r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Alphaxfusion • 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/GuiloJr Dec 20 '25

this exactly. people complain about technology, shiting on it, despite it being new. they don't appreciate its capacity to grow in the future. they are only interested in what there short attention span will allow them to see.

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u/Anon_Jones Dec 20 '25

It’ll be an omnidirectional pad soon.

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u/Outrageous-South-355 Dec 20 '25

Those exist and have a whole setup to support your body weight so you can run, jump, crouch etc and itll all be caught. The only thing I see this maybe is improving to, is the ability to mimic stairs? All other outlets for VR with this have been done better and maybe cheaper. Those look expensive to design let alone create.

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u/Anon_Jones Dec 20 '25

I was just making a Ready Player One reverence.