– Gary, since the robots
seem to be taking over in about five years, where do you see the role of mankind in an economy where physical productivity isn’t really even an issue any more? – David, the robots are not
taking over in five years. Not even close. The robots may take over in 55 years. And so since that’s so far out, I can’t wrap my head around it. But if the robots take over, I’ve got to be really
dead honest with you. I’m not worried about the productivity. I’m scared crapless that
the robots took over. – Hey Gary, it’s DJ Vallauri
from Lodging Interactive.

– [Voiceover] Florian asks, “How
do you see the world in 2018 once the Apple Watch has
probably become a vital part in everybody’s lives?” – Florian that’s a great question. I think the Apple Watch has a
significant chance of winning. I am 100% gonna get it
the day it comes out to just try it. I think smart technology is coming not only to our wrist, but I think it’s coming to our collar. I actually think in 2018, 2020, 2022 we’ll start seeing
the smart shirt at scale where we can be recording. I’m looking forward to call Steve. Hey Stunwin, why is that article not up? I’m looking forward to that moment. How is it changed? Anybody who thinks that the
smartphone which is absolutely the most important product in the world, anybody who thinks that
that’s where it ends is clearly not playing
attention to how that whole world works, and so the smartphone will be trumped. Maybe there will always be a device. Maybe we start putting
it inside of ourselves, but I do think smart technology coming to other things in our world, our sneakers, our hats,
and definitely our collars. I’m really fascinated. I invest in a company called Cord. Link it. Especially because they’re
based around voice, and I think voice over typing. I mean look everything
ebbs and flows, right? There was handwritten, and
then we went hardcore phone, and now we’re back to
handwritten, but it’s thumb written, and I think
we’ll go back to voice. And I think it’s gonna look like this. – [Voiceover] Andy asked,
“I base my Instagram on pics

We do seed-stage investing, and I’ve got a question for Gary. Gary, what’s up with virtual reality? (laughs) – What’s up uh, with virtual reality? First of all, Hunter, great background. As you guys can tell,
Hunter was in the office We’re talkin’ biz. We’ve done some mutual investing together. He’s a great V.C., a great blogger, great Twitter personality,
you should check him out. Link him up during the thing, do something DRock to help the dude. Anyway, Hunter, that’s a great question. I wonder, it’s funny, because I know what you do for a living, I’m like “Hmm, is Hunter looking at this space?” You know, I’ve been talking
and I’ve been doing this move and if you’re listening, I’m
putting my hands on my eyes. Uh, Oculus Rift, it’s coming. You know, I very much think that, look I mean, I hate predictions, but we’re getting close
to the end of the year, where I think we’re gonna force me to do a prediction show,
when I say we, I mean me. Uh, I, uh, 2014, I think by 2024 for sure, that’s 10 years, I think by 2021, V.R.
is gonna really matter. I think video games,
television, and movies, a.k.a. entertainment, and I don’t want to get crass,
but I think porn as well, I think those four categories,
from a business standpoint, will be heavily affected
by virtual reality. And then by virtue, I see advertising going there. Because all of the
sudden, you can imagine, if I’m playing, you know, Madden and I feel like I’m the quarterback, and all the signage
around the stadium is now Lionel Richie, root beer,
wine, things of that nature, you can see how advertising
gets filled into it. I, look, I’m in the
eyes and ears business. If you want to know what business I’m in, and if you want to get a
cut, DRock, of a video clip for a 50-second video for my
YouTube channel, take this one. Because, once and for
all, stake in the ground, I’m in the eyes and ears business. Where ever the eyes and ears go, I go. Right? If I think the ears are
moving quicker and quicker to podcasting because
connected cars are here and mobile devices are here, I start podcasting, get it? It’s how I move. And so, V.R. is coming. As an investor, under the
context of you, Hunter, and asking that question,
I am looking at it. I’m looking at the production companies, the people with the kind of 360 cameras that are gonna be in it. Video game producers that
are gonna play in it. I’m a big believer. I think it’s a little early, and it’s definitely early for mass. But I think over the next three years, you’ll start seeing sprinkles to it, and I think five to seven years from now, virtual reality will have a real place in our society, bigger than
people think right now. In the way that you
didn’t think older people would take selfies three years ago, that’s what I think about V.R. Meaning, a lot of you don’t
think it’s gonna happen. I just do.

“I’m curious to know
what your thoughts are on tech consumption by young children.” – This is an interesting
one, because I’ve done a lot of lucky, serendipitous piggybacking on today’s questions, because
I just went into that. And you know, kids are
all up in this right now, and I think it’s evolution. I mean, if you were to ask the person that was like me
during the caveman days, on his or her show, what you think about humans
that look like us today, all of you cavemen and
women would be like, no, ugh, ugh, ugh, terrible, but we’ve evolved. And I think that children are
growing up with technology. We are definitely going
into that futuristic world. And I think it’s great. I think that there are going to be different versions of us, but that’s not bad. I’m not the dad that’s gonna be like, “Get outside and play.” Of course I want them to be healthy, but don’t forget, our kids are eating a hell of a lot better than any of us. All our Big Macs everyday are a hell of a lot
different than kale chips that we’re all growing up with now. And so there’s trade offs. Not to mention more people work out now. So, you know, I think they’re
gonna be more informational. Listen to me, less information-smart, because it’s a commodity,
’cause anything you want to know is here. And I think there’s just
gonna be different characters. And so, I’m super excited about it. I think it’s uh, I think it’s uh, phenomenal. I love that children are growing up totally different. I love that I see Xander
thinking everything swipes. There’s some downsides,
like everything else. I’m worried about them being as active, but you can, if you’re a good parent, you can do whatever you want. But I’m not restricting
hours of a second screen, or a third screen for my children, because I think it’s
actually prepping them for the world that’s actually gonna exist. Straight up. It’s kind of almost like alcohol, right? Like kids, like, wanna
drink because in America we don’t let them drink. And so, like, you know
the kids that are gonna be restricted to one hour a day are gonna over-value this, and so, um, I’m very fascinated by it, and I’m a very go-with-the-flow kind of character. And I’ll also adjust to the reality of how my kids adopt to it. That is episode 24 of
the #AskGaryVee Show.

“Why is your phone always in the shot?” – My phone is always in shot, because my phone is always with me. Plus, my adorable Xan’s on there. I don’t want to show his pictures, he doesn’t want me to
share kid photos that much, but the other reason is
because if you haven’t heard, this is an extension of
you as a human being. Every one of you, rarely, is ever, arm’s length away, from your phone in every 24 hour window, including while you’re
sleeping and showering. This is an extension of us. This is, ya know, eventually
it’s gonna be here, and here, and then helmet, and then eventually, directly in us. This is the extension point and so it’s always with me, because
I need it to be a human. That’s right. It sounds sad. Plenty of comments coming, like, ugh, but that’s just the way it is. – [Voiceover] Swelldesigner asks,

– Santiago, I, I’ve been
here in Atlantic City all week and did not
watch the performance, so I actually know very
little about the Apple Watch. I think it’s kind of ironic
that Steve’s asking me this question. But I chose to answer it, and here’s why. I’m gonna answer it philosophically. I actually didn’t see all
the bells and whistles. I literally know nothing
about the Apple Watch. I saw like some random
picture in a Twitter feed, but here’s what I do know. This becomes this. This becomes this. And then this becomes this. We are absolutely 100% going robotic. And I mean over the course of the next 100 plus years and so the evolution of information being closer to us started with something
that looked like this, well, further back, you go back and then evolve to something that was always on us. Now it’s gonna be like even closer, like not even going in the pocket. Google Glass and things of that nature I think are underrated. I think more of that kind
of stuff is coming as well. And so I think it’s evolution. The human evolution.