brantlew wrote:This looks fun but I'm not building the HMD yet, so instead here is my case mod for the Sparkfun head tracker. It could probably sit right on top of those HMD boxes with the plug going right over the head.
Nice work on the tracker box, brantlew!
Because of the blinkers on the head unit I made up, it looks like I'll have some room to route the cable for the display and certainly the Hillcrest (as it's tiny) on the inside, either on the right, left or both (the cable somes out of the box at the moment as I needed it to test the screen/alignment with the box closed
I probably won't stretch to buying a Sparkfun unit with the potential availability of another product, but I'm definitely interested in the accuracy or if you can overcome the latency
Looks like they aren't going via the HDMI carrier cable for all their prototypes:
http://lockerz.com/s/240176165
Although they do appear to have cut down the viewing box size in favour of keeping the spacer in the ski goggles (I ended up cutting off most of the front face of the ski goggles, leaving just the piece that sits next to your head, two side pieces to hot glue to the faceplate, and a nose section.
That said, I like that they've cut down the box size - that spacer lets the unit be more breathable, they just have to figure out a way to let the air through and not the light, L shaped surround perhaps.