Treadmill With Virtual Reality Simulates Walking Outside But Without All That Pesky Fresh Air
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By Jonathan Kimak
The University of Tsukuba in Japan is creating a treadmill that will help with the rehabilitation of people who have had strokes or other similar illnesses. The immersive dome has a visual range of 270 degrees that’ll grant the person on the treadmill to feel as if they’re in a different environment.
It’s too bad that this is only being developed for use in hospitals as I could see this becoming a hit in the gyms if there were a multitude of environments to choose from. I can think of running alongside marathon runners, or running against olympic athletes or even running through a futuristic society being chased by killer robots as good ideas for this technology.
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