Omni-Directional Treadmills

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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 instead of using a support ring around the...
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Watch 2 Players Take on GTA V with Cyberith Virtualizer Treadmills in Virtual Reality

Cyberith are well known for their fun and irreverent gameplay videos, demonstrating their omni-directional treadmill the Virtualizer. The team are back with this new video, showing 2-player Grand Theft Auto V hilarity as they career around San Andreas in...

Cyberith Reveals New Virtualizer ‘Analogue’ and ‘Decoupling’ Features, Heading to E3 2015

Cyberith are gearing up for the E3 Expo this month as they release details of new exciting Virtualizer (an omni-directional treadmill for VR) features. They've also confirmed they'll be on hand at the event with 3 Virtualizers for attendees...
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Running Amok in GTA V with an Oculus Rift, a Virtuix Omni and VorpX

What do you get when you piece together a Virtuix Omni VR treadmill, a DK2, and (with help from vorpX) a AAA title like GTA V? Madness. Pure madness. Stealing a car is wrong. Shooting innocent bystanders in the face, now that's downright...
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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 company's highly successful Kickstarter campaign....
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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 time at CES 2015,...
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CES 2015: Virtuix CEO Talks Production-ready Omni, Shipping Expected in March (video)

We caught up with Virtuix who were exhibiting their final, production design for their omnidirectional treadmill, the Omni, at CES 2015. Ben Lang speaks to Virtuix CEO, Jan Goetgeluk to about shipping dates and on how this unit differs from earlier...

What it Feels Like to Roll Through a Virtual World in the Virtusphere

During a recent virtual reality hackathon at OCVR, I was able to try out a crazy contraption called the Virtusphere—essentially a giant acrylic human hamster ball that lets the user feel like they are walking through a virtual world....

Virtuix Closes $2.7M Investment, Finalised Omni Design to be Revealed at CES 2015

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 have a story on the Virtuix Omni,...

Cyberith Virtualizer makes US debut

On August 19, the Cyberith team debuted their Virtualizer virtual reality device for the first time in the United States at an event sponsored by Silicon Valley VR and Road to VR, with LinkedIn graciously providing meeting space in...

SVVR and Road to VR Host the U.S. Virtualizer Debut August 19th in Mountain View California

The Cyberith Virtualizer Comes to the US for the First Time for Live Demonstrations Silicon Valley Virtual Reality and Road to VR today announced a special event featuring the debut of the Virtualizer and accompanying technology from the virtual reality...

Cyberith Virtualizer VR Treadmill Kickstarter is Live, Prices Start at $599

Cyberith has been teasing us with the Virtualizer, an omnidirectional VR treadmill, for what seems like ages. Today the device, which promises to allow you to physically walk around virtual worlds, finally launches on Kickstarter starting at $599.Over...

Cyberith Omnidirectional VR Treadmill Launches ‘Virtualizer’ Kickstarter on July 23rd

We've been following Austrian company Cyberith and its virtual reality locomotion 'controller'  the 'Virtualizer' for a while now. The Virtualizer is an omnidirectional treadmill which uses a flat base with low friction which enables a user to run, crouch...

‘Walkmouse’ is an Elegant, Untethered, Motorised Omni-Directional Treadmill

If someone had come to me three years ago and said "Omni-directional treadmills, they'll be a thing soon" - I'd have laughed in their faces. Three years on and whilst input devices that aim to take natural walking, running...
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