ArduinoFloppyDiskReader VS lucidgloves

Also have a look at drawbridge which even supports live loading Amiga disks in an emulator. https://amiga.robsmithdev.co.uk/

For more info: https://amiga.robsmithdev.co.uk/

You can convert a cheap USB floppy drive into one that reads Amiga disks using a Drawbridge from https://amiga.robsmithdev.co.uk/ - I've done this and it works.

This seems to be Rob's official site?

For the second case I recommend Rob Smith's DrawBridge (previously known as ArduinoFloppyDiskReader): https://amiga.robsmithdev.co.uk/ It's a simple arduino-based project, which allows you to use a regular PC floppy drive to write (and read) amiga disk images. You can make your own, or wait your turn for Rob to sell you one pre-assembled. I made my own and it works great.

Forget the a500 mini, it's not worth your time. You can use this cheap contraption to grab images of all your old floppy disks: https://amiga.robsmithdev.co.uk/ and just load them up on an emulator like fs-uae, winuae, or whatever, which you can run on any PC you like. The A500mini is just an ARM computer in an amiga-shaped box running the same emulator, without a keyboard, without giving you all the options the emulator can handle, and you have to pay for it... The point approaches 0 pretty fast.

While there are other VR gloves discussed on reddit. They all seem to very bulky [1] [2] [3] and maybe are not being developed by computer engineers? It seems like there are 2 main problems.

Looks like a spinoff of Lucas's Lucidgloves project

I'd say either get a used Quest 2 to use with ALVR; or get a used Vive HMD with basestations, Slime Trackers and do a LucidVR-DIY for the controllers for cheapest full-body tracking.

Mostly on github and discord. Keep in mind it's beta and not finalised: https://github.com/LucidVR/lucidgloves/wiki/Parts-Printing-Guides There are some build videos on the tiktok page: https://www.tiktok.com/@lucas_vrtech?lang=en

If you have a 3D printer or want to go the DIY route, check out this project for some VR haptic gloves. They also have a SteamVR app and drivers so you'll be able to use then in games

I had a thought the other day about other uses for this. Especially in VR eh. I'm hoping the guy with the diy VR Lucidgloves see's it, if you know what I mean. In VR if you lift something there's no weight irl but if servos could work against you so it feels like you're swinging Gut's broadsword or pushing a heavy door.

This is the Lucid VR project