Quote:The ultimate in video gaming has arrived - but at more than £15,000 it comes in a bit dearer than a PS3 or Xbox.

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Ananova:
Ultimate gaming experience

The ultimate in video gaming has arrived - but at more than £15,000 it comes in a bit dearer than a PS3 or Xbox.

Virtusphere's ultimate gaming experience /Rex

The VirtuSphere is like an oversized hamster's exercise ball that immerses the user in a 3D virtual reality world.

Players don a motion-tracking headset to project the visuals and then they are ready to begin virtual exploration.

They can run, jump, roll, or crawl over virtually unlimited distances without encountering real world obstacles.

The large hollow sphere sits on rollers allowing it to rotate through 360 degrees and move freely in any direction - without actually going anywhere at all.

The Washington-based manufacturers describe it as the ultimate computer games peripheral, but say it could also be used as a unique exercise treadmill or for simulation exercises.

Systems are made to client specifications, with customers so far including military and law enforcement organisations, as well as entertainment companies.

VirtuSphere has already been used by the Russian Tourism Authorities to let people walk through the Red Square and the Kremlin.

Source: Ananova


i have to say fps games would be epic in this

literally first person

It's all fun and games till you fall on your face.

I have a feeling that would happen to me, I have a horrible sense of balance, but I think they would design so that if you did fall you wouldn't injure yourself

Who knew VR could be accomplished in a large over-sized hamster ball...

Anyway, yeah an FPS or fighting game would be awesome on it, but at the current price tag I rather invest in a large plasma TV and a large game collection instead.

That looks like a hell of a lot of fun. As someone stated above playing some FPS games on this ( COD4, DoD:S, etc) would be amazing though as someone else stated the falling on your face part could be a bit painful not to mention what happens if it does come of the rollers? (I knew I should have closed the garage door :-) ).

One thing... there appears to be no entrance or exit...

That's because you have to eat your way out.

Do we get condiments? Cause some I think some salt and vinegarwould go great

Ive been waiting years for the promised "Virtual reality" and this is the best we got? Damn, back to the drawing board:P