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Hello listeners! \n\nWelcome to another episode of Enter VR. On today's show I speak with James Blaha and Manish Gupta from Apollo VR. Manish and James are working on a virtual reality game that could potentially eradicate Amblyopia (lazy eye) and Strabismus (crossed eye) forever. \n \nHere is a preview of some of the things we talked about:\n\n\n40: The story of how Diplopia came about. Discovering the Rift and seeing 3D for the first time.\n\n1:44 How Manish and James paired up to form Apollo VR.\n\n2:44 The current stage in development. Diplopia updates.\n\n3:20 How does Diplopia work? What makes it possible for VR to potentially treat lazy eye?\n\n6:00 How did they figure out their methodology would work?\n\n7:14 The most common methods to treat lazy eye today. \n\n8:30 What does it feel like to have a lazy eye?\n\n9:30 What is it like to grow up with lazy eye?\n\n11:14 The psychological impacts of having an eye condition.\n\n14:04 The causes and roots of different eye conditions.\n\n15:02 The percentage of the population that has vision problems and how this can pose an obstacle to the adoption of virtual reality.\n\n20:10 How can VR companies/developers get around the issue of people who cannot see in 3D. How to make vr more accessible.\n\n23:14 Monetizing \n\n23:48 The biggest challenges facing the team.\n\n25:11 The response from Optometrist and vision therapists. \n\n27:05 Age ranges for people trying out the Diplopia software.\n\n29:00 How to raise funding for an idea like theirs. \n\n32:32 Would you drink your own milk?\n\n33:15 Would you drink lab grown milk made from human DNA?\n\n36:43 What would you do with your time if there were no electricity for 1 year?\n\n42:00 How long it will take for humans to be able to manipulate the planet's weather. \n\n43:34 It is easier than ever to genetically modify things at home. \n\n46:00 Google's project to keep you living forever.\n\n47:42 Genetically engineering a super virus in your garage.\n\n50:00 What is the allure of VR?\n\n51:50 What components are needed to cross the uncanny valley. \n\n53:42 What are the most far fetched predictions for what VR will do to our culture.\n\n58:51 Is VR a way to escape reality or will it enhance the way we perceive reality?\n\n1:00:45 What will be the most important thing to happen to humanity in this century? Technology and its unpredictability in the future.\n\n1:02:00 Does thinking about the future scare you or excite you?\n\n1:02:50 Can VR be used to augment humans?\n\n1:04:00 How will people react to the rise of cyborgs or lab grown humans?\n\n1:07:50 Closing thoughts and how to stay touch.\n\n\n\n\nThanks again to my guests for being true scholars \n\nCheck out the links below to stay up to date with Manish and James. \n\n\nhttp://diplopiagame.com/\n\nhttps://twitter.com/jamesblaha \n\nhttps://twitter.com/manishiwa