Rick Williams » omni-directional VR floors http://www.pixelpod.co.uk/blog ramblings of a creative developer Wed, 14 Jul 2010 14:29:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Omni-directional VR floors http://www.pixelpod.co.uk/blog/2008/06/14/omni-directional-vr-floors/ http://www.pixelpod.co.uk/blog/2008/06/14/omni-directional-vr-floors/#comments Sat, 14 Jun 2008 10:09:23 +0000 Rick http://www.pixelpod.co.uk/blog/?p=274 Wired has an interesting article on a team based at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in Tübingen, Germany, unveiled the CyberWalk, an omnidirectional treadmill designed to serve as a VR-capable movement platform. (via Wired & BBC)

BBC NEWS | Technology | Scientists develop 'CyberWalk'

Bring it on! The next generation of video consoles moves from the WiiFit to omni-directional floors – cool!

There’s also a bunch of other solutions that have been developed including:

The Circula Floor

An Omni-directional Treadmill

But haven’t we already built one back in the day for JayKay’s Virtual Insanity?

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