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Hello listeners ! Welcome to the EnterVR podcast. On today's show I speak with Matt G. Matt is creating a graphic novel that you can experience in VR. On top of that we discussed genetically engineering humans, hoverboards vs jetpacks and understanding the internet hive mind phenomena.\n\nHere a preview of some of the things we talked about:\n\n1:00 Creating a visual novel for VR.\n\n1:30 Why create a visual novel in vr? What are the advantages of vr in this space?\n\n3:00 Creating an immersive visual novel set in a Japanese Highschool.\n\n4:00 Working around your limitations. \n\n6:00 Why Sword Art Online does not click with me. The plot behind Sword Art Online.\n\n8:00 What human fear is Sword Art Online trying to tap into?\n\n9:00 Is there a fundamental human right to know whether you are in reality or not?\n\n\n14:00 What will the virtual casino of 2040 look like? Will there be such a thing?\n\n18:00 Why is Artificial Intelligence relevant to virtual reality?\n\n23:00 Exploration the anti virtual reality point of view.\n\n25:20 Elon Musks donates 10 Million dollars to the development of benevolent AI research.\n\n28:00 Genetically engineering future humans?\n\n34:00 Would you want to bring "smarter" kids to the world?\n\n38:00 How to cope with becoming the parent of humanity's next "Hitler".\n\n41:00 Is having sex with your own clone considered incest?\n\n45:00 Does the construct of what we consider to be "normal" evolve over time?\n\n49:00 How would a person from the 1950's react to trying out Crescent bay? How would a person from the future react?\n\n53:00 Creating sports that can only be played while riding Hendo Hoverboards?\n\n58:00 Hyperloop vehicles that travel across the pacific ocean? \n\n59:29 Open Source virtual reality vs. Close source virtual reality.\n\n1:02:40 The pros and cons of closed source vs open source VR companies.\n\n1:05:00 How long before Nintendo and Apple jump into the vr space?\n\n1:07:00 What is Apple's commitment to vr?\n\n1:10:00 Is it fair to compare Oculus to Apple?\n\n1:14:00 Trying to understand the hive mind.\n\n1:19:00 How will virtual reality affect how the hivemind phenomena will evolve over time?\n\n1:29:00 The political party based on the Bonobo relationship structure.\n\n1:31:00 Using viruses to fight cancer.\n\n1:38:00 Harnessing big data and AI to get real time analysis of our own bodies.\n\n1:47:00 Giving society "happy pills"?\n\n1:53:00 What is the smallest thing in the universe?\n\n1:56:00 What is the underlying fear behind not uploading consciousness into a machine?\n\n2:02:00 Are we alone in the universe?\n\n2:13:00 How to counter balance the effects of the AI economy.\n\n2:19:00 Final thoughts and how to stay in touch\n\nThanks again to Matt for being a true scholar and gentleman of virtual reality and thank you for listening.\n\nGet in touch with Matt on reddit, he is :\n\nVMU_KISS