MythBuster's Hyneman Launches IndieGogo to Build VR Shoes Like Mini Treadmills
VR will succeed because it doesn&#x27;t involve a whole suit to make work. That&#x27;s why the Vive and Oculus ship with only two controllers and a HMD. No glove or shoes to be fitted correctly, put on&#x2F;off, cleaned, etc. This is also why the Vive Tracker won&#x27;t ever go mainstream for gaming. People aren&#x27;t sticking 3 large sensors on their body outside of edge uses cases and now you have 5 things to remember to recharge. If good full-body tracking comes to mainstream VR, we&#x27;ll be doing it with cameras, not wearables.<p>This is absolutely the wrong way to go about this. Its clear that Hyneman is trying to ride the VR hype to sell motorized shoes, which sound more interesting to me as a mode of transportation than anything having to do with VR. Especially if you can put in Segway-like logic in them to help with balance.<p>On the flip side, considering how long walks are most people&#x27;s only form of exercise its probably a bad idea all around like those hoverboards or that new mini-segway. If I bought any of these I&#x27;d be cutting a lot of calories I&#x27;m burning and lowering physical activity drastically. Short range travel should be by foot and losing that will just make our obesity epidemic worse.