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March 12, 2015

Stompz - Wearable, Wireless VR Locomotion

Hi all,

Man, a lot has changed since the last time we posted an update. We have been bootstrapping development ever since we posted our original idea back in November 2013 https://forums.oculus.com/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=5046&hilit=stompz#p68293
(wow :shock: was it that long ago?).

Stompz has gone through several iterations and we have evolved it so much in these past couple years. We have collected TONS of great feedback from the community from our frequent demos at SVVR, SacVR, VC Founders Meetup in SF, GDC, Oculus Connect and many other small demo sessions. There are always improvements to be made, so we are asking the community to help us by supporting us on Kickstarter so that we can finalize development and fund manufacturing. This will also allow us to put more Stompz in the hands of you, the developer, so we can get a greater range of feedback and optimize the controller for a perfect experience.

Here is the Kickstarter link:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/stompz/stompz-the-world-of-virtual-reality-at-your-feet

We'd appreciate your support and feedback to help us fill a gap in movement capability and accessibility.

Thanks,
Matt Stompz

    12 replies

    Up and Coming
    April 3, 2015
    "Karlor" wrote:
    Would these be usable in an omnidirectional treadmill setup?


    Yes!

    Stompz was originally the tracking solution for our omnidirectional slidemill from back in 2009.

    We saw the limitations of the slidemill (bulky, expensive, inaccessible) and focused on the trackers, but we are still HUGE fans of slidemills for personal use.

    I'd love to hear more about what you're working on!

    Matt Stompz
    Up and Coming
    April 4, 2015
    "SwordArtOnline" wrote:
    "Karlor" wrote:
    Would these be usable in an omnidirectional treadmill setup?


    Yes!

    Stompz was originally the tracking solution for our omnidirectional slidemill from back in 2009.

    We saw the limitations of the slidemill (bulky, expensive, inaccessible) and focused on the trackers, but we are still HUGE fans of slidemills for personal use.

    I'd love to hear more about what you're working on!

    Matt Stompz


    It started with a conversation I had with my friends who work at a fabrication company on making an omnidirectional treadmill for personal use. Now it's morphed into a lot more then what I had drawn up, and that's fine with me. Anyway I was looking into tracking and I remembered seeing this and thought that it mite be the ticket.

    I hope you guys end up doing some sort of 2nd kickstarter if this one doesn't make it. If you do It mite be a good idea to crank up the number of $99 tiers so more people can go that road over the other options.