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"mockup" object to simulate HMD
Given two developers, and only one DK, are there any established practices to use a mockup object to ease development? Can the SDK device manager provide a "fake" device or mockup object which can be...
As a developer in a OpenSource project*, I am in the same situation. One of the team does have access to a borrowed DK1 but he's on the other side of the world.
I found this project, which fakes being the sensor pack in the DK1 using a easily available $15 STM32F3 discovery board
https://github.com/yetifrisstlama/Foculus_Rift_Tracker_STM32F3DISCOVERY
http://yetifrisstlama.blogspot.ca/2014/03/the-foculus-rift-part-2-reverse.html
Don't expect it to perform as well as/exactly as the real Rift, but it's good enough for quick testing. It works with 0.2.5 and 0.3.2 SDK's.
You _really_ want to prove your HUD in a real Rift as subtle mistakes will not be as obvious on a PC monitor.
Cheers,
Simon.
* http://speed-dreams.org
I found this project, which fakes being the sensor pack in the DK1 using a easily available $15 STM32F3 discovery board
https://github.com/yetifrisstlama/Foculus_Rift_Tracker_STM32F3DISCOVERY
http://yetifrisstlama.blogspot.ca/2014/03/the-foculus-rift-part-2-reverse.html
Don't expect it to perform as well as/exactly as the real Rift, but it's good enough for quick testing. It works with 0.2.5 and 0.3.2 SDK's.
You _really_ want to prove your HUD in a real Rift as subtle mistakes will not be as obvious on a PC monitor.
Cheers,
Simon.
* http://speed-dreams.org