Omni: The "Oculus Rift" of 3D Treadmills
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Omni: The "Oculus Rift" of 3D Treadmills
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#2Supplementary: The 3D Printed Occulus Rift killer.
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#3This is a nifty product, and a surprisingly elegant and low-tech solution to the problem of how to allow free movement while in VR.
I had beers a week or two ago with the project founder (really friendly guy!) and he's looking for software developers to help create an awesome SDK. Get in touch with him if you're interested--it's a really cool project!
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#4On the omni website it says, "Order on Kickstarter", but isn't kickstarter trying to remind people that it isn't necessarily a store? And so if you order one on kickstarter is it a guarantee that you will get one or is there a chance that it won't happen?
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#5On the omni website it says, "Order on Kickstarter", but isn't kickstarter trying to remind people that it isn't necessarily a store? And so if you order one on kickstarter is it a guarantee that you will get one or is there a chance that it won't happen?
Yes Kickstarter is constantly trying to explain to people they aren't a store, but most hardware projects use it as one anyway. And yes, if you buy on Kickstarter there is no guarantee you will ever receive anything. There have been fairly high profile Kickstarter hardware projects that never delivered. Having said that, this one looks like a pretty good bet to ship, the makers are very engaged and obviously have working models that are pretty far along. Granted, mass production is harder than most people assume, but I'd bet on this one shipping.
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#6The "aha" moment for me, as an outsider to this industry, is using a special shoe to reduce friction and increase lateral stability versus only focusing on developing a 3D treadmill itself.
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#7Supplementary: The 3D Printed Occulus Rift killer. http://www.durovis.com/index.html
Good luck with that. What makes the Occulus Rift important is how fast it translates real world movement to signals software can process to give a true VR feel. The accelerometers and magnetometers in phones are decent for their intended purpose, but their intended purpose is not VR. This is no Rift killer.
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#8On the omni website it says, "Order on Kickstarter", but isn't kickstarter trying to remind people that it isn't necessarily a store? And so if you order one on kickstarter is it a guarantee that you will get one or is there a chance that it won't happen?
Another red flag is that the "Risks and Challenges" Kickstarter mandated doesn't actually disclose any risks or challenges, just generic statement that could apply to literally any manufactured product and a bunch of puffery about how great they are.
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#9Ugh. This will eventually destroy my knees or hips someday. It's bad enough that I go running an hour every other day. I just can't imagine doing that for 6 to 8 hours. Although, I think this will be awesome for out of shape people who love games. Might be the thing we need to goad these people into shape!
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#10Supplementary: The 3D Printed Occulus Rift killer. http://www.durovis.com/index.html
Good luck with that. What makes the Occulus Rift important is how fast it translates real world movement to signals software can process to give a true VR feel. The accelerometers and magnetometers in phones are decent for their intended purpose, but their intended purpose is not VR. This is no Rift killer.
That's speculation. Do you have factual evidence to prove that current accelerometers aren't responsive enought? Like a datasheet, a publication or something similar that isn't based on gut feeling. No offense, I appreciate the Occulus Rift as a high tech device that sets new limits in VR Technology, but Smartphones have come a long way sir.
Are you saying that the iPhone4s, iPhone5, Galaxy S3, Galaxy S4 and Google Nexus phones accelerometers are really unresponsive? Btw. just in case your theory is right (I admit when I'm wrong), then please checkout how long that theory will have legs ;)
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