Cyberspace Interface

Pair this device with a head-mounted display and away you go. See if you can guess the tune in the second half!

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[lowkeybeat]

this is awesome. one question, what about in game stairs. they are a pretty common element in most of today's games.

[cywalk]

Stairs are difficult, as is rolling. The best approximation will be to tip the surface and use a body harness to impose a work function equivalent to the work of climbing the stairs.

[Jan Markus Minge]

u can use kickstarter !!!

[cywalk]

Not a bad idea, really. The time might soon be right.

[theskilledpotato]

C'mon this would be so cool get this kickstarted!

[cywalk]

You are totally right. It might be research time.

[onplanetnowhere]

Pair it with the Oculus Rift!

[cywalk]

User position is sensed using cameras. Position information tells the control computer when and in what direction to move the belt. This system uses an external operator. When you want off you yell "OFF!" Alternatively, you could have a RF off button strapped to your arm. Or you could run at 7 mph, faster than the system, and step off. Or you could jump 4 feet sideways and land on the edge. Easy.

[bboyrughbrn]

Only question is......how do you get off of it? lol

[Kram1032]

I could imagine some sort of local raising of the surface to at least give what essentially would be a bump map texture to the ground. - all you'd need is miniscule pistons and a way to move the deformed belt over them, or a version where there are freely rotatable spheres on top of the pistons. That should actually be somewhat doable. Now, trying to extend that to full 3D distortion would be much harder.

[Steven Everett]

Yes, Kickstart it!

[snipars]

hitler has only got one ball

[Lawful Gray]

That would make a great science fiction prison.

[Liam0215]

The Oculus was amazing!

[titanicclash]

This is still an input device -- you would still be able to move, just like you're still able to hold the joystick forward even though you're at a wall

[Gredarki Kerman]

Disengage safety emitters and raise computer power on Deck 9, and transfer to holodeck 4. Galaxy class design only.

[Chance Turcotte]

It would respond similar to how a game responds when you continue to hold up on the controller, despite being held back by a barrier. You simply wouldn't move any further in the game.