VR startups: Stop trying to make virtual reality treadmills a thing

Virtual reality treadmills are a bad idea and they're never going to be a thing that appeals to the masses.

But first a little history lesson. In 2012, a then-20-year-old Palmer Luckey put up a campaign on Kickstarter asking for support to help make his Oculus Rift VR headset a reality. The crowdfunding campaign asked for $250,000 and by the end it got more than $2.4 million

Needless to say, geeks around the world were psyched for VR.

As the Oculus Rift headset became synonymous with modern VR, swarms of startups started popping up left and right with VR products that promised to add to the realistic immersion. Read more...