guy combines an Oculus Rift and an omnidirectional treadmill to make the most sweat inducing version - General

[QUOTE=Aznsniper911;40333130]How do you rocket jump?[/QUOTE] I'd imagine you would just have to point the gun behind you and fire while crouch jumping. Then just bring the gun back to a normal position and then can strafe-run in either direction you want to go.

[QUOTE=wombo;40333692]Imagine arma with this.[/QUOTE] It'd be so tiring

Holy shit this is the greatest thing ever. 400-600 bucks for that? God fucking damn. [editline]18th April 2013[/editline] I mean holy crap the possibilities for horror, adventure games. Definitely gonna have to pick it up.

[QUOTE=Maloof?;40334334]I'd go for a virtual run to Riften while picking shit up with Hydra hands and throwing them at goats[/QUOTE] Or you could get Requiem and run for your life from Trolls.

I had no idea we had omnidirectional treadmills that small. I'd love to have that treadmill, the oculus, and that one revolutionary sword game that had gabe in the kickstarter.

It's nearing what the kid in "Ready Player One" used so his muscles didn't atrophy by gaming all day every day

[QUOTE=meppers;40333281]the omni's software can take kinect input[/QUOTE] If Garry were to fiddle around again with the kinect support in gmod, I'de assume he'd spend hours trying to prefect a sexy stride if he had one of these.

I want to try to build things in Garry's Mod with this. Or even just screwing around. Physgunning stuff and just throwing it around sounds amazing.

gmodtower with the rift is something I'd actually look forward to.

I think that GMod has the potential to be the ultimate Oculus Rift testbed. Imagine exploring the streets and skies of gm_bigcity in sandbox, or experimenting with new forms of social interaction with things like GMod Tower and the Cinema game mode.

[QUOTE=Tyvak;40333729]Pretty much this. Or DayZ. All those hours spent running through forests would be the most intense workout ever. Kids would never be fat again.[/QUOTE] Imagine hardcore servers that only allowed users of the Omni threadmill :v: Would be amazing

[video=youtube;FxwknXZ_fR0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxwknXZ_fR0[/video] Skyrim this time.

Gee I wonder how much the track and the Oculus will cost. I will never be able to affoard it

Now all I need is a gun controller of some kind... Any suggestions?

[QUOTE=Muggi;40336726]Now all I need is a gun controller of some kind... Any suggestions?[/QUOTE] I would say Razer Hydra, i can't come up with the name but there was a kickstarter project which made gun shaped models where you can insert the Hydra in.

Suddenly no more fat facepunchers.

Honestly this is what I've always imagined as the future of gaming. As a kid I daydreamed of playing a Jurassic Park game using this form of control. Only thing is with Skyrim your immersion would break every 20 or so minutes when you have to fix a bug with the console :v:

I don't even want to think about what Mirror's Edge would do to this man

I am kinda worried about running on that thing or just when you somehow fall over. You would instantly break the thing.

Imagine this with stalker C.o.P. oh god.

[QUOTE=SuperDuperScoot;40335097]I want to try to build things in Garry's Mod with this. Or even just screwing around. Physgunning stuff and just throwing it around sounds amazing.[/QUOTE] How would noclipping work?

I always imagined VR to be like this, I didn't know omnidirectional treadmills existed. One step closer to the future I guess!

Imagine playing Fallout with this, long walks in the Wasteland I would loose so much weight

[QUOTE=xeo xeo;40338385]Imagine playing Fallout with this, long walks in the Wasteland I would loose so much weight[/QUOTE] I would get a surround headset, Oculus Rift, the treadmill and the Hydra + Gun shape, pretty sure i can just walk forever in that desert while looking around.

This would be great for atmospheric and nice looking games like Dear Esther. [SUP][SUB][SUP]If you can call it a game[/SUP][/SUB][/SUP]

If I used this for every game, I'd put professional footballers to shame with my physical condition.

Guys we are in the future

Up/Down movement for crouching and jumping and it will be perfect

I don't quite grasp how it works, the whole thing about preventing you from moving left or right. I see the slits, but what is on the bottom of the shoe? Are there high res shots of the hardware close up? I'm really interested in that part of the tech.

[QUOTE=Woovie;40341940]I don't quite grasp how it works, the whole thing about preventing you from moving left or right. I see the slits, but what is on the bottom of the shoe? Are there high res shots of the hardware close up? I'm really interested in that part of the tech.[/QUOTE] It's literally an omni-directional treadmill. His walking across it feeds a command to the player character to start moving, and the thing holding him in-place is to prevent him from walking/running out of the center of the treadmill. Apparently if you jump on the platform, you jump in-game. Doesn't seem to be too much more complex than that.