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Treadmill concept : Hip Control
Most VR Treadmills I've seen so far are built around the idea of including a mobile 360° rotating part (usually a ring) that let's you face and walk in the real life direction you want. But what if...
Yeah it helps a ton. Variable movement speed is also extremely nice. Being able to do things like make it require more physical effort to climb a hill is pretty neat as well.
The major hurdle to overcome with this solution is collision feedback. In the abscence of clear feedback that you have hit something our natural tendancy is to keep leaning, put more weight into the balance shift to the point of falling over. This is clearly something that needs to be remedied, I am hoping some binaural audio cues will do the trick.
The major hurdle to overcome with this solution is collision feedback. In the abscence of clear feedback that you have hit something our natural tendancy is to keep leaning, put more weight into the balance shift to the point of falling over. This is clearly something that needs to be remedied, I am hoping some binaural audio cues will do the trick.