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DIY YouTuber builds cheap VR headset and makes it open-source (www.notebookcheck.net)
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[–] BD89@lemmy.sdf.org 36 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This is so damn cool I want to throw one together just to tinker with it.

This has been the best year for VR as a whole.

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 19 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

This has been the best year for VR as a whole.

am a fan and vr dev... but this hasn't been the greatest year personally. what's made it a highlight for you? perhaps another perspective will help me!

[–] vividspecter@aussie.zone 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Linux support has made some decent strides, particularly with the open source monado / wivrn + xrizer stack (steamvr / alvr still have their issues but are getting better).

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm quite curious to see how quest 3 works with godot & openxr, apparently they have a build you can run on android inside the quest 3 and do vr-dev in vr.

[–] utopiah@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Indeed, I made a video about that but unfortunately in French https://video.benetou.fr/w/g111LSRGfj6HmNxa91au3q

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

but unfortunately in French

nay, merci boucoup, my 9th grade french will make due! or the auto translate which is always fun!

[–] utopiah@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Feel free to ask questions but you can also seek to https://video.benetou.fr/w/g111LSRGfj6HmNxa91au3q?start=35m50s directly which is the part with the live, in HMD, edition.

[–] BD89@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

As another user said Linux compatibility has been huge the past couple of years.

And PSVR2 has had some amazing games out that have completely changed the way I experience VR. And they also opened up their headset to PC via steam with an external dongle.

Mainly the accessibility has been at an all time high. But the games that have come out lately too are amazing. I can even do cross play multiplayer with many different headsets now which is also super cool.

[–] LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Well, for one, some YouTubers made a cheap, open source VR headset. That was pretty neat.