Meet the Yaw VR Compact, a portable motion simulator seat for your headset. Shown at CES last week and now running a Kickstarter crowd-funding campaign, The Yaw VR Compact is ideal for cockpit-based VR experiences like Dirt Rally, Euro Truck Simulator 2 or Flight Simulator X.
Yaw is designed for use with all types of VR platforms like PlayStation VR, Samsung Gear VR and Oculus Go as well as standard PC games. In addition Yaw is open source, so you can develop your own software even for a completely new usecase.
The dome-shaped device is set up to instead resemble a dish that rests in a stand, with three supports that are able to spin and tilt the dish with three degrees of freedom (3DOF). The stand also houses a mini-PC that wirelessly communicates with your platform of choice. The seat also comes with an adjustable pedal and steering wheel or joystick holders for flight and racing simulators.
Pricing and Availability
If you would like to get your hands on one of the Yaw VR seats, you can be one of the first to do so, by paying for the Yaw VR Early Bird edition on Kickstarter for a costly sum of $890 (about £645.) The standard edition goes for $1,190 (about £863.) The special edition, meanwhile, which allows customers to customize the colour and have their name embroidered on it, starts at $1,190 (about £863) for Early Bird and $1,340 (about £972) once those slots are gone.
The Yaw VR is expected to ship in August 2018, once the kickstarter goal of £108.765 has been reached. It has already gathered £51.407 at the time of writing, and has 36 days to go to reach its target.
If you would like to back this project on Kickstarter, then visit: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/346206518/yaw-vr-compact-portable-motion-simulator/description
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Written by: Jordan Ewbank
Photo credit: Kickstarter
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