Nolan Bushnell needs no introduction. This pioneer wrote several rules during the 1970s after founding Atari Inc. with Ted Dabney, and although not everything in his record is brilliant, he has always stayed close to the technological movement. Now, with just over seven decades on his shoulders, he decided to create Modal VR, a company that will develop a large-scale virtual reality system, which will support multiple players at the same time.
Virtual reality continues to explore its own limits. On one hand, it's clear that work on software must increase, and on the other, physical links are the next element to discard for all companies involved. There's also the detail that virtual reality provides fundamentally personal experiences. Although nothing prevents two or more people separated by large distances from meeting in a virtual environment, the idea of controlling several headsets at once can only be appreciated with the help of prototypes and special events. In such a young market full of sharp edges, is there room for a large-scale virtual reality? Nolan Bushnell himself believes so, and his proposal is Modal VR.
https://www.youtube.com/embed/sXAGEEbJaEUThe first thing that comes to mind after watching the video is "paintball" or "laser tag" in virtual reality, just because of the space it works in. Different sources talk about 83 thousand square meters, managed with a "VR Fabricator" module, but if necessary, these modules can be combined to cover an even larger area. The same applies to the number of users, all equipped with wireless headsets and a special suit that tracks their movements. As for latency, Modal VR anticipates less than ten milliseconds, which should translate into terrifying processing power. It will be very easy to install, and applications will go far beyond "one-on-one" games, including education, training, and massive e-sports events.
https://www.youtube.com/embed/D-6n1x_L6oYThat said, Modal VR has no plans to sell its system to the general market and will aim directly at the enterprise territory. On the official page itself, they talk about "a prohibitive price" for individual users, and I imagine that interested parties will have rental options. Modal VR has no specifications or release date, but we will wait for it.
