Patent ID: 6102832
Filing Date: 2000-08-15
Classification: A63B,G06F,H04N,Y10S

Abstract:
A virtual reality simulation apparatus comprising:an image display showing participants programmed images;a walk surface mechanism for detecting a foot-bottom position of a participant, and for performing a horizontal walk simulation in which a pair of walk plates, on which left and right feet of the participant are placed separately, are individually horizontally shifted forward, backward, leftward and rightward, a simulation of walk on slopes in which the pair of walk plates are individually slanted, and a simulation of walk on steps in which the pair of walk plates are individually raised or lowered; anda control device which transmits the programmed images to the image display and controls the walk surface mechanism while causing the walk surface mechanism to correspond to the programmed images,wherein the walk surface mechanism is provided with a foot bottom-position detecting means which is for detecting specific positions of the participant's feet-bottoms and includes a signal transmission member provided on each shoe associated with each foot of the participant and a sensor provided on each of the walk plates to receive a signal from the signal transmission member.