Meditation in virtual reality and turning the human body into the next input device with Josh Farkas
Hello listeners! On todays show I speak with Josh Farkas from Cubicle Ninjas, the people who are bringing you the ultimate guided meditation experience in virtual reality.
Here is a preview of some of the cool things we talked about.
20: Intro / The origin story of Guided meditation.
2:00 Why would vr be succesful this time around?
3:00 Defining success for the vr industry.
4:00 How to reach the largest audiences in order to gain traction for vr projects.
6:00 The added value of practicing meditation in VR.
9:00 Using technology to solve the problems created by technology.
10:20 Cublicle Ninja’s competitive advantage.
12:50 Deciding how much to charge for VR experiences.
14:40 Sensory depravation tanks and vr hmds at your office for relaxation breaks.
17:00 Projections for the growth of the VR medical industry.
19:50 The public relations factors to take into mind when thinking about adoption rate for vr.
22:40 The challenges facing the VR industry.
27:44 Guided meditations coming to Sony Morpheus.
29:30 Using biofeedback as a new form of input?
33:00 The challenges of incorporating biofeedback in vr. Privacy questions arise when you share you’re biological data with the metaverse.
36:00 Longterm plans and goals for Cublicle Ninjas.
39:50 Why AR has not had its “2 billion dollar Facebook” moment. Magic Leap might be it.
42:00 Working with Unity to create VR.
43:00 Three favorite games of all time.
46:00 Half Life 3 will be a VR game.
48:00 What will be the impact of big companies investing in vr?
50:00 How indies can adapt to a changing environment.
53:00 Josh’s hopes and fears for virtual reality.
56:21 How do you use VR to teach people better? How long before education in VR takes off.
59:00 How the vr community can address people who legitimately fear vr.
1:04:00 Making VR more accesible to people with physical disabilities.
1:06:00 Using vr to deliberate people trapped in their bodies.
1:10:00 What will vr ultimately end up looking like 10 to 15 years from now?
1:12:00 Closing thoughts and how to stay in touch.
Thanks again to Josh for being a true scholar and gentleman of virtual reality and thank you for listening!
Keep in touch with the links below:
https://twitter.com/JoshuaFarkas
http://guidedmeditationvr.com/
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