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A Bristol entrepreneur has developed a movement controller seat for Virtual Reality gaming. The VRGO chair is a tilt-based controller that works by moving the online experience in the same direction as you move your body, designed to complement natural body movement and create an immersive and responsive virtual reality experience. It works using a combination of custom made sensors and low latency bluetooth.
“It’s no secret that one of the biggest issues currently facing the Virtual Reality (VR) industry is that of movement within the Virtual world. Moving away from stick yaw control, WASD, and mouse inputs and towards hands free alternatives unlocks deeper levels of immersion by translating movements int the real work to the virtual world,” says the seat’s creator Joe Ryan, creative technologist and designer,t who works out of the Watershed’s Pervasive Media Studios.
“With the same posture enhancing effects as a yoga ball the VRGO puts the player in an active playing position. The player must harness their core muscles, which can help with bad posture. It gets people off the couch and into the game.”
The Kickstarter campaign to raise £20,000 development costs, closing at the end of November, so far has 143 backers.
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