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a cheap foot controller for intuitive hands-free movement
Aside from beautiful but costly omni directional threadmills or sliding surfaces, consumer VR needs a cheap and solid device to intuitively and effectively move our avatar character in game while leav...
One of the issues I have noticed with the dev kit demos is that W (walk forward) takes me in the direction I am looking. It feels wrong. Forward should take you in the direction your hips are facing, not your head. I can't look to the side while walking forward in these demos.
I realize that in order to achieve this, there needs to be an IMU on you hips or chair (for seated play). Hopefully Oculus will release the IMU stand alone with a USB interface for us to tinker with.
I realize that in order to achieve this, there needs to be an IMU on you hips or chair (for seated play). Hopefully Oculus will release the IMU stand alone with a USB interface for us to tinker with.