To do research in building a consumer behaviour simulator, or more generally a 'society simulator' (simulating a whole city with people in it who have jobs, who are going to restaurants, go shopping, pay taxes, etc...)
Meanwhile trying to figure out whether I can create some kind of startup/business out of this.
Bottleneck:
My boring day job, which is needed because I have a family to support.
If you're serious about building a business around this (i.e., if you're into the business side of this rather than the pure research side), post a way for me to contact you - we should talk.
Yes I am serious about building a business around this. My strategy is to simulate as much aspect of a virtual person's life as possible, because the simulation of different aspects strengthen each-other, makes the simulation more precise, enables more and more emergent behaviour. On the other hand in the beginning I will mostly try to aim for those aspects which have immediate business value: to simulate consumer behaviour in shops, restaurants, etc...
Bottleneck: My boring day job, which is needed because I have a family to support.