Quote from: bitsurfer2014 on September 19, 2017, 09:47:02 PM

Quote from: vibehubdev on September 19, 2017, 08:24:41 PM

Quote from: VTCarter on September 19, 2017, 08:03:40 PM

Looked at Vibehub a bit and I get it. My concerns are whether this is the team to make it happen - mgmt looks light. Conversely I don't know the pikers for the rockstarts in the space. The only danger sign was the pitch was more about the potential of the space which I understand, and less about how they will kill it.,

For your concern if we are the team to make this happen...
Well we were solid before the team expansion, and now after that expansion we have added previous CTO and VP of ericsson asia as well as multiple developers, and we have built everything so far before even one eth of funding...Between the partnerships we have already secured hardware/software, ect...with the major talent performances ready to go. with the platform already in beta...i don't know what else we can do to prove to you we are going to kill it...but kill it and let that killing say we told you so...We talk about potential because those are the goals that we have set...to make potentials reality and lead the path while doing so...

Additionally, a reputed firm in the VR industry like LiveTourLab will not partner with VibeHub it they feel the team is not capable of delivering the project, imho.

Thank you. True indeed.

I've been part of taking one technology from 0 to 7.7 billion subscriptions, an amazing privilege. I'm absolutely certain that VR will make the same journey, but much faster.

Roughly 2% of the population start using a new tech *because* it is new, so the first 2% is easy. After that, it comes down to adding so much value to people's lives that it overcomes the resistance of changing deeply rooted behaviours. Improving something 10% isn't enough. It needs to be 10 *times* the value to nudge people over the hill of resistance into a greener valley. I'm pretty sure we all instinctively feel that VR has that as a technology. Hardware wise, headsets are getting cheaper by the day, but the killer-content hasn't been there yet.

I've never much listened to other people, I suppose a good trait when spending a lifetime creating stuff that people don't know they want yet. So I looked with my own eyes at the demos produced by VIBEHub, and I felt that they are exactly the type of value-add that the VR industry needs now to move into mass-market.

That is why I decided to support this project and give the VIBEHub founders access to the LiveTourLAB inner works plus our help and advice at this stage. I did what I can to help because I feel the project's success is important to the VR industry, to the world. I also guessed that if a major music label signs up to do a holoport concert, things might move from 0 to huge fairly fast. So there is a chance that the efforts will be worth it.

Is that sure? As anything new, absolutely not. Launching into new areas, like any new tech, you will definitely not be right every time. A million and one things can and will go wrong. But it is no fun to always stand on the sidelines. The better mindset I think is this:

In Sweden we play soccer. If I were to place the ball in front of the goal, on the national stadium in the world cup finals, with the world's best goalkeeper in the way, and shoot it as hard as I can at the goal, I'd most probably miss or the goalkeeper will grab it. But if I keep putting the ball back, and keep shooting, over and over and over again, hour after hour, sooner or later, the ball will hit the net, to everyone's - including my own - astonishment. In football, I wouldn't get the opportunity to even try. But in my professional life, nothing stops me. Changing the world isn't about luck, it's about shooting that ball so many times at that goal, that eventually, it goes in.

Over the course of your life, you don't need to score in world championship finals so many times. Scoring once or maybe twice will give you a legacy, fame and a story to tell the grandchildren one day. But if you never shoot that ball, if you never try, I can guarantee with no trace of doubt that you will never, ever, hit that goal.

Do your own assessment, then trust yourself and enjoy the ride. That would be the best advice I can give. Wishing us all best of luck.

Anders Larsson, co-founder and lead developer of the open source framework LiveTourLAB