CyberWalk - Unconstrained Walking in Virtual Worlds

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Walking without restriction in virtual worlds is still a challenge for science and technology.
The development of a walking platform which will allow unconstrained movement in virtual worlds is the goal of the CyberWalk project, initiated by scientists of the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in Tuebingen, Germany, together with their colleagues from the Technical University Munich, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland and the University Roma, Italy. The platform will serve as a tool to study human spatial cognition and movement in space, but later will also allow visits to historical sites or help improve training for athletes in virtual environments. The CyberWalk project is supported by the European Union with 1.7 million Euro for the duration of three years.


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