So, you heard the virtual reality industry
is growing, the VR devices are getting better
and cheaper, and that there are VR companies
starting to make real money in the market.
And you heard absolutely right.
Now you are wondering, how can I jump into
the VR industry and take my piece of the cake.
What opportunities are open in this sector
waiting for somebody to make them happen?
If you are looking for inspiration and business
ideas, you clicked the right video.
Hi there, my name is Alex Gonzalez and this
channel is all about discovering the best
virtual reality apps out there.
In today’s video I will talk about the best
use cases for virtual reality that are proving
useful and valuable for society. Let’s get
started, shall we?
Opportunity Number 1: Entertainment and gaming.
My first suggestion for you is developing
a game/experience for virtual reality.
In order to get inspiration for possible games
you can develop, I suggest checking out the
list of most played VR games on Steam. You
can find the list going to https://vrlfg.net/Players,
I will leave a link in the description for
that.
This list will give you an idea of what type
of games work best in VR, what mechanics do
those games use and what genres people enjoy
most in VR.
Besides the people that have a headset at
home, remember there is as well an out of
home virtual reality entertainment audience,
with many arcades and location based VR places
you can develop content for. Although it’s
not the best time to enter this sector, because,
you know, the pandemic.
If you are not into gaming, then the next
use cases might be a good fit for you. Let’s
move on to
Opportunity Number 2: virtual reality enterprise
training
This is all about developing realistic VR
experiences to train people how to do a particular
job.
This trainings are specially useful for dangerous
jobs
For example, a fire fighter training
Oil and gas training
Usually this kind of companies start with
VR training by testing the technology with
a small pilot program.
If you manage to find an interesting business
case and prove a good return on investment
for the company, then they will likely roll-out
a bigger VR training program. I will get deeper
into this topic in a future video, so stay
tuned.
In the healthcare industry we are seeing many
developments in the use of virtual reality,
here are some examples:
Besides dangerous jobs and healthcare, there
are other situations that are hard to simulate.
For example, how to fire an employee or learn
to speak in public.
This examples are just a few uses cases of
VR, but there are still many more to be discovered
by courageous entrepreneurs.
You can use these examples to find inspiration
on what can be done and come up with a similar
idea along these lines.
Or you can just copy the idea and adapt it
for your local market or to an even smaller
niche.
Opportunity Number 3 - VR collaboration apps
In this post pandemic world people are trying
to collaborate remotely in an efficient way
and virtual reality offers a feeling of presence
that Zoom doesn’t.
So maybe you are interested in developing
a collaboration VR app for a specific use
case.
VR is specially useful for reviewing a 3D
design remotely. For example to review a building
, a car, furniture.
Opportunity Number 4 – VR Education
Regarding education you have 2 possibilities,
One of the possibilities is doing an educational
VR experience
My favorite so far is the Anna Frank VR experience,
where I learned a lot about Anna Frank and
got really touched by her story.
Her house is really well recreated, and her
story is told in a way you can really understand
all the pains Anna Frank had to face. It’s
an Oculus exclusive and you can download it
for free in the Oculus Store.
So you can develop a similar educational app
talking about another topic, maybe about the
romans, the Greeks, the Egyptians, the Vikings.
Or maybe about Nicola Tesla or Einstein. About
medieval life or hunter- gatherer life.
There is so much to do in the virtual reality
space, hope you like some of my ideas.
Still talking about VR education, some people
are experimenting with virtual classrooms.
Where you are a student listening to a teacher
represented by its avatar.
That might replace lessons via zoom, because
you feel much more present in the classroom
and focused on what the teacher is telling
you.
Moving on to opportunity number 5
Marketing events
Once coronavirus is over and we can start
going to trade fairs again, virtual reality
is a great tool to showcase products that
are very big and expensive to transport.
For example, in a fair about heavy machinery,
boats, interior design, private planes, in
your trade fair stand or in your fixed sales
office, you can set up a pair of VR headsets
and showcase your product in an immersive
way.
Without the need to transport the real machinery,
boat or plane to the trade fair.
In addition, the VR app can contain a real-time
configurator and allow the user to personalize
the product.
These are my 5 suggestions of areas worth
developing VR experiences for. I will talk
deeper about them in future videos.
Hope some of them match your interest and
you got motivated to start developing them.
If you came up with any other interesting
idea I did not mention, please share it with
all of us in the comments below. We all would
be very grateful for that. Thanks!
If you would like to get a private consultancy
session with me via videocall and talk in
depth about any of this business ideas and
how to get started, I will be happy to help
you!
You can book a consultancy session with me
in https://calendly.com/alexgonzalez-vr/consultancy
or link below.
Hope this video was useful to you and you
become one of the next successful VR entrepreneurs.
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Thanks for watching! Gooo VR industry! See
you next time!
Adioos!
