A meatball that can be freely moved to a VR application that can walk around the IKEA kitchen in the virtual space is implemented

In Sweden, meatballs with lingonberry jam and cream sauce are popular as home cuisine, and meatballs are also served at IKEA restaurant in Sweden's furniture dealerOfferIt is being done. Since the request most requested after the release of "IKEA VR Experience" application for steam that can experience the IKEA kitchen in the virtual space was said to be "I want me to add a meatball to the kitchen", newly meat to IKEA VR Experience The ball is mounted, and IKEA-like kitchen is realized in VR space.

Steam Community :: Notice to the group :: IKEA VR Experience
http://steamcommunity.com/games/447270/announcements/detail/860561833129912398

You can read about the details of "IKEA VR Experience" by reading the following article.

IKEA releases a free VR application "IKEA VR Experience" that allows you to experience a kitchen in virtual space - GIGAZINE


Twenty days after the release of IKEA VR Experience, on April 25, in response to the voice of the user, IKEA implemented two kinds of kitchens, meatball and vegetable.

According to a user actually using IKEA VR Experience, every operation such as moving a meatball from a bowl to a frying pan, rolling it and throwing it is possible. Unlike real meatballs, regardless of how it is treated, it keeps a solid state like a stone and it is said that even if it falls on the floor, there are no marks left and I will return to the bowl without permission.

How you actually move meatballs in the virtual space of IKEA VR Experience is easy to understand with the following movie.

IKEA VR Experience - Fun With Meatballs - YouTube


Suddenly meatballs and vegetable balls appeared in the VR kitchen.


It is possible to remove one meatball from the bowl by operating the controller.


Lift the two bowls ......


It is also possible to move meatball roughly.


Furthermore, it seems that it is possible to throw meatballs together with the bowl to the ceiling.


By the way, "Swedish meatball" provided at IKEA restaurant is like this.


Vegibole is made only with beans and vegetables.


In the Reddit VR community, comments such as "IKEA's kitchen without meatballs was thought to be unnatural" "IKEA thank you" has been received.

IKEA VR experience updated with meatballs!: Vive
https://www.reddit.com/r/Vive/comments/4geb9o/ikea_vr_experience_updated_with_meatballs/

Also, IKEA VR Experience reported that problems with the operation of frying pan using the keyboard were discovered by reporting by multiple users, so the height of the kitchen was adjusted at the same time as the meatball was installed. It is also possible to manually change the height from the floor to the kitchen table.