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Tyco TVC 8000 Children's Video camera.
 This provides us with our camera, but needs to be reduced down due to weight issues. The VR headset that started it all.
Tyco TVC 8000 Children's Video camera. This provides us with our camera, but needs to be reduced down due to weight issues. The VR headset that started it all.
A view of the interior of the headset. It's not the most comfortable thing to wear. A close up of the make and model, just in case you want to go find one of your very own. The camera broken down and being installed in a smaller box that will hang behind me.
A view of the interior of the headset. It's not the most comfortable thing to wear. A close up of the make and model, just in case you want to go find one of your very own. The camera broken down and being installed in a smaller box that will hang behind me.
Close up of the circuitry, notice how terribly not that complex it is. The camera ready to be assembled, note the carpet padding to keep the base of the circuit board away from the metal case that would short everything out. The completed camera!
Close up of the circuitry, notice how terribly not that complex it is. The camera ready to be assembled, note the carpet padding to keep the base of the circuit board away from the metal case that would short everything out. The completed camera!
The 3rd person POV assembly, fairly simple. 3rd Person POV assembled! View of the underside, I had to drill out extra holes for all the connections and the power switch.
The 3rd person POV assembly, fairly simple. 3rd Person POV assembled! View of the underside, I had to drill out extra holes for all the connections and the power switch.
Everything needed to run it, ready to be put in a backpack to make this system portable. The headset draws 1A at 16V, so a lead acid tractor battery was used to power an inverter that powered everything. Very heavy, but its what I had. The completed backpack, from here its just winding cables carefully inside and carring the beast around.
Everything needed to run it, ready to be put in a backpack to make this system portable. The headset draws 1A at 16V, so a lead acid tractor battery was used to power an inverter that powered everything. Very heavy, but its what I had. The completed backpack, from here its just winding cables carefully inside and carring the beast around.