From: Stuart Ralston <Stuart_Ralston@trimble.co.nz>
Subject: RE: TECH: Walking in VR?
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 96 10:57:01 -0700
Organization: Trimble Navigation New Zealand


Peter,

> Does anyone know of any devices which allow the user to walk around a
> virtual world? I'm familiar with the work at UNC using a treadmill
> equipped with handlebars, but I'm wondering if anyone has developed a
> system which allows the user to walk in any direction.

The movie "Disclosure" had a cool idea of having a surface of rotating
spheres that the user walked on.  However, whether in practise it
works is anyones guess.  Not a bad "Hollywood" VR idea though.

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