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One of the google cardboard style VR devices. It cost under twenty dollars. You put your phone in it and it synchs with the device. You can look around and it w
by JoshCole 10y ago
One of the google cardboard style VR devices. It cost under twenty dollars. You put your phone in it and it synchs with the device. You can look around and it will actually shift the view according to where you are looking.
It was a novelty, but for the price it was a very good novelty.
It had problems though. I found that the device tended to get confused about my original facing. So straight ahead would eventually mean turning my head. I'd have to shift around to avoid straining my neck, but it didn't really help because straight ahead would just continue shifting after a little while.
I don't use it much, but it was definitely the coolest thing I got.
- ChicagoBoy11 10y agoUnfortunately most implementations of orientation on these devices rely simply on the phone's IMU -- and since the phone is perpendicular to the ground, I'm guessing they don't make heavy use of the compass. Therefore, the only way to get the direction you are pointing is to extrapolate it from the changes in forces that the IMU senses. Unsurprisingly, over time, the error compounds and really destroys the experience -- as you have discovered!
- garaetjjte 10y ago>and since the phone is perpendicular to the ground, I'm guessing they don't make heavy use of the compass Magnetometers are typically 3-axis.