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enigma516
Honored Guest
7 years ago

Oculus GO and paired with Arduino? Or another alternative

I have a few robots (r2-d2 etc..), I would like to see if it is possible to stream video to the GO from a device (Arduino, or other SBC). The goal would send the head tracking data back to the robot/SBC which I will translate into movement of the camera etc... I would also like to transmit the controller motions back.

I would love to do it semi-directly without  internet connection, through direct BT or WIFI.

Does anyone have any similar projects? or even know if this is possible with the GO?

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  • LordofCensorshi's avatar
    LordofCensorshi
    Explorer
    7 years ago
    I feel you would have a better chance using something like a Raspberry Pi Zero W since it has a CSI camera connector and BT/WIFI built in. It is relatively small and still has it 40 GPIO pins for controlling motors/actuators. You would have to have an initialization program to connect to the Oculus Go Headset via BT from there I could see the possibilities arise.

    A similar product that is kinda in the same ballpark is the Sphero robot where users connected to it using Bluetooth off of their smartphones and used the accelerometer and gyroscope to translate into movement of the spherically shaped ball robot. I find the movement part of your project will be easy but rendering Stereoscopic Video out of the robot and streaming it back to the GO a challenge.

    Best Regards,
    Caden