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Student Suspends Himself From A Tree With The Oculus Rift To Simulate Skydiving

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by Kyle Hilliard on August 25, 2013 at 05:43 PM

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College student Dan Borenstein has been tinkering with assorted Oculus powered simulations, and his latest experiment involved suspending himself in the air to play SkyDIEiving, an Oculus Rift skydiving simulator.

You can check out the video below to see Borenstein doing his best to retain his lunch while simulating the act of skydiving.

Borenstein spoke with VentureBeat about the project and said, "It’s an awesome experience. I can’t say I would want to do a long session of gaming, but in terms of immersion, this is fun." Borenstein said that he has always been interested in skydiving, but is scared to actually jump out of plane.

[Source: Vaecon via VentureBeat]

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Filed under: News, Gamer Culture, Oculus Rift, tree, suspending, skydiving

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by Downside Sunday, August 25, 2013 at 05:52 PM

Those straps suspending him from the tree look uncomfortable....
by Colossus365 Sunday, August 25, 2013 at 05:57 PM

What if someone actually jumped out of a helicopter while playing SkyDIEving with the Rift?! Next-gen immersion to the next level!
by GL4DOS Sunday, August 25, 2013 at 05:58 PM

I read that name as Dan Baratheon... I've been reading too much Game of Thrones.
by Doctor Whovian Sunday, August 25, 2013 at 05:59 PM

Cool...I guess?
by William Okeefe Sunday, August 25, 2013 at 06:04 PM

I'm pretty excited for the Oculus, and I love how creative people are getting with it. The Rift, the 8-way treadmill, and some Battlefield 4 would be pretty awesome. Especially if it was mandatory. You'd definitely know who the fat kids were!
by dietrick gault Sunday, August 25, 2013 at 06:06 PM

i don't blame you...i really don't see the idea of jumping out of a plane that is 10, 20, 30,000 feet in the air...i just don't get it...
by Palor Sunday, August 25, 2013 at 06:28 PM

Just man up and go skydiving, its tons of fun.
by This World Begins With Los Espantapájaros Sunday, August 25, 2013 at 06:33 PM

Drive to work? How about Oculus-ing to work?! Genius!
by airbornebovine Sunday, August 25, 2013 at 06:35 PM

At first glance I thought that screenshot showed Skyloft.
by Him Sunday, August 25, 2013 at 06:44 PM

This sounds like the #1 way to give someone a heart-attack.
by Tim Gruver Sunday, August 25, 2013 at 07:25 PM

Man, that's dedication to pushing new technology.
by Companion Cube Sunday, August 25, 2013 at 07:35 PM

One does not simply simulate skydiving
by John Wrek Sunday, August 25, 2013 at 07:50 PM

Interesting concept haha.
by Elwaldorf Sunday, August 25, 2013 at 07:52 PM

Science.
by Elwaldorf Sunday, August 25, 2013 at 07:52 PM

Science.
by Jendon Sunday, August 25, 2013 at 10:16 PM

That is awesome. I want to do that.

Maybe.
by Grayle Monday, August 26, 2013 at 09:16 AM

Not that I ever wish bad on anyone, but if that demo went seriously wrong, he would've won this year's Darwin Award, for sure.
by Atika Monday, August 26, 2013 at 09:19 AM

That student is suspended.
by shoulderguy Monday, August 26, 2013 at 09:30 AM

It's like he's walking on sunshine.