Extending the walking range of the Rift (making cables long)
The short length of the cable between the control box and the Rift itself is limiting for anything but seated or standing-in-place.
The obvious solution is to put the control box in a carry pouch. This solution is fine for the video input and USB cables. as these can be extended easily. The issue is with power, as it's not desirable to have to carry around a bulky power adapter and extension.
I presume that we could extend the length of the power cable using some extension cable. I've measured the size of the adapter plug as 2.1mm (inner ring) and 5.5mm outer ring, which would indicate that this might do the trick?: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ex-Pro-Quality-2-1mm-Socket-Extension/dp/B004FVHD7I/
The other (better) option is to extend the cable running from the control box to the Rift itself. This might be a bit trickier... has anyone attempted it?
The obvious solution is to put the control box in a carry pouch. This solution is fine for the video input and USB cables. as these can be extended easily. The issue is with power, as it's not desirable to have to carry around a bulky power adapter and extension.
I presume that we could extend the length of the power cable using some extension cable. I've measured the size of the adapter plug as 2.1mm (inner ring) and 5.5mm outer ring, which would indicate that this might do the trick?: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ex-Pro-Quality-2-1mm-Socket-Extension/dp/B004FVHD7I/
The other (better) option is to extend the cable running from the control box to the Rift itself. This might be a bit trickier... has anyone attempted it?