Whole-Body VR Platform

November 18, 2025

Have you ever tried Virtual Reality (VR) and wished you could actually feel the objects you touch or walk around without bumping into your living room furniture? The Nexus NX1 system aims to solve these challenges, creating what's called the Ultimate Human-Machine Experience. Think of the Nexus NX1 as a high-tech combination of specialized gear that allows your entire body to exist and interact naturally within a digital world or to control a real-world robot remotely.

The Nexus NX1 is the first comprehensive, whole-body platform designed to deliver true, realistic presence in both virtual reality (VR) and remote robotics control (teleoperation). It combines three critical elements that typically require separate, complex setups: Lifelike Touch (Haptics), Natural Locomotion (Movement), and Precision Motion Capture (Tracking).

The HaptX Gloves G1 provide realistic touch and force. They are a complex piece of engineering designed to fool your sense of touch. Each glove contains 135 tiny tactile actuators (like miniature air bladders) that inflate and deflate to press against your skin. This allows you to feel realistic sensations like the texture of wood, the sharp edge of a tool, or the gentle curve of a surface. The gloves can provide resistive force on your fingers. If you try to grasp a virtual wrench, the gloves physically stop your fingers, making you feel the resistance of the solid object. They also capture the precise movements of your fingers and wrist (36 degrees of freedom), ensuring your virtual hand mirrors your real one perfectly.

To solve the problem of walking in VR, the Nexus NX1 uses Freeaim Shoes. These are motorized devices that act like a virtual treadmill for your feet. You can walk, run, or strafe in any direction, just as you would in the real world. As soon as your foot moves, the motorized wheels in the shoe counteract that motion, gently pushing your foot back to its starting position. You feel like you're moving forward in the VR environment, but you remain stationary in the real world, preventing you from walking into a wall.

The Omni One is the full-body structure that brings it all together. It's an omnidirectional treadmill platform—a large, bowl-shaped surface where the Freeaim Shoes enable movement. It allows you to turn, step, and move in a full circle naturally. An integrated harness keeps you safe and centered on the platform. It also includes a counterbalance system that makes the heavy airpack (used to power the haptics) feel virtually weightless, giving you a full range of motion.

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