Virtusphere creates 360-degree immersive VR experience
By Marc Perton 
posted September 22nd 2005 1:45PM
posted September 22nd 2005 1:45PM
Forget that puny,
uncomfortable Revolution
controller. For a truly immersive gaming experience, the Virtusphere is the only way to go. The 360-degree VR
environment allows for complete movement in a virtual environment, and can be paired with head-mounted displays for a
total alternate-reality experience. Of course, at between $50K and $100K to buy, this is a tad more expensive than the
Revolution, which might explain why only a handful of these have been sold so far, mainly to military and
law-enforcement groups, which are using it for training and after-hours fragfests.
[Via Technovelgy]
AWWW DAMMIT!! My friend and I designed this thing months ago... can't belive someone made one already.
"fragfasts?" Yay editing.
Always subtly bashing on Nintendo these media outlets, when will these "grown-ups" realize that its them who are being 'teh KiDdie' by always putting down Nintendo's emphasis on actual gameplay and not just horsepower. Don't count out a controller by the producers of the D-pad, the Analogue stick and the Rumble pack until you try it.
IT WAS A JOKE OMFGWTF.
Btw vids at:
http://www.virtusphere.com/videos/
Sry for double post.
#2: Yeah, it's when you play Halo for hours on end without eating.
so now i can get the headshots in 3D?
Man + Hamster = Manster...
Actually, its pretty cool. Until someone dies.
haaah! check the video, then tell me this isn't a lifesize version of MonkeyBall!
I wonder if the person in the photo above thinks wearing camouflage pants will help avoid being shot in the game? Now that's virtual reality.
The game can see the pants.
exactly why is this 100k? I could build that with 1k.
Someone call hackaday!
Seems like it would have momentum issues. "Running, running, want to stop, ooh, but my world is still moving around me." And looks like it'd be a bit too small to not feel like you're always walking uphill. Definitely cool though.
But definitely cooler would be a larger sphere, and non-passive casters beneath, rigged with Segway-esque servos...you get the idea...
1 day old news. =O
http://digg.com/technology/The_Virtual_Reality_Machine,_VirtuSphere
"fragfast: it's when you play Halo for hours on end without eating"
ROFLMAO
It has begun.
Did someone break into the set of American Gladiators to make these things?
Old... i saw this last year and it was old then. the video doesnt match motion very well soo i thought it was fake.. I know its possible, but the dynamics dont match the environment they are trying to accomplish... ( btw a lot of articles lately are OLD... ive seen this stuff years ago and finaly its "new and cool" what the hell?)
I'm not really seeing the immersion. VR's old, so all they did was design a way to run in place. Am I missing something?