Virtuix Omni – a treadmill for virtual reality applications

by jeffrey.taekman on March 2, 2013 · 0 Comments · in Gaming, Innovation, Kinect, Virtual Worlds

 

Many of us have heard about Oculus Rift–a high field of view (FOV), low-latency, consumer- priced virtual reality (VR) head-mounted display (HMD). But I’m guessing you have not heard about the Kickstarter Project,  Virtuix Omni. The Omni is a virtual reality “treadmill” that uses your legs as part of the controller.

Check out this demo in Skyrim.

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