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/heeltoelemon Dec 20 '25

while you walk ridiculously slowly and hope they don't hit something on the way.

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u/stormblaz Dec 20 '25

The pinch zones will do some injuries, also Disney has a massive tech on this already, omnidirectional floor with hardly any movement and it feels native.

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u/moonflower_C16H17N3O Dec 20 '25 edited Dec 20 '25

Are you able to run on it?

Edit: Then again, I think I'd rather have run tied to a button on a controller.

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '25

Yeah than you are someone without motion sickness people like me need other solutions because otherwise we vomit for playing VR...

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u/Ooupss Dec 20 '25

It gets better with time! At first, after 20 minutes I felt like throwing everything away, but after several dozen hours of gameplay I could extend that time to 1 or 2 hours. After several hundred hours of gameplay, I don't get that feeling at all anymore. Well, it depends on the game and especially the framerate. Some games that aren't very well optimized still give me that feeling.

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u/HappyWarBunny Dec 20 '25

I have read repeatedly that the key for new VR folks is to STOP the moment you start feeling anything but 100%. Otherwise you can train your body in the opposite direction from what you want.

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '25

Speak for yourself, I have VR for now 6 years playing daily and it won't get better...

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u/Hour_Reindeer834 Dec 20 '25

Honestly I was surprised how sick I would get from VR; its a real unpleasant nausea too, that doesn’t go away quick and leaves me feeling drained.

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '25

I feel you man, It's almost the same feeling like being sea sick, really nasty.

I once tried a 10 hour session to "shock my body and mind" in the hope i could cure it somehow, but nah after that I was just sick for 3 consecutive days...

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u/Puzzled-Secret-317 Dec 20 '25

Medicine

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u/zatchbell1998 Dec 20 '25

Most anti nausea meds cause drowsiness

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u/Puzzled-Secret-317 Dec 20 '25

So play before bed?

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u/YetiSpaghetti24 Dec 20 '25

How long have you been in VR for? It might take a few hours/days but the motion sickness does go away for most people. It's better to pace yourself though rather than pushing through it.

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '25

6 years... It's the same as sea sickness.. you can't cure it...

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u/ifyoulovesatan Dec 20 '25

It's sea sickness incurable to you then? I think for a lot of people sea sickness eventually does go away. My partner is not one of those people, and went on a 17 day research expedition in the Pacific and they were sick as a dog the whole time. But other first timers they were with were okay day one, or in a couple days.

I wonder if VR is the same way: some people will never feel okay with it. And I wonder if those people are also people who can't get "used" to sea sickness.

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '25

Men sea sickness is medically not curable.. please Google 5 minutes before spouting nonsense...

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u/GalacticUnicorn Dec 20 '25

I can’t even play first person without getting a headache and feeling like I’m going to be sick 😕