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What it Feels Like to Roll Through a Virtual World in the Virtusphere
The 10ft Virtusphere sits in place as VR developers hack the night away. During a recent virtual reality hackathon at OCVR, I was able to try out a crazy contraption called the Virtusphere—essentially...
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Virtuix Demonstrates Self-adjustment Capabilities of Omni VR Treadmill (video)
From the get-go, the Virtuix Omni VR treadmill was designed to be both adjustable and collapsible, allowing it to work for users of different heights and be stowed away out of sight. For the first...
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Preview: Virtuix Omni VR Treadmill Production Model (video)
I’ve been fortunate to try the Virtuix Omni VR treadmill several times over the course of its development. At every point though, I was testing some variation of the original prototype seen in the...
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I Went Mountain Biking*
Not like taking a few jumps on a raked path in the woods behind my house like I used to do as a kid—I mean really mountain biking, the kind of thing you’d see on a GoPro commercial. The kind of thing...
View ArticleThe Cyberith Virtualiser – a New Virtual Reality Locomotion Device
A video has just been released demonstrating a new device offering gaming locomotion, i.e. translating the actions of walking into in-game actions. It’s called the Cyberith Virtualiser. Unique...
View ArticleNew Interview With Jan ‘Virtuix Omni’ Goetgeluk
A new Interview with Jan ‘Virtuix Omni’ Goetgeluk has appeared via the technology YouTube channel ‘Linus-TechTips’ with detailed shots of the Omni in use. Close-Up with the Omni The interview with...
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Virtuix Omni VR Treadmill Now Available for Direct Pre-order, $50 Coupon...
After a highly successful Kickstarter that raised $1.1 million, the Virtuix Omni is now available for direct pre-order from the official website, along with accessories. Through August 13th you can...
View ArticleGamecom 2013: Cyberith Virtualiser Interview and Demonstration [Video]
One of the pleasant surprises we found whilst poking around the vast halls was finding a booth with the latest Cyberith Virtualiser prototype being demoed by Cyberith’s founder and inventor Tuncay...
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Virtuix Omni VR Treadmill Hands-on and Interview with CEO Jan Goetgeluk [video]
Though we’ve been covering the Virtuix Omni since the beginning, I never got a chance to slip on the shoes and try it for myself. Last weekend I finally got that opportunity and also spoke with...
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Virtuix Closes $2.7M Investment, Finalised Omni Design to be Revealed at CES...
Virtuix has just announced that it has secured $2.7M of investment as the commercial launch of its omni-directional treadmill, the Omni approaches. Time was at Road to VR that every other week we’d...
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What it Feels Like to Roll Through a Virtual World in the Virtusphere
The 10ft Virtusphere sits in place as VR developers hack the night away. During a recent virtual reality hackathon at OCVR, I was able to try out a crazy contraption called the Virtusphere—essentially...
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Virtuix Demonstrates Self-adjustment Capabilities of Omni VR Treadmill (video)
From the get-go, the Virtuix Omni VR treadmill was designed to be both adjustable and collapsible, allowing it to work for users of different heights and be stowed away out of sight. For the first...
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Preview: Virtuix Omni VR Treadmill Production Model (video)
I’ve been fortunate to try the Virtuix Omni VR treadmill several times over the course of its development. At every point though, I was testing some variation of the original prototype seen in the...
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I Went Mountain Biking*
Not like taking a few jumps on a raked path in the woods behind my house like I used to do as a kid—I mean really mountain biking, the kind of thing you’d see on a GoPro commercial. The kind of thing...
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‘Roto VR': the Chair That Aims to Drastically Reduce Sim Sickness,...
Roto VR has recently launched a Kickstarter campaign for its rotating chair design that promises to reduce simulator induced nausea, and give the user more control inside the virtual environment...
View Article‘Level-Ups': the Motorized Stilts that Provide Vertical Force Feedback in VR...
Standing-up interactions are coming to VR sooner than we can pronounce ‘HTC Vive’ correctly (like ‘revive’ minus the ‘re’), and although flat virtual surfaces are a breeze to get around, what about...
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Elevators and Extra-dimensional Space: Exploring Ways to Transcend Physical...
James Andrew, Founder of PixelRouter VR and creator of Z0NE, explores the challenges virtual reality developers face when trying to transcend the boundaries of users’ physical space for the purposes of...
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‘Kat Walk’ Joins the VR Treadmill Race, Approaching $100,000 Goal on Kickstarter
Joining longstanding names Virtuix and Cyberith, Kat Walk hopes to be the newest VR treadmill option on the block. The system differentiates itself with an open design that suspends users from above...
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7 Ways to Move Users Around in VR Without Making Them Sick
You only need 10 minutes with a keyboard and mouse set-up to find out that moving around in VR is completely different from anything else in gaming. Here we take a look at some of the techniques...
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AxonVR is Making a Haptic Exoskeleton Suit to Bring Your Body and Mind into VR
AxonVR, a Seattle-based startup fresh out of a 4 year stint in stealth mode, recently revealed a piece of hardware that seems to have been lifted directly from science fiction. Promising a full-body...
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