Speaker "Rick Tett" Details Back
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Name
Rick Tett
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Company
Hoboloco Inc
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Designation
Founder
Topic
When does immersion require standing?
Abstract
Walk the floor of any VR conference and it is rare to see someone sitting down while immersed. Certainly fitness, sports and physical training apps often require full body movement, but what about travel, meetings, games, and other experiences? Is it because body direction needs to be used as an input? Is it to mitigate cybersickness? How do you keep users safe while standing? Can multiple students in a classroom avoid bumping into each other? Are there times when experiencing immersion while seated would be desirable? Safer? What will it take to enable a moving experience while seated?
Profile
Rick Tett is an inventor and entrepreneur with extensive experience developing software and communications technology. He recently founded HoboLoco Inc to design, manufacture, and market locomotion controllers for use in VR, gaming, and telerobotics. His most recent invention is a device for controlling movement and actions in virtual reality with two feet.
Rick earned a Master of Science in Innovation and Entrepreneurship from the University of Texas at Dallas Naveen Jindal School of Business as well as a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Iowa State University. He has been granted 12 patents by the U.S. as well as one each by authorities in China, Japan and South Korea.