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Hello listeners! Welcome to the EnterVR podcast. On today's show I speak with Tony Diepenbrock from Learn Immersive. Tony and his team are creating a way for you to learn a foreign language using the virtual reality. Come along as we discuss using deep learning with VR, what makes vr so effective when learning a new language and more!\n\nHere is a snippet of some of the things we talked about:\n\n\n20: Intro. What is Learn Immersive? How do they what they do?\n\n2:20 What sparked the idea of using vr to teach languages in the first place.\n\n4:00 Combining deep learning with virtual reality?\n\n5:00 The target audience that Learn Immersive has in mind.\n\n7:00 The platforms that Learn Immersive will be available in.\n\n8:20 How long will it take for you to learn a language with VR?\n\n10:00 Why is VR better for learning a language?\n\n12:30 Why do you need to learn a language in the first place in 2015?\n\n16:30 What motivates Tony to work on this project?\n\n18:00 What does the Learn Immersive interface look like?\n\n19:00 The languages of learning of language from a native speaker vs. a none native speaker vs. machines?\n\n22:00 Creating a market place for language tutors in VR.\n\n24:00 What is the advantage of working in the Metaverse as a language tutor?\n\n25:00 What does the pricing model look like for the Learn Immersive experience?\n\n27:00 How to pitch to investors when your business model might lose money in the first few months?\n\n29:00 How does the business model scale up? \n\n30:00 The tools that Learn Immersive is using to create their virtual environments.\n\n31:00 Why use gamefication? Is gamefication the future of learning?\n\n34:00 How does Learn Immersive pick up on what you will be saying? And how will it provide value to the experience?\n\n37:00 What is the goal of Learn Immersive?\n\n38:00 How to localize the language learning process from country to country?\n\n41:00 Making experienced based learning accessible in subjects like history and math. \n\n43:00 How do we learn new things in the information age?\n\n44:00 What is Learn Immersive's biggest weakness?\n\n45:00 Incorporating a rating system for students and tutors? How to make sure the right tutors are paired with the right students.\n\n47:00 Tailoring the learning experience to the scenarios you will most likely see yourself in.\n\n49:00 Could this system help soldiers learn the languages of the combat theater they will be in before they get there. \n\n52:00 How long before deep learning algorithms get to a point where learning a foreign language is not necessary anymore.\n\n58:00 What does the Facebook acquistion of a speech recognition company mean for Learn Immersive?\n\n1:01:00 Worst and best case scenarios for the vr industry.\n\n1:03:00 When will public demos become available?\n\n1:04:00 Why work in vr in the first place?\n\n1:05:00 Estimations as to how big vr will in the next 5 years.\n\n1:08:00 Last minute on meal on planet earth?\n\n1:08:30 Favorite video game of all time.\n\n1:10:00 Will the Metaverse become a wild west or become a more tamed version of our current internet? \n\n1:13:00 If you could turn into any animal every time you sneeze, what would it be?\n\n1:13:30 Closing thoughts and how to stay in touch\n\n\nThanks again to Tony for being a true scholar and gentleman of virtual reality and thank you for listening. \n\nKeep in touch with Tony and Learn Immersive with links below:\n\n\nhttps://twitter.com/learnimmersive\n\nhttp://learnimmersive.com/\n\n\nANNOUNCEMENTS:\n\nI will be hosting an event in collaboration with Silicon Valley Founders and VCs meetup group on Janaury 26th . Check out the meetup page for more info on the event in the coming days. Follow @entervr on twitter and check out the r/entervr subreddit to get in touch with the community.\n\n\nhttp://www.meetup.com/SV-Founders-VC/\n\nhttps://twitter.com/EnterVR