Eye-tracking tech tricks VR players into infinite walking – in circles

Eye-tracking tech tricks VR players into infinite walking – in circles

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https://newatlas.com/eye-tracking-vr-infinite-walking/54824/

Virtual reality is great at immersing us in gigantic worlds that seem to go on forever – until you take three steps and bump into the living room wall that you forgot was there. Now, computer scientists have developed a system that can trick you into walking around in circles in the real world, while thinking you're moving longer distances in the virtual world.

Eye-tracking tech tricks VR players into infinite walking – in circles

May 30, 2018, 6:14am UTC
https://newatlas.com/eye-tracking-vr-infinite-walking/54824/ > Virtual reality is great at immersing us in gigantic worlds that seem to go on forever – until you take three steps and bump into the living room wall that you forgot was there. Now, computer scientists have developed a system that can trick you into walking around in circles in the real world, while thinking you're moving longer distances in the virtual world.