From: Kurt Wendt Subject: Re: TECH: Walking in VR? Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1996 13:47:32 -0400 Message-ID: <31C59A34.66F7@ccgmetamedia.com> Organization: ccgmetamedia James Brown wrote: > > I was wondering if anyone has thought of developing a VR walking > system based on a hampster ball? ie a person can walk in any direction > within the cage, and this direction of movement would be reflected in > the head display so that he could seemless walk around an > environment. The cage would be placed on some rollar bars so the > movement could be tracked, like with the mouse used by computers. Instead of walking on the inside of a huge ball, maybe another possibility would be to have one walk on the top of a large ball, with only about a 2' x 2' area exposed with the rest of the ball actually located under the floor??? My 2 cents... Kurt Wendt -- ******************************************************************************* * VR-FX co. 11 Prentice Rd., Levittown, NY 11756 (516)520-9479 * * "Virtual Reality - Where reality meets fantasy..." kwendt@ix.netcom.com * *******************************************************************************