Cybercarpet

The Cybercarpet was built as a prototype, which can nevertheless bear the weight of a human. Thus walking experiments are possible and also experiments with a vehicle executing downscaled trajectories. The machien was built by the Intitute for Applied Mechanics and is now located at the Max Planci Institute for Biological Cybernetics

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• cybercarpet
• cyberwalk
• holodeck
• virtual world
• cyberspace
• mechanics
• research

[domino55808]

Thank you for this! it is real cool stuff. Just a little bit small. We really need this to enter vr.. I hope you can keep the balls in place..

go on working guys!

Are the balls smooth or rectangle surfaced?

[superfluent]

Balls are smooth and perfectly round. The trick is to choose the right relation between ball diameter and the thicknedd of the holding carpet

[SpeedyVT]

I'd like to see this used for video games and stuff for more immersion into the games... :) also help people loose weight.

[roidroid]

The POM-plate has over 4000 holes water-cut into it of a certain size.

If you cut another plate, very thin (<0.5mm), with holes slightly smaller than the ball's diameter (perhaps 7mm), and then put this ontop of the original POM-plate. Wouldn't this keep the balls from flipping out?

It seems too obvious, there must be a reason why it wasn't done.

[roidroid]

@shoutatthesky it certainly seems to be the most compact and technologically simple solution.

[shoutatthesky]

Looking at the few other ideas out there this one seems like it has the most potential.

[Dudeinator]

Wow, That is a very neat idea. If the belt isn't moving... Are you able to move the balls around? I could see problems where, if you are moving one direction then quickly change direction would your feet slip across the balls. Unless the balls don't move because friction on the belt. So only when the belt moves the balls move.

I like it though, very unique Idea, Must be a good massager xD *lays down on it*