One step closer to a Holodeck and the future of gaming.Date: Tuesday, March 11 @ 22:53:11 UTC I have often watched startrek and thought how cool it would be to someday have a holodeck, but was always stumped on how someone could walk in a straight line for more than a few yards without running into a wall.  What you see above is the virtuasphere, A $30,000 unit already in use for some military training. Players don a motion-tracking headset to project the visuals and then they are ready to begin virtual exploration. They can run, jump, roll, or crawl over virtually unlimited distances without encountering real world obstacles. The large hollow sphere sits on rollers allowing it to rotate through 360 degrees and move freely in any direction - without actually going anywhere at all. The Washington-based manufacturers describe it as the ultimate computer games peripheral, but say it could also be used as a unique exercise treadmill or for simulation exercises. Systems are made to client specifications, with customers so far including military and law enforcement organisations, as well as entertainment companies. VirtuSphere has already been used by the Russian Tourism Authorities to let people walk through the Red Square and the Kremlin. For the ammount of time some of us spend online in FPS, sprinting to cover, chasing a guy to get a knife kill etc. This would put some of us in fantastic physical shape, beats the treadmill. If only we could afford it. News-Source: http://www.ananova.com/ |
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