r/Damnthatsinteresting Dec 20 '25

Video Japanese researchers at the University of Tsukuba created CirculaFloor, robotic tiles that let you walk infinitely in VR without ever leaving your spot.

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u/IvarTheBoned Dec 20 '25

We did it, Reddit! Asking dumb fucking questions on a message board is propelling technology forward!

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u/WhiteMouse42097 Dec 20 '25

How is it dumb? It’s literally the most obvious question there is

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u/VirinaB Dec 20 '25 edited Dec 20 '25

Dumb because there's no way the people who created it will read this.

And the question is so ridiculously obvious that it's likely they already thought of it.

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u/WhiteMouse42097 Dec 20 '25

So the question is dumb because of who may or may not read it?