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I was really skeptical about Oculus, but I had a chance to try out a demo by Amir Hirsh that combined an Oculus with simple Kinect-based limb tracking. I could

I was really skeptical about Oculus, but I had a chance to try out a demo by Amir Hirsh that combined an Oculus with simple Kinect-based limb tracking. I could look down and see my own hands and they really felt like my hands. I have no idea how this is going to work in practice (are we going to have to play games in large empty warehouses) but it is magical in a way that is hard to describe if you haven't had a chance to try it.

Anonymous823 13y ago
> are we going to have to play games in large empty warehouses Large hamster ball on rollers. Infinite space to walk or run. Also, you don't need to track their motion or feet, you just feed in the data from the rollers, and you know how fast their character is walking or running, and in what direction.
- jaxomlotus 13y ago
  Omni virtuix is a pretty good approach that doesn't require a hamster wheel. http://www.virtuix.com/ http://www.virtuix.com/
  - tempestn 13y ago
    Yes! This stuff is incredibly exciting. With Omni + Kinect + OR, we're starting to get close to Otherland-style VR. It's going to be interesting.
- Sikul 13y ago
  I saw a large hamster ball with oculus VR at IndieCade in Los Angeles earlier this year.
amirhirsch 13y ago
The game was Sushi Warrior: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBx3MIAaXTA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBx3MIAaXTA A rar of the game is here, req kinect sdk installation + oculus rift. http://motionos.com/sw2.rar http://motionos.com/sw2.rar