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performance the Omni is the first natural interface for movement in
virtual reality and now we have the Oculus Rift we have the razor Hydra
great devices that really augment the virtuality experience but next the next
step is how do you walk around in that virtual world how do you physically move
in a natural Way Beyond just sitting down and using keyboard and mouse that's
why we develop the Omni it's an interface that allows you to walk and
move freely and naturally in your favorite game well I'm a VR Enthusiast
and I was struggling with that question how do you move around in VR and the
problem of locomotion which is how do you walk in a confined
space that's been a problem for the last 20 years people have 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
happen