Kert Gartner, at the origin of Fantastic Contraption and Space Trainer, two games in virtual reality, hijacked the use of HTC Vive. By pairing this headset to an iPhone, he created "a low cost" virtual camera.
Originally, this type of device was developed for the shooting of Avatar. Comprising a lot of special effects, it was tedious to film, since the operators did not have the final rendering under their eyes to properly lock their movements. For their convenience, James Cameron and Pixar solved this problem with virtual cameras. They were real cameras, but the display returned a virtual display plated on the actual scene. A paraphernalia that was far from being given.
But with a HTC Vive, an iPhone and a little ingenuity, Kert Gartner has succeeded in reproducing the principle. To view what the iPhone sensor sees on his screen, he used the open source project jsmpeg-vnc. The DIY highlights an iPhone hooked to a pole and surmounted by one of the handles of HTC's headset, which performs the positioning of the set in space.
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