Fly like a bird with this epic Oculus Rift contraption

A team at the Institute for Design Research at the Zurich University of the Arts have created a project called Birdly, a contraption that uses the Oculus Rift to simulate the experience of flying like a bird. As you can see in the video, it's a pretty involved piece of machinery. You control the simulator by flapping your hands and arms, which correlate to the wings of a bird. The Oculus Rift renders the environment of forests and rolling hills, and a fan in the front doesn't only simulate the a...