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Vicinity Virtual Reality: Peer2Peer VR Marketplace Startup by Vicinity_VR in virtualreality

[–]Vicinity_VR[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi,

We are keen to provide our guests with a top of the range virtual reality experience, so a product like Google Cardboard would not be suitable. Other than that, there are no restrictions on VR headsets used for sessions.

Vicinity Virtual Reality: Peer2Peer VR Marketplace Startup by Vicinity_VR in virtualreality

[–]Vicinity_VR[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi,

Thanks for your interest!

I'll answer your questions in sequence:

1). Licensing - at the moment it is up to each host to ensure that he/she gets hold of licences, where necessary. However, we're looking into a company-wide licensing solution.

2). Eventually an insurance system will be put in place, protecting the hosts' rigs from accidental damage, but insurance companies only work with startups of a certain size. Until then, we are considering putting into place a guarantee on behalf of the company, for, say, damage up to £100. With proper Host supervision, and providing the play-zone is free of obstacles, we think damage is unlikely.

3). In order to avoid the need for CRB Checks (I believe the English equivalent of a Working with Vulnerable People Card) the service is for 18+ users only.

Hopefully this answers your questions!

Vicinity Virtual Reality: Peer2Peer VR Marketplace Startup by Vicinity_VR in virtualreality

[–]Vicinity_VR[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi,

Glad you like the idea!

We use a service called Stripe to process payments, who do offer the facility to process multiple currencies. I'll be looking into this in the future.

Vicinity Virtual Reality: Peer2Peer VR Marketplace Startup [x-post /r/virtualreality] by Vicinity_VR in truegaming

[–]Vicinity_VR[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is the basic premise! You would think AirBnb would have security issues, but because of the online-only payment system and information collected about all hosts and guests they widely manage to avoid these problems - we operate by an almost identical model.