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OncTech · 12-09-2011, 10:49 PM

As promised, here's pics. The rig is now functional, and it's all a matter of packing it up nice and neat in a shoulder bag.

Here's the "exploded view" of the parts all laid out:
http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/...g?t=1323488504
Here's a closeup of the head mounted display and the keyboard/touchpad:
http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/...g?t=1323488488

The display glasses are a now-defunct brand called EyeTop. There might be better options these days that hook directly to a VGA port, but all the ones I've found are full video glasses that are $300+ and I'd have to dismantle them to make a monocular "cyborg" display. So for now these will have to do.

No results yet on battery life so I don't know how practical this will be, but at the very least the EyeTop has it's own power supply (AA Batteries). I'll do some "model shots" soon when I get it all working right.

12-09-2011, 10:49 PM	#11
OncTech Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: Kindle Paperwhite, enTourage eDGe	As promised, here's pics. The rig is now functional, and it's all a matter of packing it up nice and neat in a shoulder bag. Here's the "exploded view" of the parts all laid out: http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/...g?t=1323488504 Here's a closeup of the head mounted display and the keyboard/touchpad: http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/...g?t=1323488488 The display glasses are a now-defunct brand called EyeTop. There might be better options these days that hook directly to a VGA port, but all the ones I've found are full video glasses that are $300+ and I'd have to dismantle them to make a monocular "cyborg" display. So for now these will have to do. No results yet on battery life so I don't know how practical this will be, but at the very least the EyeTop has it's own power supply (AA Batteries). I'll do some "model shots" soon when I get it all working right.