16Mar Build Your VR Hardware with 3D Printing — USC Launches Open Source DIY VR Website Posted in DIY VR, News, Virtual Reality, Virtual Reality Software | 3 Comments The University of Southern California’s ‘MxR’ Lab today launched an ‘open source’ DIY virtual reality website. The lab is making freely available many of their innovative virtual reality hardware and software projects. Users can download schematics to 3D print virtual more »
12Mar Guide: Build Your Own Oculus Rift VR Headset Posted in DIY VR, Head Mounted Display, News, Oculus Rift | Leave a comment Thanks to Rod Furlan, we’ve got a great DIY Oculus Rift guide to share with you. Inside you’ll find a parts list and all of the steps necessary to build your own Oculus Rift head mounted display / VR headset. more »
15Feb ‘PosiTTron’ DIY Oculus Rift Positional Tracking Addon Prototype Posted in DIY VR, Featured Slider, Head Mounted Display, Head Tracking, News, Oculus Rift | 10 Comments This guest article is written by Jordi Batallé, who has been hard at work over the last few months developing a DIY positional tracking solution for head mounted displays (HMDs / VR headsets). Batallé is a virtual reality enthusiast who holds a more »
12Feb An Introduction to Positional Tracking and Degrees of Freedom (DOF) Posted in Body Tracking, DIY VR, Head Tracking, Motion Sensing Peripherals | 2 Comments The Oculus Rift developer kit is set to reach devs next month. It is widely expected to have significant impact in the future of gaming. While we’re quite excited for the Oculus Rift, there’s an issue that plagues virtual reality more »
30Sep Beautiful DIY Oculus Rift Built by VR Enthusiast, Here’s How to Make Your Own Posted in DIY VR, Head Mounted Display | 4 Comments Palmer Luckey has made it clear since the beginning that it wasn’t any incredible invention or unlikely innovation that makes the Oculus Rift head mounted display / VR headset possible. Instead, he credits the mobile device (smartphones, tablets, etc.) industry as being the more »
18Jul Here’s CliffyB With an Oculus Rift Prototype (and other updates) Posted in DIY VR, Head Mounted Display, News, VR displays, VR Gaming, VR Tech | Leave a comment Need proof the Palmer Luckey (AKA PalmerTech) wasn’t teasing when he said he was working on the Oculus Rift HMD with some big names in the game industry? Here’s Cliff Bleszinski (AKA CliffyB), checking out a prototype of the Oculus Rift.
07Jul Oculus Rift Kickstarter Coming July 19th, Even Cheaper Than Before Posted in DIY VR, Head Mounted Display, News, VR displays, VR Gaming | 3 Comments Finally an update on the Oculus Rift Kickstarter. The head mounted display that’s been… er… turning heads… has been teasing us with an upcoming Kickstarter campaign. The original plan was for it to go live in the middle of June but more »
18Jun Oculus Rift Units to Arrive Earlier than Planned, “Really Big Names in the Game Industry” Getting Involved! Posted in DIY VR, Head Mounted Display, News, VR displays, VR Gaming, VR Tech | 5 Comments The VR community seems to be holding its collective breath to see what impact the Oculus Rift head mounted display will have on the future of virtual reality gaming. Patiently folks are waiting for the Kickstarter funding round to start and more »
06Jun Virtual Reality and Oculus Rift E3 2012 Interview with John Carmack [video] Posted in DIY VR, Head Mounted Display, News, VR Gaming, VR Tech | 3 Comments One of the reasons why I’m so excited about the Oculus Rift is that John Carmack, founder and technical director of Id Software, is demoing the unit to people within the gaming industry and is building full support for it into more »
06Jun Early Oculus Rift Specifications and Official Site, Confirms $500 Target Posted in DIY VR, Head Mounted Display, News, VR displays, VR Gaming, VR Tech | 7 Comments Right now the Oculus Rift project is at the center of my attention. If you haven’t read up on it, see here. In short, I’m hoping that this is the first major step in bringing virtual reality to mainstream gaming. With more »
