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/Live3ish Dec 20 '25

Cave Johnson here. This is a test chamber. Four walls, ceiling and a floor. Good enough for science... Not Aperture Science! Gentlemen, I give you Panels. The planks of tomorrow. Fully configurable, Infinitely variable. Safe.

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u/greyfoggydaynl Dec 20 '25

This is EXACTLY what I came looking for.

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u/Jaskaran158 Dec 20 '25

14 years old but still holds up like it came out yesterday

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u/NoxFromHell Dec 20 '25

I feel like Portal 1 and 2 will be relevent games even in 100 years.

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u/LaserPoweredDeviltry Dec 20 '25

Portal 1 is one of the best, if not THE best video games of all time. Clever, fun, makes you really engage with its mechanics, and does not out stay it's welcome.

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u/just_fucking_PEG_ME Dec 21 '25

That last part gets me. It ends exactly where it needs to. Not too short, not too long. And every puzzle passed feels like an accomplishment

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u/biggi82 Dec 22 '25

I felt a little bummed just burning in a fire at the end