Hackaday

DIY Eye Tracking For VR Headsets, From A To Z

Eye tracking is a useful feature in social virtual reality (VR) spaces because it really enhances presence and communication when one’s avatar has a realistic gaze. Most headsets lack this feature, ...
ExtremeTech

Meet the $150, Open-Source, DIY VR Headset Built for Sim Racers

For less than $150, tinkerer and YouTuber CNCDan has built his own virtual reality headset to make racing sims more immersive ...
Road to VR

Unreal Engine 5 Launches in Early Access with New VR Template Built on OpenXR

Epic Games today announced that Unreal Engine 5 is now available in early access, including a new template for VR projects built on OpenXR 1.0, the industry-backed standard for building ...

This $150 homemade VR headset shows how far open-source hardware has come

Unlike consumer headsets from major companies such as Meta or HTC, CNCDan's project relies on inexpensive components sourced primarily from online marketplaces like AliExpress. The frame ...
Hackaday

DIY Eye And Face Tracking For The Valve Index VR Headset

The Valve Index VR headset has been around for a few years now. It doesn’t come with eye or face tracking, but that didn’t stop inspired folks like [Physics-Dude] from adding DIY solutions in elegant ...
Geeky Gadgets

DIY VR headset lets you enjoy PC games thanks to a little Arduino

Gamers looking to try out virtual reality and have not yet purchased expensive virtual reality headset, may be interested in a DIY VR headset which has been created using a little Arduino hardware and ...