Atlas Kickstarter

Quite an interesting idea, but isn't asking $100 for the recommended pledge a bit much for basically an AR iPhone app and some integration with the Rift ? I wonder how much time it'll take for someone to implement this as open source.

Also I'm really surprised that they're attempting to patent that, this comes to mind :

I really don't see the point of it. How many people have (or would set up with markers, even if you have it) enough physical space to move through an in-game environment?

Unless you're playing a game where you don't move very far, you're going to be running into walls. Repeatedly.

You need to decouple the actual physical position of the player from the movement action - hence you need treadmills/hamster balls or the Omni for a decent solution.