{"video_id":"mmqNZqFjMrU","title":"Virtuix Omni Interview with Jan Goetgeluk","channel":"Linus Tech Tips","show":"Linus Tech Tips","published_at":"2014-05-07T14:53:29Z","duration_s":272,"segments":[{"start_s":0.199,"end_s":7.759,"text":"this video is brought to you by the Intel Core i5 4670k unlocked processor","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":5.4,"end_s":12.639,"text":"add an Intel 520 series SSD to your Haswell system for unbelievable overall","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":10.04,"end_s":17.279,"text":"performance the Omni is the first natural interface for movement in","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":14.879,"end_s":21.0,"text":"virtual reality and now we have the Oculus Rift we have the razor Hydra","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":19.359,"end_s":24.92,"text":"great devices that really augment the virtuality experience but next the next","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":22.92,"end_s":28.519,"text":"step is how do you walk around in 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been trying to build treadmills that are 360 Dees and only directional treadmill but nobody's been able to to build one that has been affordable to consumers or fits in the living room just huge devices out there and academic settings but nothing for the consumer and that's what what I wanted to change I wanted to have a device that I could use in my living room to just walk around in a virtual world and just get immersed much more Beyond sitting down the Omni recognizes walking running but also jumping crouching strafing so our software is set up to recognize uh basically any move you'd like to do in in a game uh and that's what what creates the the freedom and the natural feeling of movement in the game when you buy the Omni you get the platform it comes with a safety belt as well as with a pair of specialized shoes it also comes with our integrated tracking hardware and software right now in the demo we're using the connect but we're working on an integrated solution with accelerometers so that you don't need a connect uh so that whole package that's what you get when you buy the Omni I have a a mechanical engineering background I I'm from Belgium originally came to the states for work love the states never left I decided to stay here quit my job and then I went to business school and then I worked as an investment banker of all professions for a couple of years but I've always wanted to be an entrepreneur and I always liked virtual reality and gaming so this is what I've always wanted to do so when the time was there and you I started focusing on on developing the Omni at some point to me it make sense to quit my job do this full-time and i' I I jumped into it I I'm going for it I think it's a it's a great advice and this is what I wanted to do I want to bring as many omnis as possible to VR enthusiast gaming Enthusiast and so forth uh it's it's great that I'm able to do this and I'm enjoying it I think what will what the more people start using the rift and start experience experimenting and experiencing virtual reality uh people will realize that okay the rift is great it's a great device but sitting down and having to use a Gamepad or a keyboard it breaks the immersion if you want the true virtual reality experience you start realizing well I want to move naturally I want to move freely I want to move around in in the virtual game and in my favorite game and that's why you need the Omni to have that extra level of immersion to be freely immersed in the virtual world and and walk around and I think the need for that and the desire for that that is what will drive people to you know buying an omni and to the extent even in in the future I think virtual reality will be the next big thing if it's not already getting there right now and people will need a virtuality setup the rift the Omni uh some controller whether a hyri or or a gun so that whole virtual reality setup I think will have a place in many living rooms or game rooms at the virtual reality Community has been great uh it's been very has been very instrumental in driving some of the recent Innovations in virtual reality such as the rift the Hydra uh the community is terrific and our community you know is is also giving me a lot of feedback a lot of suggestions uh right now with our Kickstarter campaign we hope to to get a help from the community to get fund and also get more thoughts and input to really get the Omni through the manufacturing stage We Ready our designs are ready we're ready to hit the button but we need to start uh tooling tooling engineering and start get the Omni uh manufactured and that's why we would like to to get the help from the community and and and start this Kickstarter campaign I want to thank the community for supporting me and my team it's been a great help in the last couple of months uh and I I want to bring the yni to as many people as possible so I think with the help of the community I think we're can make this 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