HoVR

A Blender Game Engine Demo for the Oculus Rift and the Nintendo Balance Board

Hardware Requirements

• Oculus Rift (tested with DK1)
• Wii Balance Board
• Bluetooth dongle

Dependencies

• python-rift https://github.com/lubosz/python-rift
• python-balanceboard https://github.com/lubosz/python-balanceboard
• Blender 2.71
• udev rules for Oculus Rift on Linux

Installation

If you are not on Arch Linux you need to build and install 4 packages manually.

• WiiC
• python-balanceboard
• OpenHMD
• python-rift

Arch Linux Package

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/hovr-git/

$ pacaur -S hovr-git

Run Demo

1. Connect the Rift and setup a mirrored screen
2. Make sure your Bluetooth works and the Balance Board connects (wiic-example is a good test)
3. Open HoVR.blend in Blender
4. Press "P" in the Blender Viewer
5. Press the red connection button on your Balance Board

Controls

• P: Start the Blender Game Engine
• R: Reset the in-game position and Rift orientation
• ESC: End Blender Game Engine

Credits

includes sky shader based on implementation from Simon Wallner http://www.simonwallner.at/

Water shader and scene by Martins Upitis (martinsh) http://devlog-martinsh.blogspot.de/

VR, Input and physics

Lubosz Sarnecki

Blog Post

http://lubosz.wordpress.com/2014/08/12/hovr-a-blender-game-engine-demo-for-the-oculus-rift-and-the-nintendo-balance-board/