VirtuSphere : Full Body Virtual Reality Immersion

This looks like the closest thing yet to a real-life holodeck! The Virtusphere is (as the name suggests) a large hollow sphere which sits on a set of computer monitored wheels. This allows the sphere to rotate a complete 360º whilst still allowing the computer to track the movments. The system looks like it could take some getting used to, but is a step in the right direction. It certainly looks to be a better solution than the Virtual Reality Roller Skates we featured a while back

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The system looks like it could take some getting used to, but is a step in the right direction. It certainly looks to be a better solution than the Virtual Reality Roller Skates we featured a while back Click on this link to go check out some more videos of the Virtusphere in action It's premium price-tag of $100,000 is the limiting factor here! Obviously not designed for your average home-consumer. Although we will probably see these sort of machines appearing at amusement parks soon.

They are already being used by Russia to help boost tourism by allowing potential visitors to take a 'virtual' tour. If you want to find out more about the VirtuSphere and it's potential applications then check out the following links

Virtusphere.net – The official website for Virtusphere
Defensetech.org – Informative article on military applications of the VirtuSphere
Seattle PI - News Article on the Virtusphere
CNET : News - News video on the Virtusphere