VR shoes will let you kick in-game stuffs for real!

This year is predicted to be the year of VR. We have been exposed to VR technology since last year, and although applications are still few, its potential is impressive and huge. Cerevo, a technological start-up, has also joined the race for VR experience. This company has an innovation that promises to enhance your virtual reality feel, and bring it to another level. This product is called Cerevo Taclim, and it involves a pair of shoes an gloves with haptic feedback. You will be able to feel the ground you are walking on in-game, and get a feel of what you are touching!

Cerevo, the firm behind this innovative product, shared that players can essentially wear the shoes of the character in-game. The Taclim device also works as a means to control the virtual character. Players will now be able to feel the grass, the land, the water or the sand beneath their feet. Also, and more specially, they will be able to kick anything. When you’re playing games, especially VR games, you would probably at times feel the urge to kick something. Now you will be able to do so. Not only objects, but also enemies as well, and you will feel their soft bodies, or the hardness of their shields/armors!

However, something to note is that so far, add-ons for VR apps usually are not that successful. They will need a lot of software support. For now, the Taclim is only compatible with Google VR, and there are not a lot of applications there. However, Cerevo plans to extend the compatibility to other devices as well, such as Occulus Rift, HTC Vive, and PlayStation VR. We will have to wait and see if this product is viable in the future.

VR shoes: Is it necessary?

For now, there are not many applications for this sort of device. Also, the Taclim will also be very pricey as well, costing from $1000-$1500. However, we can certainly look forward to the future, wher VR will be commonplace. Are you interested in this device?