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Riding a Bicycle through VR Skyrim

D10D3 — Fri, 01 Jul 2016 17:54:00 +0000

I’m trying to get a little more exercise, but it’s incredibly boring, so i figured I’d make things a little more interesting by riding my bike through Skyrim. I use an HTC Vive VR headset to play a lot of games. It’s a great headset with some great games available for it, and by using […]

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Building a Cyberdeck

D10D3 — Tue, 09 Feb 2016 20:10:00 +0000

Note from D10D3: What follows is a detailed description of a custom hardware project I did awhile back. I previously posted a simple how-to on another site but I’ve had a lot of questions about how this was done, so I decided to write a more detailed account of the project. It’s a little rambly but I […]

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DIY VR: My Homemade Oculus Rift

D10D3 — Thu, 16 Apr 2015 13:35:00 +0000

DIY VR: My Homemade Oculus Rift I’m a huge fan of VR, I’ve wanted to explore VR since I first heard of it in the 90’s, or really since I saw Tron as a kid. I’ve been watching the developments at Oculus and I’ve desperately wanted my own Rift. Problem is, I don’t have the […]

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DIY Wearables: System Complete

D10D3 — Tue, 03 Mar 2015 16:03:00 +0000

Putting it all together This is the third article in my DIY Wearables series. Given the small size and large power of today’s devices, you don’t need to wait on the big tech companies to make a wearable computer you can afford. These creations may be a bit kludgy, but if you want to experiment with […]

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DIY Wearables: Head Mounted Displays

D10D3 — Wed, 18 Feb 2015 02:44:00 +0000

Keep an eye on Cyberspace In this segment of my DIY Wearables series I’m going to concentrate on ways to build a cheap Head Mounted Display(HMD) that you can use for a variety of platforms. When I was a kid I used to watch shows like Beyond Tomorrow about cutting edge technology. Occasionally they would […]

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DIY Wearables: Data Glove

D10D3 — Thu, 05 Feb 2015 03:36:00 +0000

Rule Cyberspace with Your Digital Fist For those who want to embrace the future of wearable computing , but either can’t afford the new tech or want to make their own there are a lot of options . You can build a wide array of machines using modular parts, which makes it convenient to […]

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VR on the Cheap

D10D3 — Sun, 04 Jan 2015 03:40:00 +0000

It looks like there might be a bright future in store for those faithful to the the church of Virtual Reality, but it’s been a rough road to get here. While Oculus and Samsung may be promising the future, some hobbyists are not willing to wait. Back in the 90’s We were promised the […]

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