Reddit reviews Kaplan Early Learning Company Large Magic Panel Playpen

I'm in favor of this.

Reports about the Valve VR demo rooms indicate that standing VR is pretty darn cool.

We've heard that the Valve VR demo setup was a "money is no object" endeavor and that to experience all of their demos take roughly a half an hour and yet in their environment there isn't a single demo where they make you sit or use an omni directional treadmill.

PrioVR, Zombies on the Holodeck, and Sh0v's latest project show that standing VR can be very cool. For those people who don't have the money to build or repurpose a room of their home for VR (e.g. likely most people)...

So, that said, what I'd like to see is the...

The Adult Sized Playpen for Standing VR.

Pick a reasonable size that will fit in most people's homes, say 2mx2m (give or take). Actual size might be restricted by length of Rift wires/cords (unless extensions are viable).

Make the sides of the playpen be high enough that most people could bump into it and not easily fall over it (about 1.25m?).

Make it mount to the wall so if you bump into one of the sides of the pen the whole thing doesn't slide across the floor or fall over.

To keep it light and hopefully lower costs make the sides be mostly empty space. Perhaps use a rail fence design using plastic (thick enough to allow an average person to back into it while attempting to repel the zombie horde). Or something like this scaled up and made more sturdy for adult usage.

One corner could have a gate-like latch to allow people in and out of the pen.

Make it collapsable to save space and for easier storage.

Make a less expensive version that utilize a wall or two of your home as the third/fourth walls?

Benefits:

• Better VR experience (like Valve VR room).
  
• Allows for safe standing VR.
  
• In short: a clean, unobstructed, bounded area for safely experiencing VR.
  
  Problems:
  
  
• Wires/Entanglement (no slip rings exist for video or USB afaik)
  
• People will likely balk at making holes in their walls to secure the pen.
  
• Initially no software to take advantage of "constrained area VR"
  
• Software may need to accommodate different sized pens unless a standard size can be agreed upon.
  
• Far too small for redirected walking.
  
  Concerns:
  
  
• Not enough game narratives fit the available play space?