[HN Gopher] LucidVR open source force feedback VR gloves
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LucidVR open source force feedback VR gloves
Author : danboarder
Score : 77 points
Date : 2021-08-28 18:30 UTC (4 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (github.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (github.com)
| mdaniel wrote:
| > will be making a DIY treadmill eventually as well for those who
| would prefer that
|
| Whoa, that could be neat and I don't even currently _have_ a VR
| setup
| kbenson wrote:
| The project page seems to be at
| https://hackaday.io/project/178243-lucidvr-budget-haptic-glo...,
| and has a good viudeo explaining the process he went through to
| get it working and what actually goes into it.
| GekkePrutser wrote:
| One usecase though for him is to use your hands in VR. Hand
| tracking already has that covered though it's not yet perfect.
| But much more natural than using gloves.
|
| Being able to feel things in VR would be a big thing though.
| Especially if the gloves can also push back. So you could push
| against a wall and feel it. But in order for that to happen
| they'd have to be attached to something, not sure how that
| would work.
|
| But it does look like he's got feedback of hand held objects
| working which would be interesting too.
| wizzwizz4 wrote:
| > _But in order for that to happen they 'd have to be
| attached to something,_
|
| Only if you care about getting momentum right. If you push
| against a wall, feel pressure on your hand, and your
| viewpoint moves away from the wall, then (apart from the
| motion sickness) that's a pretty good wall simulator.
| de6u99er wrote:
| Mainstream VR is dead IMO.
| moron4hire wrote:
| Not everything is built for you in particular. That doesn't
| mean it's irrelevant. I don't care who you are, you aren't
| representative of the aggregate.
| owlbynight wrote:
| You're very wrong. It's waiting for an app that gets shared
| video viewing right. Bigscreen VR is close, but not quite
| there.
| nixpulvis wrote:
| The headsets need to get _a lot_ more balanced and lighter
| for extended use. I don 't want a buff neck.
| GekkePrutser wrote:
| I don't know, I love VR and I don't think it's dead but
| shared video watching is not something I'd be remotely
| interested in.
|
| Meeting people in VR would be nice but I think it's nicer to
| do something more interactive than watching video. The same
| way I'd never want to go on a date to the cinema. It's not
| really a social experience.
|
| But of course interests vary. Maybe it's a big thing, I'm all
| for it if it can drive VR more mainstream:)
| shados wrote:
| The oculus quest 2 sold like 6 million units in 8 months. It's
| no Switch or PS4, but hardly niche.
| rejectedandsad wrote:
| The Oculus Quest 2 and Half Life Alyx beg to differ
| swalls wrote:
| The first real 'killer app' game (Half Life Alyx) released
| coincident to GPU prices going nuts. People got interested in
| VR... then couldn't upgrade their PCs to run it.
| dexterhaslem wrote:
| my 1080ti ran it fine so its not like you need bleeding edge
| gpus
| shados wrote:
| no but you need a GPU, and your average person with a work
| lap-top can't run it and probably postponed buying a
| desktop computer, if they ever considered it.
| scrollaway wrote:
| Alyx is wonderful but it is not the Killer App for VR; Beat
| Saber is.
|
| Beat saber's popularity is absurd. Someone here on HN once
| mentioned it's like if the most popular app on the App Store,
| ahead of WhatsApp, YouTube and all such free apps, was a game
| that costs 20 bucks.
| rejectedandsad wrote:
| Very cool project, though not yet at the point where non-MIT
| untermensch like me can build a replica easily. I'm eagerly
| awaiting prebuilt controller+force feedback kits that we can
| attach to our own gloves (instead of getting them from
| retractable badge holders).
| tootie wrote:
| This looks like a plausible build for an eager hobbyist. PhD
| not required. There was an open source AR headset released a
| few years back and my company put one together with a
| smattering of off-the-shelf parts and a consumer-grade 3d
| printer in a few weeks with just a few regular devs with
| undergrad degrees. The parts list for this device is nothing
| you can't find on amazon/aliexpress/digikey and it says you can
| use an Ender or any other FDM printer (no mention of filament,
| but I'm guessing that means PLA is ok).
|
| https://developer.leapmotion.com/northstar
| josh8042 wrote:
| It never occurred to me that hardware could be open source, very
| interesting.
| rtkwe wrote:
| Really? Have you been living in a cave for the past two plus
| decades? 3D printing, arduino, opencores, etc have been big
| news and are all open source hardware.
|
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_hardware
| rizkiheryandi wrote:
| I want to test this cool project
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