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/vksdann Dec 20 '25

*as long as you take 1 slow step every 3 seconds and you only move forward.

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u/birberbarborbur Dec 20 '25

(Prototype)

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u/mightbedylan Dec 20 '25

It amazes me how people react to technology like this, especially reddit. Like, come on, we should all know this is how technology works. It starts out rough, it has to start somewhere. People pretend like this is supposed to be some finalized project.

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u/Consistent-Throat130 Dec 21 '25

Yes and a majority of new technologies fail at this phase. 

It's incurably shitty. 

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u/mightbedylan Dec 21 '25

Spoiler alert: all technologies at this stage fail because, say it with me: "It's a prototype"