One of my lifelong passion has been gaming. I find it a way to live another experience
than the old routine life. So I decided
to research a little bit about the latest technological advancements of
gaming. As it was quite expected, it is
the virtual world that is gaining on popularity and enhancements. I found a very interesting article on a new
type of virtual gaming that will transport the player into the virtual world by
stimulation of 3 of the senses, i.e touch, sight and hearing. This wonder of the modern world is called the
Virtusphere. It is literally a technological revolution in the area of
gaming. Physically it is a giant metallic
hamster-ball in which a virtual world is simulated through various
technological advancements such as:
- 10’ ft. Virtusphere
- Steel-wheel platform base
- Gaming software
- POS software
- Intel Architecture Laptop Computer (Pentium 4 processors) with Windows 2000/XP
- Wireless head mounted display (HMD)
- Wireless 3DOF sensor
- Gun manipulator
In plain English, it is a hollow ball that one goes into and
wears a wireless headband on a display that will project the virtual domain as
we would see the natural world. You can
move around physically, thus rotating the ball and your avatar would move
accordingly in the virtual world. It is
like you are really in the game. One can move in any direction; walk,
jump, roll, crawl, run over virtually unlimited distances without encountering
real-world physical obstacles. The movement by the user is replicated within
the virtual environment. The Virtusphere will pick up your precise movements,
and translate them to the simulation in real time. I find this quite
fascinating and would love to try it myself.
At the moment it is still being launched into the market and it is
enormously expensive but I can already see where the future of gaming is
going. The creators did some fantastic job on that design and were very ambitious since their early years. I think that paid off pretty well. These are some links where one
can find information on that marvellous device.
and this is how it looks.
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