Omni Directional dreamill for Oculus Rift

[Slick]

Omni Directional treadmill for Oculus rift created by Mr George Burger

 

Not just a surface you glide on, an actual omni directional treadmill

 

 

[Oshino Shinobu]

It looks like you move in the direction the treadmill wants to, not the other way around. Not really sure how well that would work. 

 

Also, I like how the guy moves that lady out of the way near the beginning of the video

[qwertywarrior]

2004 called want their camera back

[Rorgash]

...such round about ways... JUST HAVE IT PLUG INTO OUR BRAINS ALREADY!!!!

[JAKEBAB]

Wow the way VR is heading your going to have to have a dedicated house just to fit all the god damn stuff!

[Ivyk]

Like the idea but I don't see this working in sync with fast paced games where you have to change directions in a split second.

[tobben]

well, it does go in all directions but are they controlling that thing manually? either way i think latency accuracy and speed might be a problem, looks like you could easily walk off that thing, now imagine putting 100% faith in that while having a screen strapped to your face, i see injuries and broken equipment, this might be amazing and all but it is considerably less cool the moment have to keep in mind how you use the equipment at all times to avoid screwing up, breaks immersion which is what vr is all about.

[tobben]

Like the idea but I don't see this working in sync with fast paced games where you have to change directions in a split second.

i imagine it being more for big cinematic exploration games rather than a first person shooter.

[FloRolf]

who wants to run around when playing a game? >.<

[LePawel]

Like the idea but I don't see this working in sync with fast paced games where you have to change directions in a split second.

You could use Virtuix-style shoes with sensors to detect change and communicate with the deck on a separate connection (ruling out the PC delay). Main problem imo would be mid-sprint jumps to a stop with rotation. Doable, but would probably require it to be linux-driven on something like raspberry Pi.

[WiiManic]

Wow the way VR is heading your going to have to have a dedicated house just to fit all the god damn stuff!

Honestly, with stuff like this, I don't see it having a home use anytime soon.

I do think that it could breathe some new life into arcades and similar, as they have the space to put something like this in, and its actually something (most people) can't have at home.

 

Looks cool, the Omni and stuff always looked a little more awkward to me. I want it to just work as if I'm normally walking.

If I have to alter my walking to more shuffling/sliding then I don't see the point, It should emulate the real world thing, not make me do something close.

[beebskadoo]

This looks awesome! But not for someone like me that lives in an apartment building...

Might piss of the neighbors with all of the noise :-P

I still think the omni is a better solution.

[bob345]

i think the omni is still a better option. people have messed with this concept for years but it is just not possible to make it feel natural as the computer would literally have to predict your movements to make it feel realistic. notice how the guy almost trips over himself while changing direction. thats the main problem with this.

[hal9001]

It looks like you move in the direction the treadmill wants to, not the other way around. Not really sure how well that would work.

Also, I like how the guy moves that lady out of the way near the beginning of the video

He said that the directional control could be by hand gestures or by the "camera in the Oculus". I think they would need some safety precautions so that people wouldn't fall of, but this does seem like an even better, although not yet finalized, approach to spatial VR (:

[Beskamir]

...such round about ways... JUST HAVE IT PLUG INTO OUR BRAINS ALREADY!!!!

Agreed but since that will clearly take a while (the more I learn about the human brain the more I think it might not be possible with current tech Although I'd very much want to be the one that make it possible )

 

As for the video, well Cyberith is a TON better than anything that Omni has made so far and they haven't even announced their kickstarter yet so I'd like this tech on a Cyberith as Omni was never an option to me. What good is an Omni if you can't sit, crouch, or jump? Maybe it's better now but even if it is it has that wierd curved walking surface so I wonder how this tech would fit on that.

[Rorgash]

Agreed but since that will clearly take a while (the more I learn about the human brain the more I think it might not be possible with current tech Although I'd very much want to be the one that make it possible )

 

As for the video, well Cyberith is a TON better than anything that Omni has made so far and they haven't even announced their kickstarter yet so I'd like this tech on a Cyberith as Omni was never an option to me. What good is an Omni if you can't sit, crouch, or jump? Maybe it's better now but even if it is it has that wierd curved walking surface so I wonder how this tech would fit on that.

they already have computers that can do basic mind reading, and we have robot arms plugged into our nerves, why would it not be possible?

[HexaGuy]

Really cool. Expensive?

[DeViLzzz]

Hard to care about VR with movement now when Oculus said the focus is just on the sitting down deal with gaming and then we heard that Virtuix Omni at it's best is only being offered to the military for a good while and it takes a much different set up to be able to jump and crouch and some other things.  Until Oculus and something like max Virtuix Omni are offered together I am definitely not interested in VR.  In fact I am not going to buy from Facebook so I have to wait on other companies to do something with VR also.

[Misanthrope]

That looks nice but can we get it on chicken size?

[coreRoss]

Looks like you can only walk naturally if your walking at one of the 90 degree directions, if you move in a 45 degree direction it gets a bit wonky to walk with the treadmill only being able to move its strips on this 90 degree directions.

[chillxnate]

They're getting there. I will say they need to figure out how to make it function more like a segway though. If the user puts back pressure in a direction the treadmill should move in that direction. Also, if immersion is the goal they would need to figure out how to make the treadmill adjust grade for when you're walking up or down hills in a game. And add handrails, of course. 

[Beskamir]

they already have computers that can do basic mind reading, and we have robot arms plugged into our nerves, why would it not be possible?

You would need very fine control which would currently need implants and ideally it would want to have only sensors placed all over your head without having to drill holes or shave your head also at that point it would be nice to have your vision connected directly to you occipcial lobe.

 

I'm considering going into nuronscience for this but even if I do figure out how to do it I don't know how I can fund it without selling out which is clearly something i wouldnt want to do.

 

(Arrrg phone keyboards are terrible on the desktop version of LTT, which is the only version i actually enjoy using)