Embodying a particle travelling inside the Large Hadron Collider in VR with Eddie Lee
Hello and welcome to the EnterVR podcast. On today’s show I speak with Eddie Lee from Funktronic Labs, the people who brought you the awesome “Collider” experience for Dk2.
Here is a snippet of some of the things we talked about:
40: Intro. How Funktronic Labs came about.
1:20 Figuring out what kind of Studio to build. Becoming involved with the Leap Motion VR initiative.
3:00 Embodying a particle that is traveling inside the Large Hadron Collider in VR.
5:00 Relaying a story through Collider?
6:00 What is Generative Art?
7:30 The difference between procedural systems algorithms and generative art.
9:30 Use cases where generative art really shines.
12:40 Will generative art render artists obsolete? What will the future of generative in vr look like?
16:40 How people are reacting to generative art in virtual reality.
19:00 Creating a content studio with two teams creating two types of software.
21:00 Is the average gamer looking for something new?
25:00 What are Funktronic labs future plans for vr content?
28:00 Should you make a product right now for a non existent vr consumer market.
30:30 How to bridge the gap between early adopters and the mass market consumers.
40:00 Are humans hardwired to want to “escape”?
42:00 Will VR make people smarter?
45:00 Learning highly abstract subjects in vr.
46:20 Can you imagine life without the internet?
50:30 What made Eddie want to teach himself generative art through the internet?
56:20 The relationship between Oculus Story Studio and the lack of input device.
1:03:00 What version of the metaverse will be more predominant, the open source version or the walled gardens?
1:07:00 What will be the best monetization models look like in the first year of the consumer version?
1:10:00 Is advertising more effective in vr?
1:16:00 How will a fully featured metaverse compete for your time while awake.
1:18:30 What is one thing that will never be better in vr?
1:22:00 What if VR doesnt take off?
1:26:00 Will there ever be a Metaverse? What comes after the smartphone?
1:32:00 What kind of experiences and games is Eddie forward to in vr?
1:34:00 Creating music in vr?
1:36:00 Making your daily computer interactions more efficient through vr interfaces.
1:41:00 What do you see inside your head when you listen to music?
1:43:00 Do Orcas, dolphins or chimpanzees dance?
1:44:00 Closing thoughts and how to stay in touch.
Thanks again to Eddie for being a true scholar and gentleman of virtual reality and thanks for listening.
Keep in touch with Eddie and Funktronic labs with the link below.
apps.leapmotion.com/apps/collider/windows
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