You don’t necessarily need a lot to build an FPV rig. Especially if you want to harness the power of the latest smartphones. [joe57005] proud of His VR FPV build – A small, fully printable Mechanum wheel car chassis with an ESP32-CAM board that provides a 720×720 stream over Wi-Fi. The car uses his regular 9g servos to drive each wheel and can go omni-directionally anywhere. If you’re aiming for a VR view, an ESP32 CPU and a single low-res camera may not sound like much – all the ESP32 does is stream a video feed over WebSockets. The front end is fully supplemented.
The software stack, delivered as client-side JavaScript by ESP32, sets this elegant build apart. [joe57005] uses Samsung Gear VR for a project. This is a cheap but decent quality “smartphone holder” VR headset. The ESP32’s camera feed is transformed into a fake 3D VR image inside a smartphone’s web browser using a technology called WebXR, with image dewarping using WebGL and direct touch on the HUD with vanilla JavaScript. Use controls. Everything is open source and publicly available, and your 3D print files are sent to Printables right away. FreeCad sources are available for now. That’s enough.
Check this out if you can play on a self-sufficient FPV platform. Very accessible, the software effort is worth learning. If you’ve ever wanted to try WebXR, the code provided should be a great playground. . It reminds us Another cute ESP32-powered FPV bot It’s what we saw a few years ago.
Got an FPV idea in mind? We’d love to see it. There is even a contest for that! Don’t delay making it happen!
