摘要 |
A low cost, novel virtual reality (VR) interface system, which provides users with high immersive virtual-locomotion by allowing: i) extreme physical movements by active breathing-controlled body weight support, ii) quick or slow movements, and iii)unrestricted omni-directional walking. The system conveys to users a powerful sense of physical participation in a virtual world allowing them to perform movements they would normally not be capable of performing (such as running, jumping, tumbling and twisting) at high levels of safe physical immersion. These manoeuvres are conducted with the user immersed in a low cost virtual reality environment that has almost immediate usability for first time users without the need for extensive training in how to use it safely. |