Exis SprintR Wireless footpad for VR

Mark Dygert

SprintR is a wireless footpad that lets you easily walk, run, and jump in VR

If you've played around with VR, then you probably know two things, 1) It's exciting. 2)There are a lot of kinks to be worked out and it looks like Exis is tackling some of those challenges with SprintR.

One of the main problems in VR is controlling movement... Do you move where the person is looking? Do they always have to look where they are going? Can't you run and look back over your shoulder without changing directions? Do people get motion sick from this weird unnatural interaction (yes, yes they do)... The answer to those questions is kind of complicated and largely dependent on the developers, who are for the most part, still barfing in trash cans while they figure out how to do it without taking over your space or putting you on a treadmill.

Well SprintR might help.

Actually the video explains it better than I can, watch:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gA9K02vVz9o

exisinteractive.com/sprintr

soulstice

Interesting... so is this like a D pad for my foot?

VictorSantos

This is awesome!!

PeterK

Soulstice, it does more than a D-pad. It turns on it's own axis, so you can turn you character too. So basically it's like WASD + Mouse

PeterK

Oh, and it also lets you jump when you press down.

Sarish7

Interesting idea, I can foresee a lot of problems (slippery hardwood floors, heavy people putting their full weight on the device, etc.) it's so difficult to be aware of your "real" body while you're trying to focus on to in game controls of VR I hope this would help remove some of that disorientation that definitely is a problem I've experienced.

PeterK

Well, it's got grip surface on top and bottom, so it's not slipping anywhere. As for the weight, everything has a practical weight limit, our prototypes do alright with me, but we'll need to make sure we use high quality components to make the controller sturdy; and we will!

TheQiwiMan

This seriously look amazing. I've never wanted to try out VR more than I do right now!