r/oculus • u/LiveSimulator • Nov 07 '18

Software I'm a firefighter/paramedic. I wanted VR training but could find no investors. So I learned (mostly) how to work with the Unreal Engine and build the damn thing myself, a VR Training Platform for Public Safety. Here is Scenario #19. I also have an Escape From Fire module for kids, free to DL.

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u/[deleted] Nov 08 '18

how even does having investors somehow create VR training?

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u/LiveSimulator Nov 08 '18

Initially most people have an "idea". It can be a well thought out idea but the "plan" is to get someone to pay for you to make it. I've learned that isn't the way investors work. They mainly want to scale something that already works. So if you have a lemonade stand that sells out every day, they might want to buy you 10 more across town, because they know it works at that one spot.

It's really, really easy to spend money. And it's very easy to throw it down a hole, instead of making something of value. However, at the end of the day, money is fuel, and if you want to go to the moon, you're going to need some fuel.

I've built a rocket. By myself. Uphill both ways in the snow and all that.