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Raspberry pi - Oculus Adapter for console!
I've already done this as a modest proof of concept, and by "done this", I've started with PC and I'm now onto the r-pi (see "post" links below) And now I'm looking to see who in the community wants...
I took a look at Tinycore and like the idea of having more of the resources free and the raw harware support like you mentioned... basically running the RPi and any peripherals as an appliance. However, I see there's more difficulty because of limited support. Right now I just hope to get some kind of "project prototype" working with what I have in front of me and then try to get something a little more polished, including your Hydra support.
Another difficulty has been getting some kind of HDMI input. So, again, for right now, I'm kind of stuck with the USb Video capture device I have. Although, last night I was looking at an HDMI VGA 2AV Driver board (cheap too, about $50 i think, so it still keeps the cost down)... Even though it gave me a glimmer of hope, I'm not sure how to get the HDMI signal back out and into the RPi istself. I thought the GPIO but, it doesn't seem it can handle the data fast enough to get the resolutions and frame-rate needed. Besides, that kind of work is really beyond me.
And So... I have Rasbian installed, updated and I'm making the effort to get all the basic components setup and running. The thread I saw you on, that I mentioned previously was actually discussing some Oculus code and setup. I think the persons name was nsb? (EDIT: nsb the one who who wrote the libary :oops: ) I have the link saved and as soon as get to those pieces of hardware I'll be pulling it up. I'd like to get to a hydra setup as well but, it looks like the prices have double. Maybe I'm not looking in the right place.
BTW - I know how you feel with the hard drive loss... I have one sitting here with physical damage and i don't have the hardware to get the data off... I used to recover drives too but, that was all software recovery. Offsite is good, clouds are good now.
Another difficulty has been getting some kind of HDMI input. So, again, for right now, I'm kind of stuck with the USb Video capture device I have. Although, last night I was looking at an HDMI VGA 2AV Driver board (cheap too, about $50 i think, so it still keeps the cost down)... Even though it gave me a glimmer of hope, I'm not sure how to get the HDMI signal back out and into the RPi istself. I thought the GPIO but, it doesn't seem it can handle the data fast enough to get the resolutions and frame-rate needed. Besides, that kind of work is really beyond me.
And So... I have Rasbian installed, updated and I'm making the effort to get all the basic components setup and running. The thread I saw you on, that I mentioned previously was actually discussing some Oculus code and setup. I think the persons name was nsb? (EDIT: nsb the one who who wrote the libary :oops: ) I have the link saved and as soon as get to those pieces of hardware I'll be pulling it up. I'd like to get to a hydra setup as well but, it looks like the prices have double. Maybe I'm not looking in the right place.
BTW - I know how you feel with the hard drive loss... I have one sitting here with physical damage and i don't have the hardware to get the data off... I used to recover drives too but, that was all software recovery. Offsite is good, clouds are good now.