Virtuix, the corporate behind the Omni VR treadmill, launched a crowd-based funding marketing campaign in 2020 to fund Virtuix Omni One, an at-home VR locomotion gadget focused at lovers. Beforehand solely out there to early buyers, now the corporate introduced it’s opening pre-orders of Omni One to most of the people.

Replace (October nineteenth, 2023): Virtuix began delivery Omni One to buyers earlier this 12 months, nonetheless now the corporate introduced normal availability of pre-orders has begun, with deliveries scheduled to begin in Q2 of 2024, the corporate says.

Omni One’s introductory value is $2,595 (plus delivery), or as little as $70/month on a cost plan, the corporate says, which incorporates each the treadmill and a Pico VR headset. Moreover, anybody inserting a preorder earlier than November sixteenth at midnight Pacific Time will obtain a free Omni One sport of their alternative and an unique ‘Trailblazer’ designation imprinted on their unit, the corporate tells Street to VR.

The unique article asserting investor-only shipments follows beneath:

Unique Article (March twenty second, 2023): Omni One models at the moment are headed out to early buyers (re: not backers) previous to the gadget’s deliberate shopper launch, which is alleged to reach in some unspecified time in the future later this 12 months.

The corporate says its at present has a waitlist for Omni One in every of “greater than 35,000 subscribers.”

Right here’s a take a look at what Virtuix says is the ultimate model of the {hardware}:

Virtuix says 900 of its fairness crowdfunding buyers have utilized to purchase Omni One beta models, which will likely be prolonged to late 2023, nonetheless unit portions will “begin small and regularly improve as this system proceeds.”

Just like different parabolic VR ‘treadmills’, Omni One requires you to put on particular low-friction sneakers and strap right into a harness system which retains you within the heart of the bottom’s parabola.

And though marketed as a consumer-targeted gadget, Omni One’s introductory value will likely be $2,595 plus delivery, which additionally contains the Pico Neo 3 Professional standalone headset. The corporate is nonetheless additionally providing a financing plan that might deliver it to as little as $65 per thirty days.

Over its lifetime, Virtuix has raised $35 million. The corporate says it’s now shipped over $16 million price of merchandise, which incorporates over 4,000 Omni Professional programs throughout 45 international locations, and than 70 Omni Enviornment programs to US venues similar to Dave & Buster’s.