Virtual Reality, AR, Art, Music, Comedy, Live Theater and NFTs: Finn Staber + Jon explore Experience

Finn is the founder of VR, AR and video game production company Chicken Waffle (creator of VR games including Baby Hands and Shadow of Valhalla); co-founder of virtual music concert company The Wave XR; and VR-based comedy club Failed to Render. I caught up with Finn before he headed down to Art Basel Miami where he planned to show off some of his work in metaverse art. This conversation covers a lot of ground: we cover how far virtual reality (VR) has come in the last few years, and the opportunities as it expands into AR and new hardware like smartglasses (e.g., Snap Spectacles)--and then get into some of the new experiences that involve art, music and even comedy. We talk about video games, and applications for the blockchain and NFTs to support creators across this ecosystem. This is a conversation I know you'll enjoy if you are intrigued by any of these topics.

Finn's company, Chicken Waffle is here: ideas can be found...

...at this blog, Building the Metaverse:

...on Twitter:

...and at his live game services platform company, Beamable: sure you subscribe here if you'd like to keep learning from thought leaders in the metaverse industry.

0:00 Intro

2:12 Virtual Reality

9:43 Consumer-Ready VR

14:20 Social Experiences, Comedy Clubs

16:57 Fitness, Supernatural VR

19:00 Games in VR

30:30 Does Metaverse require VR?

34:20 Virtual CES

37:15 Pride Parade in VR

40:12 Smartglasses

42:57 Digital Holograms

46:00 Spatial Mapping

49:00 Indie Developers in the Metaverse

50:30 Art, Sculpture and Fashion

57:00 Creator Economy

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