Dogu's professional design experience across multiple industries allows him to reference validators outide golf to see the trends and patterns that are emerging to influence the future of the game. Here are some of our favourite quotes and insights from this episode:

• “From a venue perspective, a location-based entertainment standpoint, I think golf experiences are moving in a direction that falls in the lines of the movie Ready Player One. There will be worlds over worlds, overlaid on top of the real world that we are experiencing and enhancing and golf is no exception”.
  

• “Virtual Reality in its core is not just about simulation, but to gather data to improve the overall experience as all of your body movements are being tracked".

• "Edgar Dale’s Cone of Learning quantifies the percentage of what we remember after two weeks based on how we experience the information. Virtual Reality creates the learning conditions that allow you retain 90% of the your experience because you are actively participating rather than passively observing".
  

• “Virtual Reality can trigger people’s imagination and trigger intense emotions, creating a bond between the experience and yourself”.

• “Volumetric Movies will be in our future, where you can engage in a first person experience and become a character within a movie, creating a real sense of empathy for the character by literally putting yourself in their shoes. Rather than watching Neo in The Matrix, you become Neo in The Matrix”.
  

• We also discuss the impact the burgeoning eSports industry will have on all traditional sports, including golf. Dogu shares how live streaming video platforms such as Twitch and global eSport tournaments staged by Red Bull Battle Grounds are attacting millions of concurrent users.
  

You can learn more about how Stambol Studios is "Creating Magical Worlds in New Realities" on thier website.

Special Guest: Dogu Taskiran - CEO of Stambol Studios.

In this episode we discuss GolfStream's innovations, initiatives and go-to-market strategies such as:

• What is GolfStream and what was the motivation to create it.
• The business opportunity and gap in the golf marketplace that GolfStream is poised to capture.
• The importance of strategic partnerships in order to move your technology forward as a commercially successful enterprise.
• GolfStream's first location in Level Up at the MGM Grand Casino in Las Vegas http://leveluplv.com/golfstream.html

• The emergence of "skills-based gaming" that casinos are exploring to align with the lifestyle desires of a younger demographic and GolfStream's opportunity to both participate and benefit from this initiative.
• Future business opportunities for GolfStream, such as partnering with the Major Series of Putting (MSOP) https://msop.com/ and major league sport stadiums.

You can learn more about GolfStream at:
• http://www.playgolfstream.com/ and info@playgolfstream.com
• @PlayGolfstream on Twitter
• playgolfstream and #PLAYGOLFSTREAM on Instagram
• Golfstream and @PlayGolfstream on Facebook
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