Ela's ultra niche porn experience. Having sex with yourself in VR.

46:00 The most flattering thing porn fans do.

49:00 Is it difficult to survive in the porn industry these days?

54:00 What happens to people after porn?

57:00 Will VR be disruptive in the porn industry.

59:00 How to navigate the distribution systems of VR.

1:02:00 Shared experiences with VR porn. Multiplayer VR stripclubs?

1:07:00 Which will win over the most users, VR porn or AR porn?

1:09:00 Is the Phantom dick effect possible?

1:14:00 The biggest obstacles for the future of VR porn.
What happens when the least sexually active people in the world, mix with the most sexually active people in the world?

1:22:00 The most offensive things you can accidentally say to a porn star.

1:24:00 How to get the tech industry and the porn industry to work better together.

1:32:00 Will VR allow you to explore your sexuality even deeper? Humanizing the people that watch in porn.

1:36:00 How do you balance your private life with being a porn performer?

1:39:00 Will VR addiction manifest itself with VR porn?

1:44:00 Closing thoughts

1:45:00 Bonus content: Ela will do custom porn holograms for you!
Join the contest by creating Unity environments for Ela to be dropped in. 

Thanks again to Ela for being a true scholar and lady of virtual reality and thank you for listening!

Keep in touch with Ela and her team with the links below:

https://vrtube.xxx/

https://twitter.com/ElaDarling



Sex, Porn and Virtual Reality with Ela Darling

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! 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 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! 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

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.

7th year anniversary episode!

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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