The HARDEST VR Launch Ever? SlimeVR: Past, Present, and Future | Interview with SlimeVR

SlimeVR originally had one of the hardest launches of any VR product. Some of the very first orders took 2 whole years to be delivered to customers. SlimeVR was kind enough to sit down with me to discuss why that happened, what they've learned from it, and various other struggles they've had while developing VR hardware. This video is an interview, so it isn't like most of my other videos. Let me know what you think about it! TIMESTAMPS 0:00:00 - Video Introduction 0:00:45 - Introductions 0:01:21 - How did a 2 year delay happen? 0:04:08 - Which chips were there a shortage of and what is an IMU 0:06:24 - The chip shortage wasn't necessarily a shortage 0:07:08 - How do you keep people happy with such a long delay? 0:09:41 - Is SlimeVR still judged based on the past? 0:11:04 - Why CrowdSupply over other crowdfunding platforms? 0:14:10 - How have recent Tariffs made things difficult? 0:18:46 - What advantages does being open source have? 0:24:19 - Has being open source had any negative impacts? 0:27:12 - What changes between each Butterfly Prototype? 0:29:43 - How difficult is it to get wireless certifications? 0:34:43 - The SlimeVR Production Process 0:37:33 - Injection molding 0:39:52 - Why plugs don't get injection molds 0:42:46 - What were some are some defects and how were they dealt with? 0:48:37 - How difficult was it to switch IMUs? 0:52:39 - Will Butterflies be sold alongside big Slimes? 0:54:14 - Will the production of Butterflies go better? 0:57:48 - How do you manage a community full of regular users AND developers? 0:58:55 - Why does SlimeVR have so much demand from word of mouth alone? 1:03:33 - Outro Make sure to like and subscribe for more VR content! If you enjoyed this video check out the rest of my channel: @jacobfov Join this channel to get access to perks: @jacobfov Feel free to join my discord server: Discord: discord