wraggster
September 16th, 2012, 19:50
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In an effort to improve his Call of Duty gaming experience, Reddit user [Harbingerx81]built a custom controller out of an Airsoft gun (http://www.reddit.com/r/electronics/comments/zyi60/my_custom_motion_controlled_rifledisplay_designed/). Not only does this gun feature all the buttons and joysticks normally found on a stock xbox controller, it’s also loaded up with accelerometers and gyros so his on-screen character points his gun wherever [Harbingerx] points his gun.
From the imgur album (http://imgur.com/a/7hlI2#0), we can see that [Harbingerx] modded an Airsoft gun with a few buttons, d-pads, and switches optimized for Call of Duty. What really gets us is the clever use of accelerometers and a gun-mounted HDMI display (with a wireless HDMI adapter) to provide a home-made virtual reality setup for one of the most popular games.
Building this controller/display wasn’t cheap – it cost [Harbingerx] upwards of $600. A good price, we’re thinking, since the Oculus Rift (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1523379957/oculus-rift-step-into-the-game) will be north of $300 along with the added cost of a gun-shaped xbox controller.
http://hackaday.com/2012/09/16/gamegun-makes-call-of-duty-more-immersive/
In an effort to improve his Call of Duty gaming experience, Reddit user [Harbingerx81]built a custom controller out of an Airsoft gun (http://www.reddit.com/r/electronics/comments/zyi60/my_custom_motion_controlled_rifledisplay_designed/). Not only does this gun feature all the buttons and joysticks normally found on a stock xbox controller, it’s also loaded up with accelerometers and gyros so his on-screen character points his gun wherever [Harbingerx] points his gun.
From the imgur album (http://imgur.com/a/7hlI2#0), we can see that [Harbingerx] modded an Airsoft gun with a few buttons, d-pads, and switches optimized for Call of Duty. What really gets us is the clever use of accelerometers and a gun-mounted HDMI display (with a wireless HDMI adapter) to provide a home-made virtual reality setup for one of the most popular games.
Building this controller/display wasn’t cheap – it cost [Harbingerx] upwards of $600. A good price, we’re thinking, since the Oculus Rift (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1523379957/oculus-rift-step-into-the-game) will be north of $300 along with the added cost of a gun-shaped xbox controller.
http://hackaday.com/2012/09/16/gamegun-makes-call-of-duty-more-immersive/