US Patent Issued to Virtuix Holdings on Sept. 8 for "Omnidirectional locomotion system with full range of motion in multiple degrees of freedom for walkable or interactive virtual reality" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,362, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Virtuix Holdings Inc. (Austin, Texas).

"Omnidirectional locomotion system with full range of motion in multiple degrees of freedom for walkable or interactive virtual reality" was invented by Jan Goetgeluk (Austin, Texas), James Douglas Shuffield (Cedar Park, Texas), Ronald Kurt Bender (Dripping Springs, Texas), David Hernandez (Austin, Texas) and Cameron Slayter (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An omnidirectional locomotion system that can be used with virtual reality (VR) environment technology includes at least a base portion, an articulating arm extending upward from a platform...