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Virtual-Telepresence

3d Telepresence(SBS) Platform using Google Cardboard and Raspberry Pi 2

View our current Implementation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWjOEWO5lFs

(I really need expertise in perfecting this project from you fellow tinkers. Any contributions are gladly accepted with a transfer of ASCII cookies. Here, have a cookie :')

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Requirements:

Hardware:

Firebird V Platform (Nex Robotics):http://www.nex-robotics.com/fire-bird-v-atmega2560/fire-bird-v-atmega2560.html
Raspberry Pi 2
Raspicam camera module
USB-UART cable
Jumper Wires
2 servo motors (pan and tilt)
camera gimbal platform(self made)
Wifi dongle

Software:

Scripts: Pyhton(Bash for automation of scripts on Raspi boot: http://www.instructables.com/id/Raspberry-Pi-Launch-Python-script-on-startup/?ALLSTEPS)

servo_blasteroid: For recieving udp packets and running servos on gpio pin 4 and 17
Sample_Experiments.py: modified using pygame library for control using keyboard (W,A,S,D). Modified based on prior work by Saurav Shandilya.

Libraries/Utilities/Dependancies:

ServoBlaster: https://github.com/richardghirst/PiBits/tree/master/ServoBlaster
FireBird-RPi Interface: https://github.com/sauravshandilya/Fi-Pi (modified)
Pygame: http://www.pygame.org/wiki/about
UV4L: http://www.linux-projects.org/modules/sections/index.php?op=viewarticle&artid=14

Apps: (Available for Android Market)

Wireless IMU: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.zwiener.wimu&hl=en
DualScreen: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.goestoweb.dualbrowser&hl=en

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