VR Fireside Chat with Philip Rosedale, Founder & CEO of High Fidelity
The podcast discusses the VR experience, including full body tracking, and the potential for virtual tours and the integration of blockchain technology in the future. The conversation covers the impact of AI and neural networks, the potential of blockchain technology, the future of transportation, and the concept of abundance versus scarcity. The podcast discusses the concept of abundance, the rise of autonomous vehicles and virtual worlds, the impact of private space exploration, and the development of robotic avatars for remote presence. The podcast discusses the Avatar X prize competition, the use of robotic Avatars for virtual presence, and the potential applications of virtual reality technology, including teaching and virtual field trips. The podcast discusses the impact of exponential technology on global warming and the future of virtual reality, emphasizing the transformation of
Explores the concept of abundance versus scarcity and its impact on business and technology development.
Abundance and Digital TransformationAI|Robotics|Space|Energy|Longevity|Biotech|Compute|Crypto/Web3|Economy|Geopolitics|Health|Transportation|Other▶ 27:36
Discussion on the concept of abundance and how digitization is transforming various industries, with a focus on virtual worlds and transportation.
Autonomous Vehicles and MobilityAI|Robotics|Space|Energy|Longevity|Biotech|Compute|Crypto/Web3|Economy|Geopolitics|Health|Transportation|Other▶ 29:22
Discussion on the rise of autonomous vehicles and the shift from car companies to mobility companies, citing examples from Google's self-driving car project.
Predictions made
openPhilip Rosedale: The real world and virtual world will blur, allowing users to take pieces of virtual objects home with them.
“I'll have a piece of spaceship one at home but it this you guys were playing in the in this Arena recently weren't you yep we sure were and in fact let me tell you Peter was our friend Eric uh block V is a company we're partner with and block V did this incredible demo three days ago that I was blown away by where they uh had an app you have an app on your phone and you go out to somewhere in the real world like you know you know New York or something and you find an artifact with ar with your phone in the real world and then you suck that thing up you so you find a magic you know Coke can in a geolocation and you load that thing into your phone and now you have it and in fact the fact that you own that object just like with High Fidelity is recorded on the blockchain so you now have like soda can that you can take to a store and get a real soda with right well the thing that block V did and demonstrated a couple days ago that you guys have not seen yet because it's not up in the marketplace was this app that allowed me to take that same Coke can on my tablet and drop it right here on the floor in front of us in fact I was playing with that back in the green room but our our tight security for This Magnificent event prevents me from bringing out the beer bottle that I had back there uh and bringing it here to show you but this was an amazing demo as you say Peter of two two companies you know that that we both very close with uh uh working together to uh to build something that's just just unbelievable which is this crossover on the blockchain on this public blockchain between uh Virtual Worlds and Real Worlds which is pretty amazing”
Your call:
openPhilip Rosedale: Robots driven by neural networks will start entering our lives and become more prevalent.
“we've already gotten to this level of scale but we do we do have to get to you know thousands to anything you would add in terms of I think the the question that that you asked is how what needs to happen for us to actually do our work here in this space.”
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openPeter Diamandis: There will be 10 equivalent gigafactories construction around the world by unspecified.
“there's uh there's not only zero roadblocks there is what you could call a squander abundance of energy so let me give you the numbers uh if you look at the total amount of energy the human race consumes in a year there is 8,000 times that amount of energy that hits the surface of the Earth yeah in a year and so it's a matter of literally being able just from solar alone versus wind and geothermal and do you know that there are five Fusion startups funded by venture capital in in in the valley I didn't know that it's it's crazy um so I think we I think uh the back of petroleum is going to be broken within the next 20 years uh probably maybe the next 10 and it's just a a slow decline thereafter”
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Numbers that matter
3.8 billionpeople connected on planet Earth in 2017
50 billionconnected devices by 2020
$893 per passenger mile for a helicopter todayCurrent cost of helicopter travel
$0.4444 per mile for aerial ride-sharingTarget cost for Uber Air service
5-10 times cheaper for electric autonomous carsComparison to owning a car in the long term
1 millionpassenger miles of data per day generated by Wh's fleet of electric Jaguar cars.
300+ teamspre-registered for the Avatar X prize competition.
80,000 tons of cashdelivered per year by the bank in St Petersburg, Russia.
100+ peoplein the room, with an overflow room available.
couple thousandattendees at typical TED events.
100Number of equivalent gigafactories construction around the world.
5 centsPrice of coal per kilowatt hour.
2.7 centsPrice of solar per kilowatt hour in Mexico last year.
10Number of years until every industry is massively transformed due to exponential technology.
8,000 timesthe total amount of energy the human race consumes in a year compared to the energy hitting the Earth's surface from the sun