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IF YOU EVER wondered what it would be like to see the world from a third-person perspective, this is the project you’ve been looking for.
Using an Oculus Rift VR headset, and fixing a pair of GoPro cameras to a 3D-printed mount positioned just above and behind the wearer, the device allows you to see yourself and your surroundings from a third-person perspective.
The prototype took two days to create and used 3D printed parts to help create it.
If you want to look around properly, you have a joystick to control the cameras in case you need a different angle, and will probably leave you feeling somewhat disorientated when you start off.
The backpack and device was built by a Polish company called Mepi, which specialises in 3D printing technology.
The team behind it sees more practical uses for this technology, telling 3Dprint.com that it could open possibilities for industries which would benefit from a third-person perspective.
The project was developed as a submission for Intel’s Make it Wearable competition, which will award $500,000 to the winner in November.
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I have enough trouble seeing it from my own perspective.
So …. what industries would benefit from a third person perspective ?
Pornography.
‘Look at that eejit’
How long before we read that a 3D printer was used to print a roll of sticky tape and a milk carton that was used to make a prototype? #thatstrechingitabit
Nice bit of fun tech though.
Top of the list applications: Military training. Number two: digital games industry. … Just wait…
The oculus rift is being developed primarily for games already…. Not an astounding prediction there
Zombie land.
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