Trooper Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 Hi all, after playing many VR games that needed you to have a steady hand for a rifle, such as H3, The Nest and The last Sniper I had a look around and saw some great designs for cheap accessories so I went down to my local B&Q type place and purchased some bits to make one. I ended up spending Around £14 on a 2 meter of 40mm plastic pipe, a very cheap mousemat and some 40mm fittings* (all the type that uses solvent to connect - but we don't need that here). The complete list of fittings (aside from the bits I have just mentioned) are : *3x 90° bends *3x Tjunctions *2x 45° bends and that is it. The process of making it was fairly simple as you can see from the pictures, and the cheap mousemat I bought was cut into small strips to sit in the joins of the T-junctions (two upright and one horizontal) to make a soft but firm grip for the vive controllers. The hardest bit about the whole thing was getting the lenghts of pipe right for a personalised comfort (I havent put any measurements on here as everyone has different comfort levels and arm reach). Big thanks to the guys on the Vive Reddits etc for inspiring me to finaly build one of these. Some photo's for reference : http://i.imgur.com/VEjCVEj.jpg http://i.imgur.com/JhEmnZK.jpg http://i.imgur.com/pb7l4m2.jpg http://i.imgur.com/Hu5Bv6e.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trooper Posted October 18, 2016 Author Share Posted October 18, 2016 It needs something else which is 2x 45° bends as the angle of the controllers are slightly out. Will post more pics of MK2 when it is complete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockjaw Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 Great stuff! Make sure you show us the completed MK 2. For Americans - B&Q = Home Depot :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trooper Posted October 19, 2016 Author Share Posted October 19, 2016 This is MK2, as I said in my other reply up top I have added 2 x 45° 40mm bends and cut a little more of the section of pipe to join the angled pieces. you can see the image here : http://i.imgur.com/ec28Gct.jpg As you can see the controller heads now sit perfectly horizontal so makes sniping a lot easier. I booted up Hotdogs,Horseshoes and Handgrenades earlier and fired a couple of shots with the 50cal Barret (biggest gun in the game) and managed to murder a watermelon at a good few hundred meters. I shake very badly due to reasons and this steadied my aim enough so I was able to pull of my first fruit kill on the sniper range :) The two extra pieces brought the price upto just less than £16 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerminater Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 I use something very similar to this but i actually bought mine from ebay work to many hours to spend the time making something. Really makes a huge difference on fps games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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