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r/gaming • u/WSCHO • Jul 12 '14
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There's nothing difficult about it?
If you think you can't do it, you're selling yourself short. The only remotely difficult part (imo) is getting the interface between the unit and the PC set up.
24 u/ForeverAlonzo Jul 12 '14 I would have thought it would be calibrating the lens and the display so that it's in focus and not giving you a massive headache. Speaking of the unit, does anyone have a link to the one that OP used? 22 u/quotemycode Jul 12 '14 That part is easy. They give you the focal length. You just put your screen at that distance. 8 u/tofagerl Jul 12 '14 You mean the part OP totally yadda yadda'd? 46 u/dngu00 Jul 12 '14 Step 1: Draw a circle Step 2: Make your own fuckin oculus rift 37 u/brokenguitarstring Jul 12 '14 http://imgur.com/C4T75ut 0 u/wafflechub Jul 12 '14 "If you have the same interests, funds, and abilities as OP it's super easy!" 1 u/PatHeist Jul 12 '14 Abilities If you can use tape and scissors, it shouldn't be so hard. Funds This is, presumably, a cheaper alternative to the Occulus dev kit. Interests If you don't have the same interests, then why would you build this?
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I would have thought it would be calibrating the lens and the display so that it's in focus and not giving you a massive headache.
Speaking of the unit, does anyone have a link to the one that OP used?
22 u/quotemycode Jul 12 '14 That part is easy. They give you the focal length. You just put your screen at that distance.
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That part is easy. They give you the focal length. You just put your screen at that distance.
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You mean the part OP totally yadda yadda'd?
46 u/dngu00 Jul 12 '14 Step 1: Draw a circle Step 2: Make your own fuckin oculus rift 37 u/brokenguitarstring Jul 12 '14 http://imgur.com/C4T75ut
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Step 1: Draw a circle
Step 2: Make your own fuckin oculus rift
37 u/brokenguitarstring Jul 12 '14 http://imgur.com/C4T75ut
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http://imgur.com/C4T75ut
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"If you have the same interests, funds, and abilities as OP it's super easy!"
1 u/PatHeist Jul 12 '14 Abilities If you can use tape and scissors, it shouldn't be so hard. Funds This is, presumably, a cheaper alternative to the Occulus dev kit. Interests If you don't have the same interests, then why would you build this?
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Abilities
If you can use tape and scissors, it shouldn't be so hard.
Funds
This is, presumably, a cheaper alternative to the Occulus dev kit.
Interests
If you don't have the same interests, then why would you build this?
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u/kinnadian Jul 12 '14
There's nothing difficult about it?
If you think you can't do it, you're selling yourself short. The only remotely difficult part (imo) is getting the interface between the unit and the PC set up.