Over the weekend we moved a few things around and setup a small Roomscale setup to test out the range of the Oculus Rift CV1. While not nearly as extensive as some other tests, this was simply our way of Continue reading Oculus Rift Roomscale with Leap Motion Controller
Our Oculus Rift CV1 Kickstarter Edition has arrived! There was some concern that we might miss the delivery since it required a signature, but with a knock at the door reminiscent of the post-dinner “Major Award” delivery from Christmas Story, Continue reading Oculus Rift CV1 Unboxing with DK1 Side-by-Side
UploadVR is reporting that the first Oculus Rift CV1 kits should be arriving to doorsteps March 28th. If so, that’s exciting news for the company and everyone who helped make the vision of a consumer-friendly Virtual Reality HMD possible. Looking Continue reading First Oculus Rift CV1 Kits Arriving March 28th
Since my oldest son has been spending more and more time getting better and better at soldering things onto other things and driving them with little micro-controllers, I decided to give it a try as well. Overall the assembly was Continue reading Arduino Gemma 8-pixel Bicolor Matrix Build
This is the project that my youngest son asked to receive for the holidays, and I’m proud to say that after I soldered one of the boards for him to show him how (and to make sure that it worked), Continue reading Arduino Conway’s Game of Life LED Lightboard Build
Here’s the results of our “Tiny Home Theater” DIY platform for raised seating. I build the framework in such a way that we would have storage underneath. The couch in front of the platform is on sliders, so it’s Continue reading Home Theater Seating Platform
Amazing. Simply amazing. In an incredible gesture to early backers of the Oculus Rift, the company is sending everyone who was part of the initial Kickstarter a free final release Rift CV1. I’m frankly stunned at this generous offer from Continue reading Oculus will be Sending a Free Rift CV1 to all Original Kickstarters
We’re planning to build a “Tiny Home Theater” setup in our basement over the holiday, so while taking some measurements and drafting up some possibilities in Autodesk Inventor, I decided to take advantage of our 3D Printer and make a Continue reading 3D Printed Home Theater Basement Model
A buddy of mine from the Star Citizen community was about to pay a visit to Ilfonic Studios, the team that is behind a lot of the FPS gameplay mechanics for the game, and we wanted to send them a Continue reading 3D Printed Star Citizen Caterpillar and Cutlass Spaceship Plaque
As part of a small gift package I sent to the Star Citizen community team at CIG, I took one of the small Drake Caterpillar models that the boys and I created in Autodesk Inventor and 3D printed a cool Continue reading 3D Printed Star Citizen Caterpillar Plaque for CIG