Virtual walking???

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From: Matthew D Moss
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 14:00

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Being a VR fan, I went and tried the Virtuality arcade game
when it was around in a nearby arcade. For early stages in the
technology, it was pretty good.

What detracted from the experience, though, was the
un-physicalness of the game. It's supposed to have you running
around this world firing guns at one another and dodging bullets.
I found myself exaggerating (sp?) the fancy dodges to compensate
for having to use a button to walk.

Has anyone ideas on how to change this? A playfield is nice, but
unless it's the actual size then it has limits. I've also thought
a 360-degree treadmill would be good, but am not sure that it
would be an easy engineering feat.

Ideas??? Let's hear 'em!!!
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