Welcome to the Enter VR podcast! On this episode we are joined by Az Balabanian from the Research VR podcast. Check out the 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://itunes.apple.com/fi/podcast/researchvr-podcast/id1072936162?mt=2
The song from the intro is Remix of the Legend Zelda’s Song of Storms by Deon Custom
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