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ZebraKoinKoin #1 05/10/2007 - 17h13

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Hi there,

since I've had no luck in the french forum, i'm trying here.

I was wondering if anyone in this community had ever had
an opportunity to use a VR headset coupled with a head tracking
device ?

VR headsets can be seen here : http://www.pearl.fr/famille-01020706.html

These are affordable models, with rather crappy resolutions, but still
i'd be interested in any feedback about such a setup.
jdub765 #2 05/10/2007 - 19h00

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I'm curious about this as well.  My friend and I were originally going to try something like this out, as we're going to be using the headtracking for a R/C helicopter simulator so that we can get a better feel when we're practicing w/ the sim.  I think one big problem w/ VR headsets is that you get motion sickness when using them.  I'm curious if that is still a problem when movements aren't mapped 1:1.
frogger #3 10/10/2007 - 07h05

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well ive done research on this as i was thinking of building a vr headset with small lcd screens and such

userly u would need to buy an expensive vr headset to get a good res for games and u will find most of the good vr headsets have built in headtracking.
although im not sure about 6dof

its easy to c it would work with freetrack , all u would have to do is mount the led's on the vr headset and adjust the sensitivity right to allow your head more movment , the only problem realy is if u were to say look over your shoulder the led's wouldnt be seen by the camera.
ZebraKoinKoin #4 10/10/2007 - 07h45

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...the only problem realy is if u were to say look over your shoulder the led's wouldnt be seen by the camera.



Freetrack being quite an open platform, if such a VR helmet was
affordable, I wouldn't be surprised to see someone come up with
some sort of «6 LEDs cap» coupled with 3 webcams that would
let you freely move and turn around :-)
Kestrel #5 10/10/2007 - 08h00

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This is normally done with a ceiling mounted camera.
Edited by Kestrel on 10/10/2007 at 08h00.

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