How many people remember that the Oculus Rift, which has been acquired by Facebook today, has an infinite beauty. When it first appeared on the forum, the glasses and A mess of patch cords? Initially, its prototype is really DIY (Do It Yourself) style, and anyone can freely copy one according to the instructions.
But with the influx of large amounts of investment and the all-round improvement in appearance and performance, today’s VR virtual reality technology has become synonymous with “frontier technology” , A large number of VR companies have become capital darlings on the cusp. But we want to remind everyone today that VR DIY projects still exist-you can do it yourself and make a DIY virtual reality product. Save the US$799 for HTC VR headsets, and you can still feel the charm of VR! If you are tempted, come and try the following 5 items!
1. PVC gun equipment
VR game models and equipment do not have to be expensive and complicated! The gun equipment introduced by Xiao Tan uses PVC (a kind of resin) material, but it allows you to seamlessly connect with the game when you play the game, just like holding a real gun and shooting, and the touch feels MAX! Think about the scene of playing FPS is simply enthusiastic! In addition, the DIY process is not complicated. Falondorn Online (also known as Simon), posted on the Reddit forum, expounding every detail of the DIY process, as well as all the improvement and improvement methods that came to mind (it is really selfless!). At present, he has made 10 such resin guns and sold all of them. So he decided to DIY more next.
Take a look at the video:
2. VR bouncing ball
Jeremy Williams is an avid fan of pinball (really has everything True love fan), he believes that the most attractive part of playing pinball is that you can feel the machine that launches the pinball, so that you can more accurately grasp the strength and speed… But, the VR that can be controlled by the Xbox controller Pinball games are really rare! So Williams made a simple device himself to make up for this shortcoming. (What does it mean that the bouncing ball in the picture also comes with a flame tail?) Xiao Tan believes that the development of games such as VR Landlord is also very promising…
3. PERCEPT0SCOPE (concept telescope)
This project is actually more like an AR (Augmented Reality, refers to adding virtual elements to reality) project, but it is a very creative DIY project. Fix this Percept0Scope in a position and it can work like a binocular set on a certain landmark. But what you see through the lens are overlapping virtual elements and scenes, which look neurotic and very cool. The fixed rotation removes a lot of complicated work for the telescope to track and focus the target, so when you are done, the scene you see through this “telescope” should be very impressive.
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4. Tactile gloves
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This project once appeared at the World Maker Fair in New York. After seeing many DIY devices for end consumers, it was refreshing to see such a VR project made from a completely different angle at home.
Its basic concept is: the user places different “masks” on different positions on the head, and then each mask will have Give you a different experience.
This sounds a bit similar to Google’s Cardboard 3D glasses, and cannot be used for position tracking, but I think this concept is very interesting .
The above five DIY projects show the diversity of VR and people’s creative abilities. Of course, compared with the complex VR projects being developed by high-tech companies, they seem to be unable to keep up. There are new crowdfunding projects and startups appearing all the time, focusing on cutting-edge fields such as tactile gloves, motion tracking systems, and full-body EXO suits.
But these frontier fields are still in the laboratory stage, even the most common VR helmets have not fully penetrated into people’s lives. Xiaotan believes that a large number of DIY and maker communities will definitely develop more fun and interesting VR projects in the VR field. I am looking forward to seeing what will happen in the next few years!
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How many people remember that the Oculus Rift, which has been acquired by Facebook today, has an infinite beauty, and when it first appeared on the forum, it was pasted with a hose Glasses and messy patch cords? Initially, its prototype is really DIY (Do It Yourself) style, and anyone can freely copy one according to the instructions.
But with the influx of large amounts of investment and the all-round improvement in appearance and performance, today’s VR virtual reality technology has become synonymous with “frontier technology” , A large number of VR companies have become capital darlings on the cusp. But we want to remind everyone today that VR DIY projects still exist-you can do it yourself and make a DIY virtual reality product. Save the US$799 for HTC VR headsets, and you can still feel the charm of VR! If you are tempted, come and try the following 5 items!
1. PVC gun equipment
VR game models and equipment do not have to be expensive and complicated! The gun equipment introduced by Xiao Tan uses PVC (a kind of resin) material, but it allows you to seamlessly connect with the game when you play the game, just like holding a real gun and shooting, and the touch feels MAX! Think about the scene of playing FPS is simply enthusiastic! In addition, the DIY process is not complicated. Falondorn Online (also known as Simon), posted on the Reddit forum, expounding every detail of the DIY process, as well as all the improvement and improvement methods that came to mind (it is really selfless!). At present, he has made 10 such resin guns and sold all of them. So he decided to DIY more next.
Take a look at the video:
2. VR bouncing ball
Jeremy Williams is an avid fan of pinball ), he believes that the most attractive part of playing bouncing balls is that you can feel the machine that launches bouncing balls, so that you can more accurately grasp the strength and speed… But, the VR bouncing bombs that can be manipulated by the Xbox handle Ball games are really rare! So Williams made a simple device himself to make up for this shortcoming. (What does it mean that the bouncing ball in the picture also comes with a flame tail?) Xiao Tan believes that the development of games such as VR Landlord is also very promising…
3. PERCEPT0SCOPE (concept telescope)
This project is actually more like an AR (Augmented Reality, refers to adding virtual elements to reality) project, but it is a very creative DIY project. Fix this Percept0Scope in a position and it can work like a binocular set on a certain landmark. But what you see through the lens are overlapping virtual elements and scenes, which look neurotic and very cool. The fixed rotation removes a lot of complicated work for the telescope to track and focus the target, so when you are done, the scene you see through this “telescope” should be very impressive.
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4. Tactile gloves
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We have previously reported that Apple is secretly researching a tactile glove to bring the tactile part to the virtual reality experience, and perhaps other companies are conducting related research and development. However, a classmate named Ben Hesson became impatient with these late glove items, so he started to make a pair of tactile gloves. He uses a C.H.I.P. brand microcomputer, which costs only $9, as a hub to control a series of micro-vibration motors on his fingers. This project is relatively basic and easy to DIY, but it can bring you a magical and wonderful virtual reality experience!
5. Project Mask (mask project)< /p>
This project once appeared at the World Maker Fair in New York. After seeing many DIY devices for end consumers, it was refreshing to see such a VR project made from a completely different angle at home.
Its basic concept is: the user places different “masks” on different positions on the head, and then each mask will have Give you a different experience.
This sounds a bit similar to Google’s Cardboard 3D glasses, and cannot be used for position tracking, but I think this concept is very interesting .
The above five DIY projects show the diversity of VR and people’s creative abilities. Of course, compared with the complex VR projects being developed by high-tech companies, they seem to be unable to keep up. There are new crowdfunding projects and startups appearing all the time, focusing on cutting-edge fields such as tactile gloves, motion tracking systems, and full-body EXO suits.
But these frontier fields are still in the laboratory stage, even the most common VR helmets have not fully penetrated into people’s lives. Xiaotan believes that a large number of DIY and maker communities will definitely develop more fun and interesting VR projects in the VR field. I am looking forward to seeing what will happen in the next few years!
Long press the QR code to follow and follow the spy to sneak into Silicon Valley
Weibo & Facebook: Silicon Valley Secret Agent
Website: www.svinsight.com