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Blow airflow transducer
The idea is simply that the rift in my opinion should have a Blow Sensor shipped with it. That is to say a transducer/sensor of sorts that can detect rates of airflow from the users mouth. This would add relatively little cost to the development kit and offer developers a phenomenal array of ways to use it in games and applications.
Below are a few example of the myriad of things that can be done.
1. Playing a woodwind, brass or other type of instrument (music lessons) or even applying it in
a game like ocarina of time to play the ocarina.
2. Super Powers. Think of being mario and being able to spit fire or SuperMan and being able to create gusts of wind with your mouth, or be a dragon and breath fire, blow a forcefield bubble...etc
3. picking up a dandelion and blowing the seeds and watching them scatter.
4. Blow smoke
5. Blow out a candle, match or torch.
6. Blow bubbles
7. Blow spitballs
8. Blow a blowdart
9. Blow a pattern and use it for gestures.
10. Be able to see your breath in a cold environment.
11. Blow dust off a dirty floor to discover a secret passage (ala indiana jones)
Below are a few example of the myriad of things that can be done.
1. Playing a woodwind, brass or other type of instrument (music lessons) or even applying it in
a game like ocarina of time to play the ocarina.
2. Super Powers. Think of being mario and being able to spit fire or SuperMan and being able to create gusts of wind with your mouth, or be a dragon and breath fire, blow a forcefield bubble...etc
3. picking up a dandelion and blowing the seeds and watching them scatter.
4. Blow smoke
5. Blow out a candle, match or torch.
6. Blow bubbles
7. Blow spitballs
8. Blow a blowdart
9. Blow a pattern and use it for gestures.
10. Be able to see your breath in a cold environment.
11. Blow dust off a dirty floor to discover a secret passage (ala indiana jones)
3 Replies
- Why always "should have this" ?
Oculus wont have everything that exist in the world... but you can still add it yourself !
If you think it's a good idea, make the hack and connect it to the USB port! ;) - You can do this now with a standard gaming headset that includes a mic.
Many Nintendo DS games had blowing elements just using a cheap microphone. - Because I think the utility justifies minuscule cost (the cost of a cheap microphone). It's simple device that is extremely wide variety of uses. Further if its standard software developers don't have to worry about a supply chain to build and sale devices. Plus there are synergies for oculus and the software developers....I.e more software to drive oculus sales and more users for developers to invest in development for.
You could use a standard microphone, but it needs to be digitized, integrated into the positional tracking and resist picking up sound waves(higher frequency lower magnitude air).
