oculus-fpv

Cool project, similar in spirit as to something I did a few years back as well ( https://github.com/Matsemann/oculus-fpv ). It's pretty trippy watching real stuff live, but your "head" is somewhere else. Cool that it's even possible to experiment with in the browser now.

I have one setup here https://github.com/Matsemann/oculus-fpv but it may be a bit overkill for this unless you're very interested. I'd go for a cheaper and smaller quadcopter if you want to fly like this, and instead of the transmitter/receiver for the video just buy a transmitter and a matching Fatshark goggle. It's the quickest way to get something flying, and if you like it then buy some more advanced stuff. So a full setup: * Cheap drone, cheap CMOS camera on the drone, video transmitter. Possibly a battery mounted on the drone if you can't steal power directly from it to the transmitter. * On the ground a pair of Fatsharks (they have built in receivers) and a battery to power them. I don't have exact product recommendations, but for instance the support on HobbyKing can help put together a setup where everything matches/works togethe

We were on the frontpage of HN a few months ago with a project called Oculus FPV[1]. Having stereoscopic vision helps immensely when judging the distance when flying fpv like this. And the immersion from a wide fov makes it very fun to fly. It was a cool prototype, and should be even more useful with the new generation of Rifts. Sadly, most stock fpv goggles only works as a screen taped in front of your nose. Maybe Transporter3D will add support for DK2, then it will be as easy to set up as "normal" fpv gear. Edit: Seems like it has basic support at least. [1]: https://github.com/Matsemann/oculus-fpv

This needs to be coupled with the project where you control a quadcopter with a camera attached to it. https://github.com/Matsemann/oculus-fpv