Discussing an emotionally intelligent Metaverse, the 2015 VR Expo and drone taxi services with Karl Krantz
Hello listeners! Welcome to the EnterVR podcast! On today’s show I speak with Karl Krantz about organizing the largest virtual reality industry conference in the world, the creation of an emotionally intelligent metaverse and drone taxis of the future.
1:00 What is the worst thing that could happen to VR right now?
2:30 The general sentiment of the VR industry at this point.
4:00 John Carmack’s prediction for the gaming industry in the next 10 years. What can you afford with a billion dollar VR production.
6:00 Envisioning an emotionally intelligent metaverse.
9:20 What will make people come back to virtual reality?
12:00 What will be the killer app for VR?
14:00 User generated VR vs. content creator centric VR experiences.
16:30 Figuring out “discovery” for user generated vr content.
18:00 How Valve came out of the blue with an HMD.
22:00 What is the most important feature the consumer GearVR needs to have.
24:00 Using Samsung Smart Waches as input for GearVR.
24:30 Seeing miniature worlds in VR.
28:00 Trying out Tiltbrush with the Vive.
29:30 SVVR expo is right around the corner!
32:00 Will HTC Vive, Crescent Bay and Morpheus be present at SVVR?
33:00 Keeping up with the exponential growth of SVVR.
34:00 Important companies will be making big announcements at the conference.
35:00 There will be a VR museum exhibit at the conference this year.
39:00 The lessons learned from putting on massive VR conferences.
40:30 Volunteer at SVVR and get in for FREE.
43:00 Drone taxi services, will replace car taxis in the future.
47:00 What happens when you pair exponential technologies with other exponential technologies?
Thanks again to Karl for being a true scholar and gentleman of virtual reality and thank you for listening!
Keep in touch and get more info with the links below:
http://www.meetup.com/SiliconValleyVirtualReality/
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