Cheap VR
Excuse me, but I'm having a super geek moment. One of the research methods that I use is a head-mounted virtual reality device, which allows the research participant to move around a virtual environment that can be controlled by the experimenter. I'm currently using a borrowed, low-cost version for my purposes, but I plan to get something really nice in the next year. The problem: the price tag is at least USD $30,000. Imagine my excitement then, when I saw this video, which shows how a beginner VR system can be concocted from a Wii game system:
You can check out the rest of Johnny Chung Lee's Wii remote projects here. Johnny Lee is my hero!
You can check out the rest of Johnny Chung Lee's Wii remote projects here. Johnny Lee is my hero!