Joystick base for the oculus touch by PhotonP

Last crawled date: 3 years, 4 months ago

This is a mod to be able to use the oculus touch as a joystick confortably. I made it to play the game VTOLVR on the oculus rift CV1. The RIGHT oculus touch controler fits in it. Tension in the joystick gimbal is made by using 4 small rubberbands. (I recommand hair tie for that as it is easy to find and should be about the right size).
I have uploaded many STLs as I made diferrents variations on the design, but you will need only 2 or 3 parts. I personally use grip-long.stl + armchair3-A.stl + armchair3-B.stl as seen in the first picture.
First choose a grip, the part that will be in your hand :
grip-short.stl
grip-long.stl
(The long one is probably better for most cases)
Then you must choose a base :
base-with-screws.stl can be screwed on a support.
base-with-hooks.stl can be rubberbanded around something, as shown on my leg in the image.
base-with-buckles.stl is meant to be used with velcro straps
base-armchair.stl is meant to be fixed on a chair-arm with a pair of colson cable clamp.
base-armchair2 is in two parts (A and B) and is also meant to be colson cable clamped on a chair arm. It was broken in two part to be able to print it without making too much supports.The two parts are assembled as a simple tight fit.
base-armchair3 is also in two parts A and B. part B should be screwed on your chair arm (with a M5 screw, and an hexagonal nut). Then part A will clip into part B, which means you can quickly install or remove the jostick grip which is tied with part A, at will. Part B would remain in place on the chair arm definitivly. This is pratical if you want to be able to instal/remove the joytick grip between playing sessions, so that the chair arms goes under your desk.
base-armchair4-B.stl is another version similar to base-armchair3-B.stl but for an armchair that has less angle. It should be associated with base-armchair3-A.stl.
Warning : all the armchair files where attempts to design something from my own chairs. No guarantee it will fit your chairs!
The screwed bases will be better, strapping the base on your leg may be a portable solution, but it is a soft surface. A strong immobile fixation is preferable.
Some stl files contains small support shapes that are meant to be broken after printing.
PLA printed with a 0.2 layer heigth.
If the thing squeaks, lubricate the gimbal sphere. Be sure to use a lubricant that will not react with the PLA. Silicon grease is fine.