A.R stereo camera feed to the Rift ?

[mickman]

Anyone have any thoughts regarding the use of a stereoscopic camera to generate A.R within the Oculus Rift ?
Which if any camera would actually be capable of displaying stereo images to the Rift's screen ?
The camera would have to be fairly lightweight as it would sit on the Rift's faceplate. The Rift puts images through a warp algorithm that distorts the edges of the image to cater for the lenses uses in the Rift. I'm no tech head when it comes to video signals etc... and hooking up a video feed but I do develop A.R apps

note: I've heard that the duel Go-Pro does not work...

So I wonder what would actually be required... ?

[AngelJ]

I'm no tech head when it comes to video signals etc...

I'm not this either but I bought a couple of $4 webcams from Amazon (http://amzn.com/B0015TJNEY) to experiment with features for my application Deskope, like looking at your keyboard or looking at the room you're in so you know when someone's walked in or something like that.

What makes these cameras bad for the Rift is the extremely narrow FOV and the latency. For my purposes the image quality isn't really important so that didn't bother me.

[brantlew]

You guys should search for PSEye cameras in this forum to uncover a lot of discussion about creating high-quality home brew cameras with them. They are cheap on the used market, are of surprisingly good quality, and are good for DIY projects - plus you can switch out their lenses for wide angles. Too many details for one post, but this thread has a lot of good info.


http://www.mtbs3d.com/phpBB/viewtopic.p ... =40#p89436

[AngelJ]

The PSEye is an awesome camera, and my brother has two that I could play around with. But I didn't think I could use it because there were compatibility issues with Windows. I'll have to look into that.

[FingerFlinger]

Look up the Code Laboratories drivers. They are pretty full-featured, and have a big community of users.

[AngelJ]

I just came across those drivers. After installing them it seems like a PC will recognize the PSEye as a webcam. Very cool, thanks guys!