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FPV + Oculus Rift Kickstarter

Posted by Fly Like a Bird Team on January 28, 2015 at 9:46pm

3689637201?profile=originalHey all, keen on Full HD, head tracking FPV with a wide FOV?

We are currently working on a project for a Raspberry Pi + Oculus Rift based FPV solution. Here are some of the advantages:

  • Full HD video feed
  • Head tracking built in from day one
  • Wide FOV on the high quality Oculus Rift display
  • No significant head tracking latency and target video streaming latency of 100-150ms
  • Plenty of room for hacking and scripting with an open hardware approach

We're live now on Kickstarter! Check us out, let us know what you think and maybe even back us :) .

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/267372731/fly-like-a-bird/

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  • Mike T January 29, 2015 at 3:28am

    lllllllllaaaaaaaaaaaaaagggggggggggggg

  • Fly Like a Bird Team January 29, 2015 at 2:38am

    Thanks Superwalloon, I appreciate your point of view and I'm sorry you were mislead by the title (sadly, it is hard to write titles which are short enough catch people's attention and yet contain enough information to avoid any misunderstanding).

    I expect that most people would not need to make a great investment to use our kit, since most people have a laptop and even adding a new WiFi dongle and potentially a DIY helical 5GHz antenna should not cost much more than $60, I would think. That will still keep you well under the cost of Transporter3D and give you the benefit of Full HD digital transmission at the same time.

    Of course I understand that, when you have a neat collection of existing equipment, then you want to continue using it, if you can. Think of the advantages, though ;) .

  • Superwalloon January 29, 2015 at 2:10am

    To use the Rift in FPV there is already a solution on the market called "Transporter3D". While this solution is pretty expensive, it has the advantage to work with standard fpv equipment, ie vtx & vrx. If I don't care too much about the Transporter3D's ability to deal with 2 video sources to get a 3D realtime fpv experience, I do particularly mind over the fact that you seem here to introduce a new vtx system, based on wifi ac (5Ghz band) and need a laptop on the receiver's side. No doubt there will be people finding good use for this, but reading the title I was hoping to see a less expensive alternative to the Transporter3D allowing to keep using the current vtx & vrx systems we already have.

  • Fly Like a Bird Team January 29, 2015 at 12:48am

    Thanks for your comment, Johnatan!

    Yeah, it would be great if we had an open hardware board we can use in place of the Pi (or if the Pi was more open), but, unfortunately, the Beaglebone Black doesn't have a hardware video encoder, or a comparable camera module to the Pi. Nevertheless, the Pi is pretty well supported for hacking and Broadcom is even opening up some of their divers and documentation too, so it's not all bad :) .

  • Johnatan January 28, 2015 at 11:15pm

    Personally I like Beaglebone Black over Raspberry Pi because of being open hardware.

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