recorded by Electric Night Owl of Electric Night Owl by Keller
This gesture of swinging your arms designed to mimic the movements of walking allowing users to navigate environments naturally with reduced chances of simulation sickness.
How it works: By holding down on a button, and swinging your arms you begin moving towards the direction in which your hands are facing.
Strengths:
Reduces simulation sickness
Because the moving direction is based on the direction the hands are facing, this allows users to walk in one direction while looking in other directions
Natural and easy to learn
Weaknesses
Might be obtrusive if users also need their hands for other tasks while navigating an environment
It can be tedious or tiresome after extended use
Can be inefficient when navigating large environments
For More Info
Keller, the lead developer of Electric Night Owl has a great video demoing and explaining some of the deeper functions and capabilities of this locomotion method.