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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zAFzF1k8-0 MRTV Cybershoes Evasion gameplay and review
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gmd2_jqolY MRTV Cybershoes Skyrim VR
https://youtu.be/eKzyStmGXi4?t=775 UFD Tech Review
https://kickstarter.com/projects/cybershoes/377664944?ref=575897&token=9f79fa79 Kickstarter
Cybershoes were made by two engineers interested in vr with free locomotion and without roomscale restrictions. This company has a developed product and already has funding for mass production, and unlike most kickstarters, these guys are using kickstarter as a platform to get publicity and bring the product at a lower cost to the public whilst also securing the funding required for additional software functionality.
As soon as the stretch goals for crouch and jump are met, you'll be able to do everything you can on a treadmill except true side strafing because of the roller design.
When a mouse ball design was used in their prototype it made movements inconsistent and induced more motion sickness. You still can side strafe you just have to turn your head sideways instead, and you can diagonal strafe. https://youtu.be/7zAFzF1k8-0?t=798
They tried quite a few treadmill and shoe designs before coming to this design which is probably the best solution until treadmills with no lag are invented that you can actually run on. (unlikely that technology will be cheap in the near future even if it does get invented.) To make the experience more like a standing experience, get highly raised chair with a saddle or lipped design. The kickstarter is offering a $700-$1000 saddle chair with a flat base and the shoes at around half that price for those who're lazy to find their own flat based chair.
Saddle chair - https://www.meddco.com.au/products/...-AReieC1da4gJhA0_y3SkJ9kXjfZWg-hoC-JsQAvD_BwE
Lipped chair - https://www.mydeal.com.au/4x-pu-lea...cwASgxikioPvB4aE3SpJGUf-f0C9C-IhoC9FcQAvD_BwE
Cybershoes is compatible with SteamVR and developers have confirmed they will make it compatible with Oculus before release. I asked the developers about the design of the battery and the wheel and they told me it has a rechargeable and replaceable battery design and the design of the wheel has enough spacing to prevent dust accumulating so it does not require cleaning.
A lot of people complain about wired VR after trying wireless VR, they say going back to wired VR is hard because of the chicken dance with the cable. I've tried cybershoes with the regolit cable management solution, and you barely notice the wire when you use it. there's no dancing around the cable required unlike when you stand and it totally got rid of motion sickness for me, but I dismissed them at first because they looked awkward but when I tried it I couldn't believe how immersive it was.
http://www.virtuix.com/product/virtuix-vr-boom/ - VR Boom $150
https://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/60416275/ - Regolit Boom $80
https://www.amazon.com/Managment-Su...-14&keywords=virtual+reality+cable+management - Hook and carabiner system $30-$40
Seeing as most treadmills cost $1000+ not including delivery, getting a cable management solution and cybershoes seems like one of the most cost effective manners to drive the industry forward to free locomotion.
Most VR adopters will pay $300 for a VR gun or driving wheel, so this isn't out of the margin of what people will pay even at the $250-$300 retail price.
tl;dr: well worth the $200 asking price and provides more natural movement than harness treadmills and standing solutions like NaLo, with almost no compromises. Conclusion of review https://youtu.be/7zAFzF1k8-0?t=906
Kickstarter https://kickstarter.com/projects/cybershoes/377664944?ref=575897&token=9f79fa79
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gmd2_jqolY MRTV Cybershoes Skyrim VR
https://youtu.be/eKzyStmGXi4?t=775 UFD Tech Review
https://kickstarter.com/projects/cybershoes/377664944?ref=575897&token=9f79fa79 Kickstarter
Cybershoes were made by two engineers interested in vr with free locomotion and without roomscale restrictions. This company has a developed product and already has funding for mass production, and unlike most kickstarters, these guys are using kickstarter as a platform to get publicity and bring the product at a lower cost to the public whilst also securing the funding required for additional software functionality.
As soon as the stretch goals for crouch and jump are met, you'll be able to do everything you can on a treadmill except true side strafing because of the roller design.
When a mouse ball design was used in their prototype it made movements inconsistent and induced more motion sickness. You still can side strafe you just have to turn your head sideways instead, and you can diagonal strafe. https://youtu.be/7zAFzF1k8-0?t=798
They tried quite a few treadmill and shoe designs before coming to this design which is probably the best solution until treadmills with no lag are invented that you can actually run on. (unlikely that technology will be cheap in the near future even if it does get invented.) To make the experience more like a standing experience, get highly raised chair with a saddle or lipped design. The kickstarter is offering a $700-$1000 saddle chair with a flat base and the shoes at around half that price for those who're lazy to find their own flat based chair.
Saddle chair - https://www.meddco.com.au/products/...-AReieC1da4gJhA0_y3SkJ9kXjfZWg-hoC-JsQAvD_BwE
Lipped chair - https://www.mydeal.com.au/4x-pu-lea...cwASgxikioPvB4aE3SpJGUf-f0C9C-IhoC9FcQAvD_BwE
Cybershoes is compatible with SteamVR and developers have confirmed they will make it compatible with Oculus before release. I asked the developers about the design of the battery and the wheel and they told me it has a rechargeable and replaceable battery design and the design of the wheel has enough spacing to prevent dust accumulating so it does not require cleaning.
A lot of people complain about wired VR after trying wireless VR, they say going back to wired VR is hard because of the chicken dance with the cable. I've tried cybershoes with the regolit cable management solution, and you barely notice the wire when you use it. there's no dancing around the cable required unlike when you stand and it totally got rid of motion sickness for me, but I dismissed them at first because they looked awkward but when I tried it I couldn't believe how immersive it was.
http://www.virtuix.com/product/virtuix-vr-boom/ - VR Boom $150
https://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/60416275/ - Regolit Boom $80
https://www.amazon.com/Managment-Su...-14&keywords=virtual+reality+cable+management - Hook and carabiner system $30-$40
Seeing as most treadmills cost $1000+ not including delivery, getting a cable management solution and cybershoes seems like one of the most cost effective manners to drive the industry forward to free locomotion.
Most VR adopters will pay $300 for a VR gun or driving wheel, so this isn't out of the margin of what people will pay even at the $250-$300 retail price.
tl;dr: well worth the $200 asking price and provides more natural movement than harness treadmills and standing solutions like NaLo, with almost no compromises. Conclusion of review https://youtu.be/7zAFzF1k8-0?t=906
Kickstarter https://kickstarter.com/projects/cybershoes/377664944?ref=575897&token=9f79fa79
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