The KAT Walk C is an upcoming VR treadmill that not too long ago launched on Kickstarter, the place it was absolutely funded simply three minutes after being posted.
Described as a “Ready Player One VR treadmill,” the KAT Walk C’s authentic Kickstarter purpose was roughly $100,000 — it has already introduced in over 10 times that amount, regardless of having a whopping 39 days left in its funding marketing campaign.
You can take a look at some footage of the KAT Walk C within the video embedded beneath, which exhibits how integrating a useful treadmill right into a VR system truly works.
“KAT Walk C is the world’s first gamer-dedicated, personal VR Omni-Directional Treadmill (ODT),” reads the Kickstarter description. “A new generation mechanical device that allows for 360 degrees of human motion, creating infinite movement area in VR on minimum physical space in reality.”
The description is fairly prolonged, and describes all the options and performance of the treadmill in fairly intensive element. Apparently the {hardware} accommodates for recognition of real-world strolling, operating, crouching, spinning, leaning over, and extra, and is designed with a help body on your again with a view to facilitate security and luxury.
It’s additionally talked about that for anybody curious, gameplay from a wide range of titles is ready to be made obtainable fairly quickly — together with Half-Life: Alyx.
“Traverse the streets of city 17 in Half Life: Alyx and utilize the capabilities of your KAT Walk C to show the interdimensional invaders who’s the new sheriff in town,” reads the submit. “Pssst: If you meet an entire Combine’s squad, it is still strongly recommended to turn tail – luckily enough KAT Walk C lets you run really fast!”
There are additionally a variety of additional options attributable to be developed after reaching sure Kickstarter objectives, together with a PSVR adapter. The final purpose, which is connected to a hefty determine of $1.5 million, hopes to introduce haptic suggestions to the platform base.
Three rounds of Early Bird rewards have already offered out, each rising in worth by an increment of $100. With the cheaper pre-orders being exhausted, the KAT Walk C is now $999 plus delivery. Its anticipated launch date is at the moment October 2020.
In associated information, Half-Life Alyx not too long ago applied one thing known as a booze shader, which has inspired devs to create their own versions.
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