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From Viral Demo to VR Hardware: Jan Goetgeluk on Building the Virtuix Omni
VR, Virtuix Omni, omnidirectional treadmill, Kickstarter success, hardware startup lessons. Founder & CEO Jan Goetgeluk shares how a viral demo and a $1.1M Kickstarter lit the fuse for Virtuix—and what it really takes to design, fund, and scale a hardware company in a fast-moving market.
🚀 What You’ll Learn
- How the Omni lets users walk/run 360° in VR (and why that matters)
- The real design timeline (6–7 months) and early engineering tradeoffs
- Kickstarter → equity crowdfunding: capital + community (and hidden challenges)
- Pivoting from consumer to commercial to survive and grow
- Why focus, problem-solving, and taking action beat perfect plans
- Work–life balance, gratitude, and staying mentally steady in tough stretches
⏱️ Chapters
⏰ 02:08 – The Birth of the Omni Treadmill ⏰ 05:48 – Designing the Omni: The Discovery Phase ⏰ 06:25 – Jan’s Background & Early Career ⏰ 09:10 – Lessons from Investment Banking ⏰ 12:30 – Finding Opportunities & Solving Problems ⏰ 16:40 – Going Viral: The Power of a Demo Video ⏰ 21:36 – Kickstarter Success & Community Building ⏰ 29:04 – Product Development: Hard Lessons ⏰ 32:01 – Transitioning to Commercial Markets ⏰ 34:10 – Equity Crowdfunding: Community & Capital ⏰ 39:45 – Focus & the Entrepreneurial Journey ⏰ 43:06 – Finding Gratitude Amidst Challenges ⏰ 44:57 – Taking Action: The First Step to Success
🌐 Links
Virtuix: https://virtuix.com/ Show site: https://toolstalentstechniques.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the3tpod/ Music by C€$: https://open.spotify.com/artist/21zXwxV9nWaiE6iAleU6ww?si=yNBmIPqIT7-56hAmfvqShA
💬 Question for You
What’s the first tiny step you could take today to move your hardware idea forward?
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