Hello listeners! On today’s show I speak with Monika Jo, the first person to be married inside virtual reality 20 years ago.
18: Intro
1:44 How did Monika get married in virtual reality? The story of how and why she became involved in VR 20 years ago.
11:30 The logistics behind how the groom kissed the bride.
12:40 How were people reacting to the wedding at the time?
16:40 Was it hard finding a minister that would marry you in VR? Is getting married in VR immoral?
19:00 The connection between morality and VR.
20:50 Have there been other weddings in VR?
23:00 The best kept memories from the event.
25:50 What did the virtual reality scene look like back in the 90’s?
29:31 The down falls of virual reality in the 90’s
30:30 What sorts of lessons can be drawn from the past in order to make VR that much more successful this time around.
34:36 How will VR change us? Can VR turn us into Jedi?
41:00 The most far fetched prediction for what virtual reality could be.
46:22 Where will potential challenges for VR come from?
50:00 What will the negative aspects of VR look like?
53:40 Will the business of getting married become immoral in the future? Will it be legally binding to get married with someone in another part of the planet?
57:30 What needs to be happen to get more women involved in VR?
1:02:30 Will we ever see humans colonize celestial bodies in our life time?
1:03:10 Cats or dogs?
1:04:10 Would you rather have the ability to talk to animals or teleport inside the minds of them and become them?
1:05:50 Would you rather travel forward or backwards in time?
Thanks again to Monika for being a true lady, a scholar and hero of virtual reality.
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