The VirtuSphere: full body immersion Virtual reality at last

Those prototypes are advanced versions of what will become the final product.

“At the bottom end of our offerings for US$50,000, you’d get a fully-functioning system of the sphere and the basic platform and the important components which are the trackers. We use an ultrasonic Doppler effect radar to track the XYposition of the sphere so as the person moves inside the sphere all the steps and movements are tracked by a fixed position ultra sound device - we call it a docator. The other component is the wireless head-mounted display.

Founder Ray Latypov patented the basic idea of the machine a decade ago in Russia, and the path through the development of the idea and the machinery has been one he has jealously shepherded, “to create a platform that is as natural as possible.”

We’re bullish on this product and the vision of this company.

It is entirely within the realms of possibility that within a few years, you might find more than one of these babies in your local gymnasium with a range of software to simulate different forms of competition you can engage in while you are wqorking out in the VirtuSphere.

And given its ability to plug into a computer under the Christmas tree with a price-tag reduced by more than an order of magnitude and full connectivity to run the next generation of gaming consoles. Before then, you might inspect your next investment property using a VirtuSphere – two years before it is constructed of atoms and habitable.