Comments on: World Of Warcraft on a treadmill

By: Wow

Wow — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:56:32 +0000

nothing I do not understand where there wow? Didn’t they have a old floor pad for a running game, I think on the NES similar to this rig?

By: WoW Gold Guides

WoW Gold Guides — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 13:52:14 +0000

Someone should invent endless sprinting boots powered by solar and equiped with sleep mode. Maybe a snack bar with a NPC to take over when your in sleep mode. You wake up, you’re at your destination. Gameon…

By: Free Games

Free Games — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 03:20:18 +0000

Too Cool! What a way to get exercise and play all at the same time. Might even get Lance Armstrong to play!

By: nemesis

nemesis — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 13:39:25 +0000

you could add mount points for weights on the wheel to simulate big fat-ass warrior characters. fun thought, though. i could imagine this in use for oblivion or fo3 too.

By: marathon leveler

marathon leveler — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:56:20 +0000

I love it! They should put it in production! I’d use it; I use to run in high school and i still run on the weekends. I could put two of my favorite recreational activities together!

By: brynm

brynm — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:52:02 +0000

gives new meaning to leveling treadmill.

By: blizzarddemon

blizzarddemon — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:46:45 +0000

I knew someone was going to do something like this ever since those two germans hacked the wii balance board for WOW.

By: tekproxy

tekproxy — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 23:59:48 +0000

It’ll be even more hilarious when their accounts are BANNED for hacking.

Countless, precise keystroke pulses? MUST BE BOTS. Banned.

By: Nevets

Nevets — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:04:44 +0000

Didn’t they have a old floor pad for a running game, I think on the NES similar to this rig?

By: daler

daler — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:23:48 +0000

@6
“they”?
I think the word you’re looking for is “we”.

By: nate

nate — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:07:46 +0000

just when you thought WoW geeks couldn’t get any geekier, they go and pull something like this…

By: BG

BG — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:47:32 +0000

http://dvice.com/archives/2006/07/virtusphere_enter_virtual_real.php

By: Breeegz

Breeegz — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:18:42 +0000

Like Bubble Boy?!? Stewie in the bubble?1?

That’ll rock.. I might buy one.

By: miles

miles — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 09:09:26 +0000

@ sarsface: In GTA4 you pilot vehicles, what do you need to walk for? Just get a dummy of a hooker and an old car door to set near the TV and you are set as far as VR for that "game" (Why no RPGs that don't feature violence or witchcraft? That don't suck?).

@ winphreak (windows gives you free calls?):

How about a huge ball you get in and walk on, in fact figure out how to project on the ball (rear projection?), it is now a trackball and you are inside it. Don't get dizzy. I want to see if there is an inflatable ball that this would work with.

Or for display use a wireless HMD. If you put the whole thing on a mini trampoline you could even have jump :)

By: winphreak

winphreak — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 05:37:12 +0000

I always wondered about something like this as an arcade game. Maybe add in a lightgun and use it as the mouse, then you’d have a little more involved FPS-ing.
Before I finish, I’m aware there are plenty of technicalities to what I just said, it was just a thought.