The 'Virtuix Omni' Actually Lets You Run Around Video Games

The Virtuix Omni is a virtual reality gaming platform that lets you walk, run, and move around like you're actually in the game.

It's hands down the most immersive gaming experience we've seen so far. The simulator is currently available to pre-order at $499.

Just strap yourself into the Virtuix Omni platform, put on the Oculus Rift headset, and get ready to run. You have to physically move your body to advance in whatever game you're playing.

So, with the help of CEO Jan Goetgeluk and his Virtuix Omni team, we headed over to the Engadget Expand conference to experience first-hand how this platform works.

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Produced by William Wei & Justin Gmoser

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Music:
"Video Game Music"

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[alishanmao]

I definitely want this :D keeps you fit while you play

[michaelmyers]

I can't believe how far gaming has come. If you told me as a kid that I would one day be able to be INSIDE the game and play I would burst up and down with joy and excitement that the future was so close and accessible to me!

[midsummernostalgia]

And this was 8 years ago. I would only imagine what the industry would have here in India after 5 years.
Will surely try this one with my friends!

[freewayrail]

They found the absolute most uncoordinated people they could possibly find to test this smh

[Brawlio]

There's a place In Japan where they have a completely empty room, but they give you a gun controller like this, give you a VR headset, and you actually go running around because that giant empty room has A LOT of sensors that track you. So for those people that say what if you want to jump or crouch, you actually can there. Also no wires ;)

[bor_]

Now parents won’t judge you
You exercise and playing best
Invention only pro gamers can play with this is battlefield 4 I wonder how colonel in Battle field friends do it

[Lmanyakaa]

if you spend too much time on this and get used to it, then what happens when you return to reality and walk on a flat surface? has there any study conducted on this to see ergonomic impacts of this product?

[Srindal]

9 years ago. 9 YEARS! I can't believe it's been that long since vr omni-treadmills came out. Technology has advanced so much

[chriscos]

Only Buisness Insider could demonstrate such incompetence at WALKING

[quartermaster]

I was thinking to invent something like this for 3 years and now somebody made it, it's kinda nice though

[anthonyarmstrong]

They look like those babies walking with their movable circle chair thingy. :)

[Ohh_Is_That_Sooo...]

That accidental headshot was official! lol 😂

[donniel]

Imagine someone making pre order 7 years ago and still not released yet today

[wahyudibrothers]

This is what I wanted to, I want to try the virtual game like this but I can handle my gym. Playing a game and our muscle move on. Incredible innovation... Love it

[derpsteven]

playing half life 2 in virtual reality? lucky basturds

[narendradhakar]

Can't believe this technology is 7 years old

[AnasKhan-httb]

This video exposes one of the most fundamental barriers to achieving truly immersive VR gaming. It's not the graphics, it's not the disorientation or nausea... it's simply the physical effort involved.
In a conventional FPS, you can rappel out of a heli onto a steep ledge, jump out the window and bolt across a battlefield terrain like a pro athlete dodging bullets and air strikes, while aiming for headshots left, right and center with a couple flicks of your thumbs on the controller.
But to simulate that experience in an immersive simulation would mean you'll have to _physically_ perform your stunts, at least to some degree of feedback. Forget about the universal-soldier style FPS action we're currently accustomed to.. you wouldn't even be able to pull off a 5 minute long combo of such competitive gaming without having to pause from exhaustion. Unless of course you train for it like an actual physical sport.. and suddenly it becomes a much less popular pastime than video gaming.

Hoping they come up with an idea to solve this specific hurdle, cause honestly I'm a huge fan of the tech, personally.

[xcalibur]

Why is this video in my recommendation after 5 years

[nalinsinghchauhan]

I think making the walking surface a little less concave can solve balancing problem, but if it is this much concave for a reason then we have to find something else

[dirtriser]

When i saw mark in this i thought “it cant get any better than this” in like 2013