Disney casually broke the news of an exciting-sounding breakthrough to reinvent movement in VR. The HoloTile is an omnidirectional, multiplayer treadmill floor that could solve a huge problem with VR gaming and the metaverse: connecting body movement to the virtual world. Disney’s solution is unique, appearing to be small balls that rotate to match your foot movement. There’s no need for a tether, and more than one person can use the expandable HoloTile VR treadmill. It seems like a perfect solution, though it’s still a work in progress. The HoloTile floor can also move objects like a conveyor belt, but in any direction. In the video, you’ll see someone waving their hand to control a box as if by magic. Beyond creating the feeling of movement without actually moving, it also helps deal with real-world objects. Holotile is being developed by Lanny Smoot, the Disney Research Fellow and Imagineer behind the special effects used in the Haunted Mansion and Star Wars lightsabers.