Virtuix targets Omni One VR treadmills at residence shoppers

Virtuix mentioned it’s transport Omni One digital actuality treadmills to its investor group in preparation for a wider launch for shoppers later this yr. It can also be elevating more cash by way of a crowdfunding marketing campaign.

The firm mentioned that it’s launching the patron model of the Omni One later this yr. It will probably be an omni-directional treadmill that permits gamers to stroll or run in any course by video video games and different digital environments.

Austin, Texas-based Virtuix mentioned it has a waitlist for Omni One of greater than 35,000 subscribers who’ve signed up on-line.

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Omni One is a VR leisure system that presently ships with a Pico Neo 3 Pro headset and works straight out of the field without having a PC or different peripherals, offering a seamless person expertise.

Virtuix has labored carefully with Pico to customise the headset system for Omni One. The Neo 3 Pro headset, which has the identical processor and backbone as Meta’s fashionable Quest 2 however gives a wider discipline of view, comes with Omni One’s working software program, together with social options and a proprietary sport retailer concentrating on 30 titles at launch.

Inspired by the favored Omni Pro, a business model of the Omni accessible at greater than 500 leisure venues in 45 international locations, Omni One is designed to suit inside a lounge or different place in your house. Compared to Omni Pro, Omni One is lighter, extra compact (4-foot diameter), simple to fold up or transfer round, and permits gamers unmatched freedom of motion, together with crouching, kneeling, and leaping.

“We’re thrilled about Omni One,” mentioned Jan Goetgeluk, founder and CEO of Virtuix. “After a long and challenging development process, spanning Covid-19 and supply chain shortages, Omni One has turned out to be an awesome product that delivers on our company’s original vision of an active VR entertainment system for the home. Our commercial products have hosted over 3 million plays at entertainment venues worldwide, and we’ve built a fanatical player community of over 300,000 registered players. We can’t wait to bring our popular gaming experience to the homes of our many players and fans.”

Omni One’s introductory value is $2,595 plus transport. Omni One’s pricing consists of each the treadmill and the high-end Pico headset (market worth $699).

Omni One helps you to stroll or run in video video games or different digital worlds, in any course and at any
pace, whereas occupying solely a small quantity of flooring area. It permits unrestricted, full-body actions together with crouching, kneeling, and leaping.

It has security options maintain you from falling or hitting partitions or different folks.

“Omni One isn’t just a next-level gaming device,” Goetgeluk added. “It also keeps you in shape by burning calories while gaming! Think of Omni One as an exercise bike for gamers, or for parents who want to get their kids off the couch.”

The full system with all equipment weighs about 150 kilos (70 kg). It accommodates customers from 4 toes, 4 inches to six toes, 4 inches in top (132 to 192 cm), and as much as 250 kilos (113 kg).

Goetgeluk mentioned the pent-up demand from followers is what prompted the corporate to launch a house product along with the business product.

“Given our success in the out-of-home market, we’re uniquely positioned to bring our popular full-body VR experience to millions of homes around the world,” Goetgeluk mentioned.

Virtuix’s first Omni One buyer, Dale Western, described what drives shoppers like him to
purchase Omni One.

“I decided to purchase Omni One because I was looking for a more immersive VR experience as opposed to sitting on a couch and pretending to be in virtual reality,” Western mentioned in an announcement. “I wanted to physically feel it. It’s everything I hoped it would be. The ability to move around really makes you feel like you’re in the game. And I’m going to lose some weight with Omni One. That’s awesome.”

Investors additionally share this enthusiasm for Omni One. Goetgeluk mentioned greater than 900 of Virtuix’s fairness crowdfunding traders have utilized to purchase beta models, and the corporate is extending the beta program till late 2023. Goetgeluk added that portions accessible to beta clients will begin small and step by step enhance as this system proceeds.

Backed by main traders, Virtuix has raised $35 million so far and has shipped over $16 million price of merchandise, together with over 4,000 Omni Pro methods in 45 international locations and greater than 70 Omni Arena methods (promoting value of $174,000) to U.S. leisure venues akin to Dave & Buster’s. Virtuix’s business content material platform, Omniverse, has hosted greater than 3 million performs.

Before bringing Omni One to the mass market, Virtuix will develop consciousness of Omni One amongst shoppers, players, and the funding group by working a Reg CF marketing campaign as a part of its Series B funding spherical (https://invest.virtuix.com). Investors get to skip the road to order Omni One forward of most of the people, and so they get a reduction on Omni One of 30% (price $780) or extra.

In 2013, after two years spent researching, experimenting, and prototyping, Goetgeluk left his finance job and based Virtuix to carry his “Omni” idea to market. Today, led by a administration crew and advisory board with greater than 100 mixed years of gaming and {hardware} trade expertise, Virtuix has constructed an IP portfolio of 19 issued patents and eight pending patents overlaying Omni’s mechanical design, movement monitoring, and sport integration.

Virtuix has an increasing and devoted participant base of greater than 300,000 registered Omni gamers at business venues. This giant participant group, along with an set up base of 1000’s of business Omni Pro methods globally, offers a direct and low-cost gross sales channel for Omni One.