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Virtuix Omni is an omnidirectional treadmill video game peripheral for virtual reality games and other applications currently in development by Virtuix. It uses a platform to simulate the motion of walking, requiring special shoes that reduce friction. It works in conjunction with the Oculus Rift or any other head mounted display and allows gamers to walk or run within the game they are playing. In 2013, the Virtuix Omni became one of the ten biggest technology Kickstarter campaigns, raising $1.1 million in funding. Since then, Virtuix has raised another $8 million from private and institutional investors.〔 == History == Virtuix was founded by Jan Goetgeluk. He quit his investment banking job to develop the project, investing 12 months of his time and a $200,000 personal investment to develop a prototype.〔 The prototype for the Omni used dummy shoes and Kinect software to detect movement instead of sensors that became part of the final product. Virtuix presented the prototype of the Omni at the Electronic Entertainment Expo 2013 in Los Angeles, California where it was reviewed by Engadget and other electronic publications, including The Verge.〔 Virtuix launched a Kickstarter campaign in June 2013 to raise money for manufacturing. The campaign was endorsed by Oculus Rift founder Palmer Luckey〔 and overshot its funding goal of $150,000 within three and a half hours of it being posted. The campaign raised a total of $1.1 million when it closed, making it one of the top 10 biggest technology crowdfunding campaigns at the time.〔 Goetgeluk presented the Virtuix Omni on an episode of the Shark Tank in 2013, after selling approximately 3,000 units in the Kickstarter campaign.〔 He failed to obtain funding from the sharks after asking for $2 million for 10% of the company.〔 However, Shark Tank investor and billionaire Mark Cuban invested in Virtuix after the airing of the show. Virtuix has raised a total of $8 million in additional funding from institutions and private investors.〔 Investors have included 2020 Ventures, SeedInvest, Tekton Ventures, and Scout Ventures.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/virtuix/funding-rounds )〕 The Omni presented at SXSW in 2014 where Virtuix founder Jan Goetgeluk also spoke on the topic of virtual reality.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://schedule.sxsw.com/2015/events/event_IAP32098 )〕 The final version of the Virtuix Omni was presented at the 2015 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada. It was described as "sleek" compared to its previous versions.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Virtuix Omni」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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