by news | Sep 25, 2014 | Design
I woke up thinking perhaps 6 gyroscopes was a little too much for one device… Instead how about a pair of counter rotating gyros inside a gimbal? Now instead of adjusting their speed we simply use some servos to pitch and roll the gimball. Since the gyros...
by news | Sep 25, 2014 | Design
Well, not too far off. I printed the new one piece arm and it came out really well. I had to use support since there are a couple of overhang places but these cleaned off really easily and the Leap fits inside like a glove! 🙂 The USB should be enough to hold it in...
by news | Sep 24, 2014 | Design
I should have gone with this version from the start, so much nicer….
by news | Sep 23, 2014 | Design, Hand Tracking
Leap motion had the right idea when they recently released a mount for the Oculus Rift. The idea was that you can see your hands from the front of your face and give you a cool way to put your hands inside VR. It was a good idea but due to the limited range of the...
by news | Sep 22, 2014 | Design
I just put the first prototype together and it looks very very rough… too many wires :p I’m going to reprint the parts with a few refinements I’ve put in to tidy things up and we’ll see how that looks soon.
by news | Sep 21, 2014 | Design, Hand Tracking
Oculus Connect was pretty good but I was really hoping for a input device reveal. I think a lot of other people were too since we’re in danger of some really expensive solutions becoming the ‘standard’. Stem and PrioVR are pretty cool, but not only...
