Virtuix, the corporate behind the Omni VR treadmill, launched a crowd-based funding marketing campaign in 2020 to fund Virtuix Omni One, an at-home VR locomotion gadget focused at customers. Now the studio has revealed the ultimate model, pricing, and the information that it’s now delivery out to early traders.
Omni One models at the moment are headed out to early traders (re: not backers) previous to the gadget’s deliberate shopper launch, which is alleged to reach in some unspecified time in the future later this yr.
The corporate says its presently has a waitlist for Omni One in every of “greater than 35,000 subscribers.”
Right here’s a have a look at what Virtuix says is the ultimate model of the {hardware}:
Virtuix says 900 of its fairness crowdfunding traders have utilized to purchase Omni One beta models, which will likely be prolonged to late 2023, nevertheless unit portions will “begin small and progressively enhance as this system proceeds.”
Much like different parabolic VR ‘treadmills’, Omni One requires you to put on particular low-friction footwear and strap right into a harness system which retains you within the heart of the bottom’s parabola.
And though marketed as a consumer-targeted gadget, Omni One’s introductory worth will likely be $2,595 plus delivery, which additionally contains the Pico Neo 3 Professional standalone headset. The corporate is nevertheless additionally providing a financing plan that would deliver it to as little as $65 per thirty days.
Over its lifetime, Virtuix has raised $35 million. The corporate says it’s now shipped over $16 million price of merchandise, which incorporates over 4,000 Omni Professional techniques throughout 45 international locations, and than 70 Omni Area techniques to US venues comparable to Dave & Buster’s.