Omni: Move Naturally in Your Favorite Game

[Moo]

It uses keyboard/mouse mapping... An option for analogue gamepad/joystick type output for forwards speed etc. would be much more sensible IMHO, although not as widely supported by games. But that's just a software issue, so could be addressed in the future.

[James T. Kirk]

Imagine looking up to watch a beautiful hi-def sunset, then walking off a cliff.

God, that would suck.

FPS players would probably suffer some second-hand PTSD or something.

That would also suck.

What if you were running away from the boulder in "Raiders of the Lost Ark: The first non-sucky movie-based game. HD." (Game TBA) and cramping up.

That would suck most of all.

[Sgt. Spoon]

The tech in this is ingenious. It actually never moves. You run on a slippery surface and slide down the grooves wearing shoes with pegs that fit in those grooves. Previously, people thought they needed a 3d treadmill, which is very complex.

Indeed. Myself, before this, I was thinking some kind of giant ball that'd you'd be placed on top of. It's great to see such a simple solution.

[Mill Wilkinson]

FPS players would probably suffer some second-hand PTSD or something.

That would also suck.

No it wouldn't. It would relief us from numerous yoloswags who understand gaming as "Call of Battlefield: Black Honour"


On an unrelated note: I hope they do name a game Call of Battlefield. xD

[James T. Kirk]

You ever seen "Duty Calls"? It's a great CoD parody game.

I would suggest looking up gameplay on YouTube.

[Sgt. Spoon]

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/89577853/stem-system-the-best-way-to-interact-with-virtual?ref=home_popular

Oculus + Omni + Stem

The circle is complete(?)

[Keon]

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/89577853/stem-system-the-best-way-to-interact-with-virtual?ref=home_popular

Oculus + Omni + Stem = What is this place you call outside?

The circle is complete(?)

If I could afford that, I'd buy it in an instant. In 5 or so years when it's 500 bucks for a low-end one of these, I'm in.

[Sgt. Spoon]

indeed. It would take much for me to give up my 'ol keyboard and mouse, but if this technology actually becomes more developed I'll be very intruiged. _{Might take a while till we're completely over the Wii/kinect standard though...}

[Rainer Zu Fall]

Brilliant! Now make them affordable and without any bugs please...