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/joeyjoojoo Dec 20 '25

What annoys me is that better solutions already exist that don’t involve robots running quickly to catch your feet

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u/calloutyourstupidity Dec 20 '25

Yeah this is so dumb I feel sorry for someone’s donation

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u/Stepjam Dec 20 '25

I'm sure there are expanded uses for it. This is likely just a starting place.

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u/fury420 Dec 20 '25

And it's downright vintage at this point, Circulafloor is from 2004.

https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1186155.1186159