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Disney Unveils the Holotile Floor Inching Us Closer to a Real Life Holodeck

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Disney Unveils the HoloTile Floor, Inching Us Closer to a Real-Life Holodeck - IGN

This technology looks legitimately impressive.

Here's a video of it working: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3Sh6mu4zbs&t=1

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This thing is so technically complex and has so many moving parts that I can only imagine it breaking literally constantly and costing a fortune to repair whenever it does.
- So, a Disneyland ride?
  
  I can only assume the reason you'd work for Disney as either an engineer or technician is if you have a kink involving being in a constant and inescapable state of overworked frustration.
That's fucking rad. The best implementation of an omni-treadmill I've seen.
- Yeah it's pretty neat. You can also imagine a version that goes 3D, maybe replicating uneven ground or stairs.
just make housing and food less expensive its all we ask
- But this way, you can have virtual housing and food!
This problem had already been solved https://i.makeagif.com/media/3-03-2015/at5UtW.gif
- And Jesus wept!
- So, that was a passive tech, keeping you in a place, and this actively works to steer you to where you need to be. This seems better in the long run for that purpose even though it's much more complicated.
  
  Oh, I agree. I'm duly impressed. It's just that I immediately thought back to that scene from community. I'm not good about remembering to call out my sarcasm.
  
  Unfortunately inertia presents a problem it's the same with omnidirectional treadmills. https://youtu.be/fvu5FxKuqdQ
I've seen another video where the guy stops moving on it and you can immediately see the problem this and any other tech like this has: momentum. It just can't stop/start fast enough.
- It's only a first version. I'm sure with time, it'll get even better.
really a cool tech, cant imagine how it would work. Could definitely make walking in VR a lot less cumbersome.
Woah cool!
I'm looking forward to this. Combine it with eye-tracking 3D and you've got everything except the tactile response for a holodeck. Like this: https://youtu.be/Jd3-eiid-Uw
It will make VR even more fun so I am looking forward to it
Is it just me or does it seem 3d printed? How cool would it be to just 3d print a playspace like this

That's so cool how is he so causal about all of that. It looks like one day it will be able to handle running jumping and all kinds of movement. Vr is going to be better than real life.
- Real life sucks so that's a low bar for VR to surpass.
Whoa what the fuck? How does it even work? It looked like you can control the direction the floor itself is moving the things on it (the way they are "force pushing" the box or when the old guy is in the chair) but it also looked like it wasn't even moving, or uses power.
This shit looks like magic.

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