On the upcoming SXSW Convention in Texas, Honda will give attendees an opportunity to check out a brand new mobility machine referred to as UNI-ONE that was particularly designed for blended actuality leisure experiences. Customers can steer the UNI-ONE with out the usage of their palms — they merely need to lean into one route to maneuver forwards, backwards, sideways or diagonally. The concept is to pair it with a blended actuality machine in order that passengers can get pleasure from a really immersive recreation or exercise.
Whereas that sounds fairly wild, Honda has been testing the UNI-ONE in for a number of use instances in Japan since final yr. On the Suzuka Circuit Park within the Japanese prefecture of Mie, for example, Honda created an exercise whereby customers have to manage the mobility machine and navigate it based on the scenes displayed on a pill. At SXSW, individuals will be capable of trip the UNI-ONE whereas sporting a digital actuality headset and play a choose-your-own VR journey.
The automobile contains a seat that may be raised or lowered, so customers can modify it to have the ability to talk higher with different individuals round them. It runs untethered, because it’s battery-operated, has a most pace of three.7 mph and may assist passengers as much as 242 kilos. Honda believes that the machine has a number of potential purposes in leisure and believes it may very well be used to create indoor and out of doors experiences, corresponding to racing video games, in theme parks and comparable amenities.
