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aardvarkxr / hackathon-sep20

BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License
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AardBoy #42

Open Adil3tr opened 4 years ago

Adil3tr commented 4 years ago

What would this gadget do?

This gadget makes a small handheld model of a handheld game console. The screen would be a screen mirror of the user’s desktop and input would be supplied by translating VR controller input into Xinput or DirectInput. Controls are established when the user closes both hands around the console, and broken when the user pulls their hands more than 90 degrees apart. Users can scale the console to be bigger or smaller in order to make the display readable.

This is inspired by the gameboy functionalirty of New Retro Arcade. screenshot_2019-07-17_15 53 30_720

Who would use this gadget?

This gadget would be used to play PC or emulated games inside VR on top of other applications.

Assuming that you're on the team, what other skillsets would you need to make this project happen over a couple days of hacking?

I am not experienced with coding or 3D modelling, I’m just trying to provide the concept for consideration.

What will be the toughest part of building this gadget?

Creating a control translation system between steamVR input and directinput/xinput that can be remapped would be difficult.

JoeLudwig commented 4 years ago

This is basically Desktop Game Theater in SteamVR reimagined as a handheld gadget. It's going to take some work in Aardvark to get there. Would be cool though.