Omni-directional Treadmills Could Allow You to Roam Virtual Environments

An omni-directional treadmill is just like your traditional gym treadmill, except instead of only being able to go forward, you can move in any direction. There are a number of ways to achieve such omni-directional locomotion, but the resulting...

Quantum 3D Helps Train Solders with VR [videos]

Quantum 3D says that "infantry training simulation is here today", and they've got a video showing how they use virtual reality to help soldiers train for the battlefield. Tell me parts of this don't play like a video game...

Following the Road to Virtual Reality

Today begins my journey cataloging the Road to Virtual Reality. I actually started a very similar blog 2 or 3 years ago, but it quickly faded away because we were still far from anything that could be considered mainstream...