Category Archives: HMD Display

An upgrade of an old VR helmet

Transporter 3D With Oculus Rift (mono) First impressions.

I stumbled upon the Transporter 3D project – on MTBS3D (where else ?) sometime around May 2013 on this thread:Transporter 3D Initial  . It seemed that the idea was too good to be true, but the principle plan – utilising … Continue reading

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HMD Project – Part 15.5 (Partial Overlap)

(place holder for forum discussion) OK Grab your 5X Loupes!  If this is your first partial overlap test, you may like it alot!  I love it and I think it is the PROPER way to do 3D. This is the original image I … Continue reading

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HMD Project – Part 15 (My second Rift)

Still Ugly. But much much lighter. Using 4X lenses, http://www.theloupestore.co.uk/Classic-Magnifying-Glasses/Round/Robust-Magnifier.html as my ‘Palmer Loupes’ hadn’t yet arrived.  They have now though, so I will start a design from scratch; in carbon fibre. So, the ingredients are; set of lenses as above, a Maplins … Continue reading

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HMD Project – Part 14 (My first Rift)

It’s a beast! I received some post from OzOnE2k10 (MTBS3D Forum Member) on Saturday – much to my surprise as I had missed his email saying it was en-route. Within was the cable modification I had been waiting for … … Continue reading

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HMD Project – Part 13.5 (the Oculus Rift)

Time Changes Things. It’s been about 4 months since I made any contribution to MTBS3D or my own HMD project. I have been keeping only a cursory eyeball on happenings, a glance here and a glance there.  Some months ago … Continue reading

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HMD Project – Part 13

It’s been a while. Whilst not quite dormant, the project has been very slow.  I have my solution and I have a working mock-up. It works and it’s lovely  .Well… It works(ish) and it’s lovely( ish).  But sadly hasn’t changed … Continue reading

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HMD Project – Part 12

The non-controllable LCD quandary A very big thank you to everybody who helped me try and sort out the controller board on the back of the Proview, especially those over at  electro-tech-online.com – alas, it seems to be no more. I … Continue reading

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HMD Project – Part 11

Kaiser Electro-Optical Proview 30 (Vista / PV30) mini teardown Before I start boring you about these funky PV30 headsets, I’d just like to say I havn’t given up on the pico powered HMD – as you’ll see this is yet … Continue reading

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HMD Project – Part 10

More tangents With a projector in bits, and before I revisit the original mounting plans, I decided to see if it would be  possible to use an alternative display on the VR4 headset.  I might as well, while it’s in bits. I … Continue reading

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HMD Project – Part 9

Tangents The biggest flaw of this ‘mount projectors to your face’ plan of mine, I think, was my choice of projector, the Samsung really isn’t very good for this job, at all.  If you try a similar thing, do not … Continue reading

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HMD Project – Part 8

Pony Tail Wiring I have been somewhat poor in updating my research and progress with this project, due chiefly, to my tendency to meander and go off at tangents! Following the test rig being up and running, with the primary … Continue reading

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HMD Project – Part 7

Some nitty gritty The Samsung Pico projectors have a few shortcomings, which have hampered my efforts to get a twin projection rig assembled.  The major PITA is that, for some reason, they do not have the usual projection options for … Continue reading

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HMD Project – Part 6

Prototype Alpha From pre-purchase research I knew that none of the projectors on the market would focus at a distance close enough to produce a 33mm image.  This was the reason I demolished those projectors, you see.  Lenses, from proper … Continue reading

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HMD Project – Part 5

Projectors In Bits I initially bought an Epson projector ( EMP-1700 ) on Ebay, thinking it was a single AMLCD model. It wasn’t.  But it was a compact 3LCD XGA resolution jobbie, and it was only £40.  Later I bought a … Continue reading

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HMD Project – Part 4

Let’s get to work! I started by tearing out the display system in the headsets – this was made easier by the tear down video which Tone made.  There are one or two extremely well hidden screws! First thing is to pull … Continue reading

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