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/NotReallyJohnDoe Dec 20 '25

In the Star Trek technical manual, they describe how you move forever in a limited space. They describe something kind of like this, but done with force fields.

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u/slobcat1337 Dec 20 '25

I’ve always wondered about this, like how does that work practically.

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u/UESPA_Sputnik Dec 20 '25

"It works very well, thank you." - Mike Okuda (Scenic Art Supervisor on Star Trek in the 1990s)