Virtual reality treadmill pre-orders open at $499
The Omni treadmill, an omnidirectional treadmill intended to work with the Oculus Rift for natural movement when playing VR games, has opened its pre-orders at $499.
Oculus Rift is cool and all, but you're largely staying stationary while you play, leading to some disconnect between what your eyes see and what your body feels. There's a treadmill catered to solve just that problem, and it will be available for a cool $499.
The Omni Natural Motion Interface treadmill (via GameSpot) is expected to ship in March 2014. It includes the treadmill, shoes, belt, tracking hardware, and SDK. It's intended to work in tandem with the Oculus Rift, letting you turn naturally and walk or run through game environments since it's omnidirectional. Big-spenders could go for the $1019 package, which includes two treadmills and throws in a third pair of the socks. These prices don't include shipping, which will be calculated when it's ready to roll out.
The device's Kickstarter ran in June, raising $1.1 million--far above its $150,000 funding goal.
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The Omni treadmill, an omnidirectional treadmill intended to work with the Oculus Rift for natural movement when playing VR games, has opened its pre-orders at $499.-
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It replicates keyboard input so any game.
Can the Omni be played with any game?
Yes, the Omni can be used with any game out-of-the-box that used keyboard input (as long as the Rift or other HMD is supported). The Omni works best with first-person perspective games that allow you to walk around and enjoy the scenery around you (such as Skyrim or Minecraft), or first person shooters.
Domestic shipping:
Depending on how far you live from either the West or East Coast, domestic shipping costs will be in the $60-$90 range for doorstep delivery of the standard Omni. Additional shoes, belts and rack will increase the shipping costs.
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