Rehabilitating the mind with virtual reality, using big data in vr and more with Dr. Michael Aratow

EnterVR

Hello listeners! Welcome to the EnterVR podcast. On today's show I speak with Dr. Michael Aratow. Dr. Aratow has done work with NASA and telepresence and is currently working on project to rehabilitate people with mental ailments using virtual reality. Come along as we talk about big data, medicine and more! Here is quick snippet of some of the thing we talked about: 10: Intro, how Michael became aware of VR in the first place. 4:00 Michael's work with NASA and display technology. 7:00 What makes virtual reality so exciting? ( Understanding Big Data in a whole new way) 10:00 What is the advantage of analyzing big data in virtual reality? 13:00 Enhancing cognition using virtual reality. 15:30 What is Cognition? How does it work? Where is it? 18:30 Can ER be improved by VR somehow? Using vr for pain distraction. 21:00 Why are VR and newer technologies so slow to catch up within the medical industry. 24:00 How receptive is the medical community to virtual reality? How long before medical students are practicing surgery with vr? 27:00 Using HMD's to consume information ? What will come after the smartphone? 29:00 Figuring out what could be the potential longterm consequences of using HMDs? 33:00 Will the hippocampus be affected by longterm use of vr? Is the brain plastic enough to come back from longterm exposure to the metaverse ? 38:30 The positive benefits of gaming. Will the benefits of vr outweigh the potential consequences? 41:00 Could VR be used to rehabilate the brain? Could we treat dementia, parkingsons or alzheimer with VR? 44:00 How long before people we start seeing people at ERs with HMDs stuck in their rectums? How long before vr becomes ubiquitous. 46:00 How to design an HMD that people won't stick up their butts? 50:00 What place will webVR take in the grand story of virtual reality? Is it time to start setting up standards for content platforms? 53:00 Does webVR need big companies to join in order for it to be successful? 54:20 What will virtual reality mean for humanity? 56:00 Closing thoughts and how to get in touch Thanks again to Dr. Michael Aratow for being a true scholar and gentlemen of virtual reality and thank you for listening. Keep in touch with Dr. Aratow with the link below! https://twitter.com/3DAviator ANNOUNCEMENTS: Come join me on January 26th at Pivotal Labs in San Francisco for a VR panel featuring some very influential people in venture capital and virtual reality. Join the SV Founders and VC meetup page to get more info on the January 26th event: http://www.meetup.com/SV-Founders-VC/ Follow the EnterVR twitter handle to get more updates as they roll out https://twitter.com/EnterVR And check out the subreddit at: http://www.reddit.com/r/entervr/