WARNING PROJECT NOT YET IN EXPERIMENTAL PHASE
Discord: https://discordapp.com/invite/7QbCAGS
| Note | Youtube URL | Run time |
|---|---|---|
| First livestream | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sv_AVI9kHN4 | 5:01:25 |
| Second livestream | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFyEbGQ88s4 | 4:03:26 |
| Summary of first and second livestream | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHJkpNakswM | 23:00 |
| Third livestream | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RExji5EtSzE | 4:11:16 |
| Fourth livestream | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fces1O7kWGY | 4:50:33 |
| Fifth livestream | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHt3twW5_fI | 3:13:38 |
| Sixth livestream | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsfkNRFkFM4 | 3:44:49 |
| Seventh livestream | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKSHvO3QSWY | 1:17:21 |
Notes from second livestream trying to reverse engineer the watchman protocol: https://gist.github.com/cnlohr/581c433f36f4249f8bbc9c2b6450ef0e
Please see the issues for what help needs to be done now!
HackADay article and video with Dr. Yates on how they made the Vive a thing. http://hackaday.com/2016/12/21/alan-yates-why-valves-lighthouse-cant-work/
There are two things you should consider doing to your system before running libsurvive.
(1) Install the udev rules: cp usefulfiles/81-vive.rules to /etc/udev/rules.d/ and reboot.
(2) If you are running on an NVIDIA Card, you will need to AllowHMD to true. Add the following line to your /etc/X11/xorg.conf device section: Option "AllowHMD" "yes"
High-performance HTC Vive Library
I say "high-performance" really this project is based tightly off of OSVR-Vive-Libre, but, specifically is an attempt to:
- Minimize external libraries. Actual reason for starting this: Downloading all of the libraries needed for OSVR-Vive-Libre maxed out my data plan.
- Put it under an open-source instead of a force-source license. (GPL to MIT/X11)
- Write it in C.
- Avoid extra layers where convenient.
- (long shot) Make the vive vivable for use with Intel Integrated Graphics systems.
Will I we succeed? Probably not.
Definitely going to try!
- libUSB
- pthread
- libX11 (where applicable)
- zlib (may use puff.c if needed)
If I ever get to video output... OpenGL.
There is an internal representation and an external representation. These lines may get blurred. Internal representation lives in .h files in the src/ folder. External lives in include/ folder.
It is written in some fairly stout "layers" which are basically just function calls:
| Layer | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| survive_usb.c | Data is taken in at "survive_usb.c" from libusb. | Done |
| survive_data.c | Raw HID messages are processed into logical "light" "analog" and "imu" messages. | Mostly done, Missing light data from controllers, and lighthouse data. |
| survive_process.c | Process the high-level data into solutions for | Not yet started. Will be done by ultramn |
I may or may not read data from the Vive regarding configuration. If I do, it would be added to the survive_usb.c