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This was 4 years ago. The team has now become https://unison.co/

From the GitHub this is only capable of 3DoF tracking, which puts it in the same category as the defunct Oculus Go headset, or Google Cardboard. 6DoF is really the bare minimum to qualify as proper VR nowadays.

For the uninitiated 3DoF means the headset only tracks the rotation of your head, not your heads absolute position as you move around, while 6DoF tracking does both. 6DoF is also much harder to implement.

Related. Others?

Relativty – An open-source VR headset - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24431052 - Sept 2020 (222 comments)

Relativ – A VR headset that you can build yourself for $100 - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16195055 - Jan 2018 (84 comments)

Here's an overview of current VR hardware.[1] This is by Phia, who is a VR native. She's been trying everything in VR since she was a teenager.

The most recent advance is Bigscreen.[2] Wired headset display, weighs 127 grams, good screens and optics, about US$1000. We're starting to see the end of the brick you wear on your head era.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DomfNq0vNCk

[2] https://www.bigscreenvr.com/

It isn't a $200 headset. It's a headset you have to build yourself (including 3D printing and soldering) with $200 worth of parts. Huge difference between the two.

Edit: I now realize that it is actually relativty, without the second ‘I’

The relativity.com domain could not have been cheap, even if leased.

I’m surprised they are making a new brand, “Unai”/unison.co, instead of continuing with Relativity.

I see they are building out a company around this [1], where there is an investors section.

Biggest advice to this team is to get there quickly. Half the people in this comments section would bite your hand off for your product as is.

[1] https://unison.co/

This project is an awesome way to dive into building your very own VR headset! While it's not the cheapest option out there, it's definitely not too pricey, and the hands-on learning experience you'll gain makes it totally worth it. I can totally see high school or college classes, as well as hardware clubs, taking this on as a fun side project that will really engage students. Any other websites with open source hardware projects out there?

Clicking through the parts list, somewhat wildly <10cm inch 2k displays appear to be available for <$50 now. After a quick look I can't find much north of that in terms of resolution, but surely there has to be _something_ between this and the SOTA 4k+ displays going in high end headsets. If those exist then the last major barrier I can think of to DIY is the magic lenses required to make those screens viable when <50mm from an eyeball.

That company name is not easy to remember how to spell.

This will be nice for Maker projects, but I don't see it getting traction without 6DOF

I feel like the future would declare monitors to be old technology. And everyone will migrate to eye mount displays.

probably better buying a psvr for $150... Great quality headset with solid linux support.

love to see more quest 3s hacking tho ($270)

built something like this around 10 years ago, went viral for a while, it didn't last long.

Where do you buy the lenses?

Defeat the Index in some metric and get support from VRChat and I'm in 8)

It's too expensive. The Meta Quest 3S is $300.

These things make me sick. Can't wait for that to get solved.

"We started Relativty because after watching Sword Art Online we wanted to make our own VR games."

The name of this product is infuriating.