WATCH: Walk in an infinite VR hallway

While VR can seem to transport users to a fantastical virtual reality space, the truth is that each user is still very much limited by the physical world. One solution to overcome this is through “redirected walking.”

Redirected walking is basically having a system trick a person into walking in circles while immersed in virtual reality. This would maximize the limited space that most users will have to contend with while still being able to feel they are freely exploring the virtual landscape, The Verge reports.

The University of Tokyo created an experiment to build an “unlimited corridor” using a game engine from Unity Technologies. Alfred Bayle