DIY Hololens by FultonX

Last crawled date: 2 years, 12 months ago

I wanted to go ahead and develop Hololens apps. Here is Microsoft's live demo video: https://youtu.be/qym11JnFQBM
After experimenting and seeing a couple AR kickstarters, I figured out a way to develop comparable hardware... at least for prototyping. https://youtu.be/omNDLQ4cKnY
The HMD costs ~$10 and it projects any mobile phone image enlarged at 16" from the eye.
I plan to add a Leap Motion, depth sensor, and/or tracking to be able to interact with virtual objects. Please share! https://twitter.com/seanfultonhall
Edit: TBD items:
Google Tango tablet integration:
All inclusive sensors and mobile form-factor (fastest road to victory):https://www.google.com/atap/project-tango/
Without Google Tango:
Depth sensor could also just be a head mounted Kinect using: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5601
Head tracking could be done with Playstation Move.me at first: http://code.google.com/p/moveme/
Added ideas not on the real Hololens:
Pupil tracking idea here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/haytham/?source=navbar or http://code.google.com/p/pupil/
Update 2015-09-07: Added the two files I used as the base. If you leave off the additional reflector piece, you can experiment with moving the display and lens and even adding more fresnel lenses (easily obtained at Office Depot and online). I had trouble combining them into one mesh. I apologize for it taking so long. I figured this would be at least better for those who have big enough printers to spit this thing out in one shot. I'll keep working on the one-piece version.
Update 2015-12-09: I haven't been able to try the real Hololens yet, but from what I can gather, the real Hololens has narrower FOV and does not use pupil tracking for gaze tracking as I have suggested here. From what I have heard, you must point your entire head at things and the FOV is super tiny... can anyone tell me if this is true? I hope to demo it soon, but have been having a lot of near misses when it comes to opportunities to try it for myself. Also I have not been able to determine at what distance the Hololens projects images and whether it is dynamic. Any information would be greatly appreciated and will inspire me to get this thing finished. I appreciate any patience up until this point, as I am transitioning work wise and haven't been able to pursue the software side of things whole-heartedly yet.
The Google Tango tablet is a great platform on which all the sensors and processing necessary for the Hololens experience are present. It currently cost $512 compared to the $3000 pricetag on the Hololens. It will probably require separating the screen from the sensors on the back of the tablet, but if anyone has one and is interested, they are but a few steps away from completing the DIY Hololens experience.