Budget VR rig w/ hand tracking set-up instructions, really long post
Okay, after doing some research I believe it will work, so if you're willing to sink around 140-160 USD into kinda scuffed VR:
first you'll need a phone with a gyroscope (IOS or Android). follow this tutorial to the point where you can make sure the software will work properly with your PC and Phone (note that the IPhone version of the app does not support wired USB connections): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=offw_MiPKq8
If the software works, you should purchase the full version in-app for 10 USD. (the trail only lasts 15 minutes of up-time)
then you need any phone-strap VR headset, a leap motion controller ( https://www.ultraleap.com/product/leap-motion-controller/ ) (around 90 USD), and the VR mount. ( https://www.ultraleap.com/product/vr-developer-mount/ ) (around 20 USD)
then download controller emulation drivers for the leap motion controller and install following the directions: https://github.com/SDraw/driver_leap (controls are listed as well)
If all goes well, you should have a working VR set-up with hand tracking for almost half the cost of a Quest (not counting the cost of your phone)
Cons:
1. 3DoF headset and low refresh rate means lots of motion sickness and your movements are not 100% translated
2. Your phone screen is probably not very high res, so everything is going to look pixelated.
3. Still requires a VR-ready PC
4. The controls are pretty wonky.
5. You may need to have a secondary controller to move around with/use menus depending on the game.
6. your hands are only tracked while near your field of vision.
Pros:
1. only ~150 USD
2. Hand tracking allows for controller emulation, so you can play most games as if you had a vive wand controller.
3. leap motion is reusable for other headsets that don't have native hand tracking.
Donations Needed for Seattle Activist Bail Fund!
The Northwest Community Bail Fund has been covering bail for any demonstrators arrested while expressing their first amendment rights to speech and protest.
https://www.nwcombailfund.org/
The Seattle PD have started kettling and mass-arresting as a tactic to try to end the demonstrations- that and increasing bail costs have caused the fund to dwindle.
They need donations now more than ever!
https://donorbox.org/ncbf
How to request Bail Assistance in the Seattle Area
Do you know someone who has been #arrested and is being held in #jail on #bail in #Seattle? Good news: there's help available to get them out!
Here is the Northwest Community Bail Fund's Bail Assistance Request Form:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdezm3QHDjN8psqNpw5KDCz4FXO1wTNz9QKh_-OuX_KhaThXg/viewform
Remember how the guy who does the September 21st videos every year said "this seems like a good point to stop the series.............. but. i use it as a platform to advocate for charity. so if you manage to raise $50000 in the link in the description, I'll do another in 2021."
that was one month ago today
$320479.07
Every once in a while someone on here will say "why cw your images with 'uncaptioned', you're just telling people with screenreaders to get fucked" and I think about how the only person I know on this webbed site who I'm 100% sure uses a screenreader for real once said "omg thank you so much for cwing uncaptioned images"
instance admin thoughts, cw bad content
believe it or not, i think instance admins should have an idea of what is going across their public timeline
and when i visit your instance and you're federating with multiple instances that post loli and gore and freeze peach garbage... that's a defed
its that simple
eating disorders, paid research study
i just got contacted to participate in a study aimed at women with autism and/or an eating disorder on the topic of restrictive eating. i thought it would be worth posting here as some of you might be interested. there's a £15 amazon voucher for people who take part. i think it's uk only http://sedaf18.blogspot.com/2020/09/update-sedaf-study-recruitment.html
furry art, but we're just wearing underwear
got a cute commission of me and Emi @MochiWaifu 💜
art by jasmae ( https://furaffinity.net/user/jasmae )
yeah i'm moving over to chitter.xyz now. Soooo go there! I'm there now.