148: Neither Fish Nor Fowl: The Foo VR Story

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🗓️ 21 August 2022

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Hey, did you know Will ran a VR animation company before we did this podcast? By popular request, this week we talk through the history of Foo VR start to finish, touching on all kinds of topics like leaving behind a steady paycheck to bet on an emerging technology, the overwhelming shininess of venture capitalist offices, the meaning of "bad signal," how rapidly three months can turn into a year, and more. Support the Pod! Contribute to the Tech Pod Patreon and get access to our booming Discord, your name in the credits, and other great benefits! You can support the show at: https://patreon.com/techpod

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0:00.0	Quick, remember your dreams.
0:01.7	Okay, so I've had really weird dreams since I got sick.
0:04.6	Still ongoing?
0:06.1	Last night, this morning, I woke up and I was like, that was a weird dream.
0:10.2	And I got up and peed.
0:11.0	And I was like, I still remember it.
0:12.1	And then I was like, I, okay.
0:14.1	And then I went back into the dream when I got up from peeing.
0:17.8	Wait, you continue dreams?
0:20.0	Usually do you not continue dreams? Oh, usually I start a new
0:23.0	one. Well, I have these days frequently, if I wake up a three or four to go pee, there is a,
0:28.7	there are even odds that I'm not going back to sleep. There's a real, like, it's very important that I
0:33.0	not open my eyes fully is what I've learned. Yes. If I, if I don't open my eyes fully is what I've learned. Yes. If I don't open my eyes fully, I'm just kind of like, oh, don't perceive.
0:40.8	Yeah.
0:41.0	Don't think.
0:42.2	Don't.
0:42.9	Yeah.
0:43.7	Like the act of having to aim at the toilet, sometimes is enough cognitive load that
0:47.6	it wakes me up.
0:48.8	So anyway.
0:49.8	Don't cogitate on the way through the bathroom.
0:51.6	No.
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