Welcome to our weekly feature where we ask some of the industry’s leading developers and personalities 20 questions.

This week its the turn of VR Podcaster Reverend Kyle

1. State Your Name:

“Reverend” Kyle Riesenbeck

2. What is your current Job / Role ?

Host of the Rev VR Podcast, part of the Road to VR team, Indie Game Developer.

3. What are you most famous for ?

My podcast, which just celebrated its one year anniversary. More recently, my game Project Torus, which is on Kickstarter right now.

4. What is currently on the desk in front of you ?

My DK2, an empty bottle of Jolt Cola, and half a bag of Reese’s Pieces.

5. What was your first VR experience ?

When I was 16, I went to Disneyworld and waited 2 hours to try Dactyl Nightmare on the Virtuality System. It blew my mind and infected my soul.

6. Did you feel any sim sickness or do you ever feel any sim sickness ?

Fast moving games still get to me a bit, but mostly I have gotten used to it.

7. What’s the longest amount of time you have spent in VR in one play session ?

I spent six and a half hours in Riftmax Theater one day with my DK1. Once I took it off, it took me a while to readjust to real life.

8. What’s the strangest experience you have had with VR ?

While designing my game, Project Torus, I had typed an incorrect value in one of my scripts and as a result I began bouncing around like a pinball. I had to yank the headset off before I threw up.

9. What’s the funniest experience you have had with VR ?

I was showing off VR to a group of people at a family party. My cousin, even after experiencing it, refused to believe that what he was seeing was really virtual reality. He thought we were messing with him. It took us a solid hour to convince him.

10. What game or hardware device are you currently working on ?

I am currently working on a few things. Project Torus, an arcade style shooter is my recent endeavor into the indie game world. It is up on Kickstarter right now. I am also working on the sequel to a game I designed a while back, Teddy Bears vs Land Sharks.

11. Do you have a release date in mind for your project ?

If my Kickstarter is successful, I will release a full version of Project Torus at the end of October 2014. Teddy Bears vs Land Sharks II: The Sharkening, will be in the first quarter of 2015.

12. What is the biggest surprise you have had since you started to work in VR ?

I was truly surprised at how supportive the VR community is. It really makes you want to continue to do amazing things, knowing that you will have the support of so many people.

13. If you could only choose one game from your childhood to be remade for VR what would it be ?

Prince of Persia, the original one. I always liked that game.

14. Besides games what do you think will be the most useful application for VR ?

Movies and porn. I think those are two obvious ones that will help VR be a mainstream success.

15. What advice would you give to people on how to get into VR development ?

Play around as much as you can. Break stuff and then fix it. Watch as many tutorials as you can. Take criticism as a way to make your game better.

16. What is your favorite VR related movie ?

Lawnmower Man, definitely. I hope we all wear full body suits and swing around in gyroscopes someday.

17. If you had a crystal ball and could see 10 years into the future what developments in VR do you think will have happened?

I hope in 10 years that VR, AR, and our cell phones are all combined in a pair of glasses that resemble my current prescription glasses. Small, discrete, and super powerful.

18. Outside of VR what do you do to relax ?

I am an avid fisherman, and love to play soccer.

19. What’s your current favorite VR experience that you have not developed your self ?

I really love the social interaction that I experience in VR from programs like Riftmax Theater and VR Chat.

20. Sum up how you feel about Virtual Reality in 6 words or less ?

I hope VR will change everything.

You can visit Reverend Kyle’s Kickstarter by clicking here

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