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But how does it work?

• mlyle 3y ago
  Little rolling elements that have a wheel in them. It knows where you are, and treadmills you back to a starting point as you move. The idea is simple, but the details to make it usable, safe, work well, etc, are tricky. edit: Reading more, it looks like it's mostly tilting, with perhaps high frequency vibration being used to modulate the amount of friction on each tile.
  • willcipriano 3y ago
    Wouldn't that feel like you are about to fall on your face the entire time?
    • airstrike 3y ago
      Isn't that the same as walking?
      • Nevermark 3y ago
        > Wouldn't that feel like you are about to fall on your face the entire time? > Isn't that the same as walking? You feel like you are falling on your face when you walk? I think you are referring to snowboarding! Can’t wait for all of that, but I think really really impressive tech demos are going to be all we get for some time.
      • willcipriano 3y ago
        Walking on a sheet of oil perhaps. Walking typically moves you forward, not backwards.
  • pxmpxm 3y ago
    There are no rolling elements / wheels that I can see - it looks like low friction pucks that angle and raise/lower to push the objects laterally by having them slide to towards the lower pucks
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