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Walking in VR [Long, Long, Long Post]
I keep finding myself posting really long posts in random threads that start talking about locomotion in VR, so I'm going to make a big post here instead that I can just point to. Introduction The...
You forgot a couple. The Wizdish is another simple slider that failed to generate much investment, and the Virtuasphere which while a bit impractical is actually available I believe.
And then there is a whole class of solutions that you missed which are the redirected-walking systems. Almost everybody dismisses them out-of-hand because of the space requirements, but I've tried 3 of these ODT devices (I won't say which) along with a primitive walking system and in my extremely biased opinion the immersion level of redirected walking is 10x as immersive as the ODT solutions. It's also the least restrictive and cheapest of the bunch.
And then there is a whole class of solutions that you missed which are the redirected-walking systems. Almost everybody dismisses them out-of-hand because of the space requirements, but I've tried 3 of these ODT devices (I won't say which) along with a primitive walking system and in my extremely biased opinion the immersion level of redirected walking is 10x as immersive as the ODT solutions. It's also the least restrictive and cheapest of the bunch.