Nova 360 Degree Motion Virtual Reality Simulator

Nova is an “untethered VR motion simulator,” making virtual reality games and training programs feel more real by rotating in any direction.

The sphere, which has been compared to a “human-sized hamster ball,” is 5.9 feet in diameter, needing just a 6.5 square foot area. The whole thing weighs about 1,100 lbs, and can be transported on a pallet or forklift.

These units are too expensive for the home gaming market, the company leases each Nova unit with ongoing maintenance and upgrades, at a cost of $150,000 US Dollars per year.

Eight360 is working with defense forces, mining and forestry industries, where vehicles cost millions of dollars, accidents are a very big deal and training needs to encompass tilt angles.

There are also opportunities in remotely-controlled drone vehicles, from forestry tree-cutters to airborne drones, where being embodied inside the vehicle virtually, can confer big advantages, particularly where steep slopes are involved.

But there is some good news, Eight360 will be developing smaller cheaper units for the home market. But for now they are focusing on the core business of developing the bigger more expensive Nova unit.

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[jedimindtrix]

Imagine if your game glitches and sends your car or plane spiralling out of control and you never stop.

[ericMT]

$150, 000 a year and they give you a $300 Logitech steering wheel.

[elliotyoung]

patience gamers, 10 years from now these will be in our bedroom

[senzomcmanus]

Why do VR simulators always play the worst games in their demo. That flight sim looked like it was from 1995.

[RokkitGrrl]

Greetings, Starfighter. You have been recruited by the Star League to fight against Xur and Ko-Dan Armada!

[DontKeeptheFaith]

Q: "Why doesn't it go up and down?"
A: "No problem. It spins plenty!"
:-/

[EightVR]

Oh wow this turned out awesome, thanks WW!

[Wulfnstein]

Too expensive for home use yes, but I can see this being developed for arcades. I wouldn't mind going to an arcade if they had stuff like this.

[careyharrison]

Years ago I envisioned something similar but more in line with a free fall simulator with giant fans keeping the ball aloft and controlled with small vanes around the outside surface to control the direction and with a Bluetooth interface. I still could not foresee how to keep it powered to the ball module and therefore did not pursue my idea. Kudos to these brilliant designers...

[tauttechminusmanagedmusic]

"Developing smaller units for the home market" - Are they developing smaller humans, too? It's unlikely the unit could be any smaller.

[rey_nemaattori]

Still trying to convince the wife we absolutely _need_ this for..reasons...

[WayneMiller]

These are awesome especially for flight simulators

[quadbrothers]

(POV) Your in a ball turret 1943 somewhere over Europe.

[dartstudio]

The salesmen: motion sickness is not a problem
Me: nearly barfs just watching the demo video

[InteractiveDNA]

There is one very important thing is missing... the force of gravity when objects are in motion. The X, Y and Z motion is a must to have a real experience.

[forgedude]

Mom : I am going to market, do you want anything?

Me : Spinning Ball of Death.

[chosela]

it look like the ball turret on the LAAT gunship (would make a great game)

[heal]

Imagine playing beamNG drive with this, crashing and you get thrown around everywhere

[youdoyouplayer]

Hell yeah, I’ve had this idea for years. Thank you for developing what I’ve been conceptualizing for years.

[portnuefflyer]

I need to show this to a flying buddy, whose day job involves training in a 20 million dollar flight simulator.