The weird past and inevitable future of VR treadmills

Omnidirectional Treadmills are a crazy solution to VR locomotion problems and cybersickness- but the origin of these devices has been a buried secret that I excavated up from the pits of the net for this video! I tried out the only consumer available treadmill: the Kat Walk C, and became inspired to talk about the future of this unique piece of virtual reality technology. This ended up being an insane project for me, I’m sorry it took a month… :’) let me know what you think!!

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0:00 - Intro/Overview
1:44 - What is an ODT?
2:20 - The First One (US Army)
3:17 - Iwata’s Torus Treadmill
3:49 - OBDP (gotta love balls)
4:20 - Cyberwalk Project
5:17 - 2010s VR Boom
5:36 - Virtuix + Kat VR (Slide-Mills)
6:05 - Ready Player One ODT is REAL!!!
7:36 - Dive into Kat Walk C
9:09 - What the future holds
11:21 - Outro :D SUBSCRIBE!

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