A group of developers has virtual tours developed for use with the Oculus Rift. By providing a link between the bike and the vr-glasses, users can exercise and at the same time, virtual around the world cycling. There is also support for the Samsung Gear VR.
Widerun hopes with a Kickstartercampagne £ 30,000 to get, converted approximately 41.000 euro. Anyone interested in the sportkit of Widerun must be 300 pounds down, about 410 euro. This will get buyers a standard where they put their bike in, making it in fact as a kind of exercise bike can be used. The bicycle trainer offers resistance so that the system knows how fast there are around cycling.
The information of the cyclist is then forwarded to the Oculus Rift. On the vr-glasses, users will get a tour to see where the speed is based on the delivered input on the bicycle trainer. So, you get the feeling that you’re on your own journey to take. There are different locations as possible, and there can be joint with friends on bicycle: so it may be that you’re virtually by someone is voorbijgefietst. In the video demo that Widerun has been released to see how that looks like.
In addition to the Oculus Rift is the Samsung Gear VR support. Widerun hopes that in the future, more vr-glasses support. Who is the virtual experience, anything in excess is incidentally the image is also just a tv show to play.
If Widerun are Kickstarterdoelstelling achieve should buyers still have some patience before they meet their virtual bike rides can start. Only about a year, the cyclists ‘ system delivered.