R/C driving with head mounted display
11-10-2006, 04:32 PM
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RE: R/C driving with head mounted display
Wow, I once thought about using a wireless camera with a fish-eye lens so I could see 180 degrees but the pan and tilt is simply awesome, maybe a fish-eye lens would be better for situations that required very little weight, like if you wanted to use an onboard camera in a nitro RC race. That would surely impress the fellow racers, I once put a camera on my Blade CX helicopter, I flew it around until I bumped a hanging flower pot, the camera popped up and was struck by the blades and died.
11-11-2006, 11:40 AM
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RE: R/C driving with head mounted display
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Wow, I once thought about using a wireless camera with a fish-eye lens so I could see 180 degrees but the pan and tilt is simply awesome, maybe a fish-eye lens would be better for situations that required very little weight, like if you wanted to use an onboard camera in a nitro RC race. That would surely impress the fellow racers, I once put a camera on my Blade CX helicopter, I flew it around until I bumped a hanging flower pot, the camera popped up and was struck by the blades and died.
Wow, I once thought about using a wireless camera with a fish-eye lens so I could see 180 degrees but the pan and tilt is simply awesome, maybe a fish-eye lens would be better for situations that required very little weight, like if you wanted to use an onboard camera in a nitro RC race. That would surely impress the fellow racers, I once put a camera on my Blade CX helicopter, I flew it around until I bumped a hanging flower pot, the camera popped up and was struck by the blades and died.
11-11-2006, 05:28 PM
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RE: R/C driving with head mounted display
That's fantastic! It's like a real life videogame. That would be a ton of fun to drive around the house with. It's so much easier to control a car from first person perspective.
You did a beautiful, clean setup of it too.
You did a beautiful, clean setup of it too.
11-15-2006, 05:05 PM
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RE: R/C driving with head mounted display
It's so much easier to control a car from first person perspective.
11-15-2006, 05:19 PM
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RE: R/C driving with head mounted display
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In confined spaces it's not as easy as you might think. It is very easy to get too close to an object and have the wheels get hung up. I think a fisheye lens or another camera with a wider viewing angle would help with this a lot though. Driving it does take some getting used to just like any other r/c vehicle. You also really dont have the advantage of standing far away from the car while driving and being able to see whats coming way ahead of time.
It's so much easier to control a car from first person perspective.
11-22-2006, 10:48 AM
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RE: R/C driving with head mounted display
The software to re-create this project is now up. You can find it at http://www.endurance-rc.com/realdriver.html
This will allow you to use the Z800 headset, MOMO steering wheel, and pedals to drive an r/c vehicle. If you would like to get a drivers seat view but still use your exisiting pistol grip transmitter instead of the wheel there is another version that does not include game wheel support at: http://www.endurance-rc.com/realvision.html
This will allow you to use the Z800 headset, MOMO steering wheel, and pedals to drive an r/c vehicle. If you would like to get a drivers seat view but still use your exisiting pistol grip transmitter instead of the wheel there is another version that does not include game wheel support at: http://www.endurance-rc.com/realvision.html
11-28-2006, 05:02 PM
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RE: R/C driving with head mounted display
No prob.....heres what I used:
Futaba 4YF 4 channel tx/rx
eMagin Z800 head mout display with head tracking
1.2GHz Wireless camera
Pan and Tilt base created from standard servos and aluminum brackets
Video to VGA converter but I have also used a video capture device
Logitech MOMO racing wheel and pedals
HPI E-Zilla monster truck
PCTx interface
Custom software I created called RealDriver
Futaba 4YF 4 channel tx/rx
eMagin Z800 head mout display with head tracking
1.2GHz Wireless camera
Pan and Tilt base created from standard servos and aluminum brackets
Video to VGA converter but I have also used a video capture device
Logitech MOMO racing wheel and pedals
HPI E-Zilla monster truck
PCTx interface
Custom software I created called RealDriver
11-28-2006, 05:29 PM
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RE: R/C driving with head mounted display
Ahh cool you're selling it, great product I wish you lots of success! I love seeing people take on projects like this very inspirational 
11-28-2006, 07:11 PM
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RE: R/C driving with head mounted display
Yeah, I have had it up for about 2 weeks now. It all started off as just a personal project, you can see how it evolved here: http://www.endurance-rc.com/driver_log.html . I recieved so many e-mails asking about purchasing the software or a complete RTR solution so I decided to put it all up for sale.
11-28-2006, 10:40 PM
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RE: R/C driving with head mounted display
That's awesome! I wish you lots of success with your endeavor. I can't imagine how much time you must have in development and testing, but it seems to have paid off. :-)
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11-29-2006, 05:48 PM
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RE: R/C driving with head mounted display
I think one thing that would help with your sales and generating interest in your rig is some video straight from the actual camera. A flat surface run and also a run over some bumpy surfaces first showing the area that you are running in and then going to the video feed from the truck. Just to give people an idea of the capacity of the system.
11-29-2006, 06:16 PM
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RE: R/C driving with head mounted display
I will definately do that once it warms up around here. The weather has been pretty crappy lately. There are some old videos posted on youtube if you have not seen those yet. www.youtube.com/endurancerc
