VR Goggles + RC Plane = Awesome

[jitspoe]

http://www.therawfeed.com/2006/09/vr-gear-makes-rc-airplane-coolest-toy.html

[Eiii]

Wow. I wonder how much all that cost?

[WiZ]

does the camera mounted on the plane move with the guys head or is in remote control?

[TinMan]

Saw this a while ago, it's awesome.

Almost as cool as XKCD's kites: http://xkcd.com/kite/

[Eiii]

With his head. That's what the gyroscope on the helmet is for.

[Zorchenhimer]

That is flippin awesome! I want one!

[jitspoe]

Saw this a while ago, it's awesome.

Almost as cool as XKCD's kites: http://xkcd.com/kite/

Almost as cool?  Come on now, this guy is taking full motion video from an RC plane controlled by a VR helmet.  That's like several levels of magnitude more awesome than taking still photos from a kite.

[y00tz]

For some reason I thought Zorch started this thread, weird. 

VR + RC>((kite + camera)*50).

I wonder how many times he nearly crashed the plane and wet himself?

[y00tz]

(Doubled for bump)

I'm saving up to build one of these suckers: http://www.pabr.org/chromicro/doc/chromicro.en.html [Work-safe]
I've priced it at about $1100, so now it's just a matter of saving.  That is of course, unless you guys know of a cheaper way to do it.

[jitspoe]

Does that $1100 include the laptop?  Seems kind of pricey.  I've been having a lot of fun with the little $30 choppers you can get at Wal-Mart.

[y00tz]

Does that $1100 include the laptop?  Seems kind of pricey.  I've been having a lot of fun with the little $30 choppers you can get at Wal-Mart.

The $1100 includes
~$200 for the plane
~$400 for the mini PC
~$100 misc. parts / cmos sensor
and
~$400 for a cheaper laptop to install linux on so I can fly it.

y00tz is a newb. Edited for y00tzisms.

[jitspoe]

You could just get a regular RC helicopter.  I imagine it would probably be cheaper and take a lot less work.