Virtual reality experiences have done everything from sticking users into mechanical bird rigs to locking them inside treadmills, but it wasn’t until Saturday that I was able to complete the ultimate challenge: racing a tricycle. At this year’s VRLA Summer Expo, Russia-based Interactive Lab was showing off its latest demo, a wild (and slightly terrifying) race game that let players use an actual, physical tricycle to navigate their way through a neon world pulled straight from Tron.
The VReal Trike demo was made up of a custom-built electric trike equipped with an onboard computer that powered an Oculus headset. A series of 22 motion-capture cameras lined the 15-foot-by-15-foot racing space, capturing the movement of the tricycle, its...
I raced a real tricycle through a virtual world and I didn't even die
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