Honda built a powered chair to zoom around theme parks while wearing an AR headset
www.engadget.com
At SXSW this year, people will be able to ride the Honda UNI-ONE while wearing a virtual reality headset and play a choose-your-own VR adventure.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/16368424

At the upcoming SXSW Conference… Honda will give attendees a chance to try out a new mobility device… specifically designed for mixed reality entertainment experiences.

Users can steer… without the use of their hands — they simply have to lean into one direction to move forwards, backwards, sideways or diagonally.

Wall-e humans in mobile chairs with AR

  • perishthethought@lemm.eeEnglish
    15·
    9 months ago

    I was all set to link to a wall-e image but I see op beat me to it.

    This will be great for folks who need mobility assistance but the rest of us should be walking around, imo.

    • astraeus
      3·
      9 months ago

      But those VR headsets are so heavy and my neck muscles are atrophied from years of playing on my phone