Oculus Rift on a Treadmill Just Proves Oculus Rift is Not Ideal for First-Person Shooters

There's a startup called Virtuix that's integrated the Oculus Rift with an omni-directional treadmill, and shot a demo video (below) of their technology in action with Team Fortress 2. I love the idea of hardcore gamers having to run around for hours at a time, but I'm betting most of them do not. Which is yet another reason why I agree with Keystone that the Oculus Rift is better suited to leisurely virtual world experiences, versus twitch shooters.

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[Damien Fate]

Honestly, I would love it. But probably not for such an action-orientated game like TF2. Maybe for more immersive experiences like RPGs - think exploring The Elder Scrolls on foot...

[Treadmill]

This is really cool.

[Jo Yardley]

I'd love that.
Having fun, enjoying a game and not turning into a big fat couch potato at the same time... sounds like a good deal to me.
Even for SL, I would rather enjoy having to actually move and walk in RL to get somewhere.
Besides, it is always voluntarily.

[Ezra]

Inelegant but after the Wii Board I wouldn't rule this out as something people would want to use.

It seems there'll be a Kickstarter for it soon. We'll know then the level of interest.

[Adeon Writer]

I'd love it for non-action first-person-perspective games, not shooters, but other actiony games like Mirror's Edge, yes please.

[Hamlet Au]

"Inelegant but after the Wii Board I wouldn't rule this out as something people would want to use."

I was just thinking about the Wii balance board, or even the motion control wand -- it all sold really well and people used it for awhile... but to judge by slipping sales of Wii software, they seemed to have given up on it.

[Arcadia Codesmith]

Screw the gym. *COVET*

[Riesstu]

Oculus Rift + gaming treadmill = first-generation holodeck. :)