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Pixel Router

2018

Hello listeners! On today’s show I speak with James Andrew from Pixelrouter.

Here is a preview of some of the cool things we talked about:
33 Intro – Comic Con Rhode Island and Gamestop

3:30 Experiencing Zone

5:00 Innovating with player scores to improve experiencing.

7:00 My score has now been beaten by James Andrew himself with 165,000 points.

10:40 Balancing out game mechanics to make the game fair and fun.

13:20 Generating the game in real time.

15:52 Diversifying game environments by taking inspiration from music.

17:51 The goals for the soundtrack of the game.

18:40 A music video, comic book and arcade experience merge powers to form ZONE.

20:00 How many hours of game play can you

21:00 What will make vr experiences good? Will it be mostly content or hardware?

24:00 How do you know how much to charge for vr experiences?

26:30 Setting up Zone tournaments. What does Gamestop have to gain from backing VR?

29:00 What will influence adoption rate the most?

31:00 Reactions to Zone

32:00 Showing Zone to a more mature generation.

33:40 The ideal input device for Zone.

37:00 The Story behind Zone.

39:00 How many levels to expect on the first release. The reasoning behind the monetization model.

41:30 DJ-ing VR in real time so people can play competitive multiplayer tournaments together.

47:00 The trouble with major league gaming and how Zone plans on solving it.

47:50 How to get things done and managing multiple. Come help out with Zone. Get in touch with James.

49:00 Getting Zone working on Gear VR.

50:20 The profits potential of the desktop platform for virtual reality.

52:00 Are Nintendo and Microsoft paying attention

52:20 The influence of patents on the

53:30 Any concerns of addiction to Zone?

56:30 What is the worst thing you can do with VR?

58:00 Zone Arena in the works.

59:54 What would an ideal relationship with the platforms makers look like?

1:02:20 Will the first wave of vr content become an actual wave or a trickle. Sony’s competitive advantage in the VR market.

1:04:00 The rise of VR arcades.

1:06:00 Will there be a public demo of Zone?

1:07 Closing thoughts and how to stay in touch.

Thanks again to James 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/pixelrouter

http://pixelrouter.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m45qzLYpvX0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuijxHh1q68

https://soundcloud.com/entervr/rift-wars-is-like-being-inside

 

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