Google Working On VR Shoes That Let You Walk Forever In Your Living Room (https://www.tomsguide.com/us/google-vr-shoes-patent,news-28546.html)
The patent -- titled "Augmented and/or Virtual Reality Footwear" -- describes a motorized shoe that can detect when you are running out of space to walk, activating a mechanism that will allow you to take a step in the virtual world without actually advancing in the real world (and smacking your face against a bookshelf).
The shoes, the patent abstract describes, "allow the user to walk, seemingly endlessly in the virtual environment, while remaining within a defined physical space in the physical environment." In other words, you will think you are walking for real but, from the outside, you will look like Michael Jackson moonwalking.
Sounds whacky. Awesome.
Sounds whacky. Awesome.
Yeah. Seems a bit like a reverse treadmill. Moving the shoes instead of the floor.
Would be really really hard to make it work without the player knowing. Your body's momentum would make you fall forward every time it activated. I don't think it's ever going to get made. A regular treadmill like solution would work better imo.