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I flew around on a Pegasus by riding on a bike hooked up to a VR headset
LOS ANGELES — For 10 minutes at E3 2015, I felt like Hercules riding his winged horse Pegasus.
Of course, I wasn't actually riding a horse, and everything I was experiencing was within Sony's Project Morpheus virtual reality headset for the PlayStation 4.
Without a doubt, E3 was all about virtual reality this year. Oculus had a huge booth, Sony featured a section for Morpheus, and a dozen other smaller VR companies were in attendance.
The most intriguing of the VR experiences was called VirZoom, where several sensors attach to a bicycle and turn your stationary pedaling into movement within VR. Wireless velocity sensors on the rear wheel measure speed, and another sensor connected to the front wheel controls steering. There are buttons that can be mounted on the bike for advanced controls in certain games. Read more...
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