NOLO VR CV-1 controller package.
It's a really cool (and surprisingly accurate) system - the little round base station shoots out an invisible laser everywhere (I think?) and it's paired wirelessly with all 3 trackers - both controllers and the headset marker. You don't even have to connect it to a PC, just the headset marker. Might not even have to connect that? It is for now, but I'm still figuring this thing out.
Got it for $60 from the same crazy used Japanese electronics place as the AVIOT wireless IEMs. This is the older model, there's now a "Pro" and "Air", but even this still sells for $120-150, so I was thrilled. It looks unused, the base station still had the protective cling on. Only thing missing was a couple pieces of double-sided tape.
Going to be using these with the PSVR2, but oh my god calibrating hardware should not be this difficult. I'm using the iVRy driver and for some reason it keeps putting me at like, 12 feet in the air... With the controllers (which it natively supports) pointed backwards way below me. Going to be awesome once I figure that out, though. Got frustrated and gave it up last night, but will try again later today. If anyone happens to have experience with these I'd appreciate suggestions.
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A Japanese market Pogoplug
Service is long dead, but you can reflash these to run Linux as a router (1 onboard 1Gbps NIC, and the USB ports can take more NICs or WiFi adapters) or a NAS. Not sure which I'm going to use it for yet - my current router is kind of garbage, but I also need to be better about backing things up and am tired of putting files on USB sticks when we want to watch a show in the bedroom but don't want to have to leave the main PCs on all the time, so... We'll see. 500 yen, so like... $3.25.
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Jurassic Park the Screensaver
Because I can. Also, it was 500 yen with free shipping.
I kinda feel bad for the last two cause I'm sure the shop lost money after shipping -- they clearly have a flat rate account with DHL, cause everything comes in the same size box, but one of the 3 boxes I got only had the Pogoplug and CD in it.
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Sony CMU-BC1M Web/AI camera for Sony TVs (from Texas by way of eBay, not Japan)
My "monitor" is a Sony XR-42A90K OLED and it supports their silly "AI" camera that's supposed to follow you around the room and like, adjust EQ to make sure you're getting the best possible experience or whatever.
Do I need it? No. I barely move while using the TV, and 90% of the time I'm wearing headphones hooked up to a chain that cost more than the TV did new. But it's weird tech so I gotta have it. That's who I am.
Also it will supposedly be able to tell if I walk away from the TV and darken it automatically, so I'm all for it. Longer lived OLED is totally worth it.
Am I going to pay $200 for the "right" camera (CMU-BC1, no "M" )? Hell no. Not when I saw this for $26 shipped (they're normally $50-60) and I'm 99% sure it's the exact same thing internally. This model ships with the higher end sets and connects via a magnetic contact point behind the screen. It's neat, but they didn't do that on the lower end smaller sets like mine, we have to make due with boring old USB. But... That's all the contact points are. USB 2. Sony even lists that as the communication standard for both models. So I just have to add my own cable.
Haven't decided if I want to open the case or build my own magnetic cable. Probably the latter, I'd hate to break it or make it ugly. Not sure how to determine the order of pins, though. Not like there are lots of Sony service manuals floating around. Ideas?