Comments on: Head-mounted computer with spit, bailing wire http://hackaday.com/2009/10/27/head-mounted-computer-with-spit-bailing-wire/ Fresh hacks every day Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:55:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: ENKI-][ http://hackaday.com/2009/10/27/head-mounted-computer-with-spit-bailing-wire/comment-page-1/#comment-155903 Tue, 06 Jul 2010 22:20:24 +0000 http://hackaday.com/?p=17809#comment-155903 This is lovely and straightforward. I have built similar things. Unfortunately, they are always front-heavy. I always end up using counter-weights (which make it slightly less unpleasant for short uses but far more unpleasant for long uses). Perhaps he just has better fitted goggles — I always ended up using sunglasses instead and homebrewing the head-band to hold it on.

]]> By: landon.powell78@yahoo.com http://hackaday.com/2009/10/27/head-mounted-computer-with-spit-bailing-wire/comment-page-1/#comment-139839 Mon, 03 May 2010 20:43:15 +0000 http://hackaday.com/?p=17809#comment-139839 i did it with my psp and it was awsome!!!!!
i hacked my psp once to get it to run windows and when it was running windows i put a usb camera and usb lazer sensor into the psp and made an program that sensed specific radio waves and gave me a heads up display (hud) and made a bunch of fake weapons that looked like the ones from halo 3 and then started shooting at my friends and had a huge halo war wearing lazer sensors and putting my (12) VR goggles under our halo helmets.

]]> By: Wonginism http://hackaday.com/2009/10/27/head-mounted-computer-with-spit-bailing-wire/comment-page-1/#comment-104739 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:05:37 +0000 http://hackaday.com/?p=17809#comment-104739 That would not work as well if the phone used did not have the functions.
Improvements:
1) create an easy release phone holder
2) get a better camera for macro cause it ’twas blurry.

]]> By: teck monkey http://hackaday.com/2009/10/27/head-mounted-computer-with-spit-bailing-wire/comment-page-1/#comment-104447 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:30:06 +0000 http://hackaday.com/?p=17809#comment-104447 this is cool for a starter VR/AR atempt..h3!! with a hacked psp and a few other componets could be a really good VR experince…
need a usb hub
cam
and a usb compass

]]> By: Tragos http://hackaday.com/2009/10/27/head-mounted-computer-with-spit-bailing-wire/comment-page-1/#comment-104438 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:13:15 +0000 http://hackaday.com/?p=17809#comment-104438 Nice. If I find a spare cardboard box here at the office, I’m going to build a similar thing right away using HTC Hero. I must see how augmented reality software (Layar, Wikitude) work with this setup.

]]> By: derwin http://hackaday.com/2009/10/27/head-mounted-computer-with-spit-bailing-wire/comment-page-1/#comment-104424 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:38:42 +0000 http://hackaday.com/?p=17809#comment-104424 I’m going to track down a cheap camera phone, buy two of them, tape them together, and create a really disorienting, low-res 3D VR helmet with this same exact formula.

]]> By: therian http://hackaday.com/2009/10/27/head-mounted-computer-with-spit-bailing-wire/comment-page-1/#comment-104416 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 05:21:36 +0000 http://hackaday.com/?p=17809#comment-104416 It just plain stupid, having screen near you eyes does not make it into virtual reality glasses

]]> By: AnthonyDi http://hackaday.com/2009/10/27/head-mounted-computer-with-spit-bailing-wire/comment-page-1/#comment-104407 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:42:44 +0000 http://hackaday.com/?p=17809#comment-104407 I would like to see this use the camera to give you HUD like terminator view.

]]> By: Phil http://hackaday.com/2009/10/27/head-mounted-computer-with-spit-bailing-wire/comment-page-1/#comment-104374 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:55:18 +0000 http://hackaday.com/?p=17809#comment-104374 Back and I just tried exactly what I mentioned above. A bit of cardboard, my safety goggles, 3D red/cyan glasses and an iPhone 3G S with AirCoaster. Probably the best “VR” experience I’ve ever had!

]]> By: Phil http://hackaday.com/2009/10/27/head-mounted-computer-with-spit-bailing-wire/comment-page-1/#comment-104372 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:32:19 +0000 http://hackaday.com/?p=17809#comment-104372 Hmmm… I might just have to try this with my iPhone. This coupled with some red/blue glasses and a magnetometer equipped iPhone running AirCoaster could be quite fun!

]]> By: sly http://hackaday.com/2009/10/27/head-mounted-computer-with-spit-bailing-wire/comment-page-1/#comment-104361 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:10:11 +0000 http://hackaday.com/?p=17809#comment-104361 I quoted it wrong…
“My eyes! The goggles do nothing!”
http://megamansgogglesdonothing.ytmnd.com/

]]> By: YAWN! http://hackaday.com/2009/10/27/head-mounted-computer-with-spit-bailing-wire/comment-page-1/#comment-104351 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:21:38 +0000 http://hackaday.com/?p=17809#comment-104351 I just checked…. Did you know Hackamonth.com is available? Im just saying….a bit of quality over quantity would be appreciated and maybe the name change would take some of the pressure off you guys.

]]> By: Another XD http://hackaday.com/2009/10/27/head-mounted-computer-with-spit-bailing-wire/comment-page-1/#comment-104349 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:12:59 +0000 http://hackaday.com/?p=17809#comment-104349 Yes, we can!

For me, that’s totally a hack!

]]> By: XD http://hackaday.com/2009/10/27/head-mounted-computer-with-spit-bailing-wire/comment-page-1/#comment-104337 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:10:21 +0000 http://hackaday.com/?p=17809#comment-104337 Just this: Because we can. XD

]]> By: r_d http://hackaday.com/2009/10/27/head-mounted-computer-with-spit-bailing-wire/comment-page-1/#comment-104332 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:50:42 +0000 http://hackaday.com/?p=17809#comment-104332 I don’t see how having a 2″ screen right up against your face is “immersive”. In fact, I don’t see how this is any different than using the same device in a dark room.
If it had head tracking or stereoscopy he might be able to argue that it was “virtual reality” (which is an ill-defined and meaningless term, anyhow), and if he wrote some code that made use of the phones camera he could have said it was augmented reality. But he didn’t. It’s a phone taped to the end of a cardboard box. It doesn’t seem to have any purpose beyond making the wearer look silly.

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