Stationary Cycling through Google Street View

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This is just a first test upload to demonstrate how I hooked up a Vuzix VR920 head mounted display and a bike sensor to my computer to allow me to have a bit more of an enjoyable experience while peddling away the calories in my garage on the stationary bike. More information here: bako.ca


25 Responses to “Stationary Cycling through Google Street View”

  1. Anonymous says:

    OR you can actually just go cycling outdoor…

  2. Anonymous says:

    awesome!!!!!

  3. Anonymous says:

    Man you are genius!!!!!!!!!

  4. Anonymous says:

    Amazing!

  5. Anonymous says:

    Genius!!

  6. Anonymous says:

    This is great! You should include the steering somehow…

  7. Anonymous says:

    i think ud get a head each after a while

  8. Anonymous says:

    genius! as others have asked, can you turn? or only go straight?

  9. Anonymous says:

    We adore you and your giant brain Aki!!

  10. Anonymous says:

    So would I! I want to visit Japan SOOOO bad.

  11. Anonymous says:

    You are a genius!
    Please sell those to the public!
    Also with my choppy connection, a way to pre-cache my route would be helpful.

  12. Anonymous says:

    Really cool, but doesnt the google picture morph make you feel sick after a while?

  13. Anonymous says:

    Wow… That’s brilliant. If it could turn, I’d probably never stop using it (if I had one of course). I already spend hours wandering the streets of Japan on Street View; it’d be epic on this setup.

  14. Anonymous says:

    can you turn corners?

  15. Anonymous says:

    mate you should consider selling kits so people can do this at home. I would definately buy one as I dont have good enough technical knowledge to do this myself.

    Have you made a software application that you could just install on your laptop and run that you can download from somewhere?

  16. Anonymous says:

    This is absolutely awesome.

  17. Anonymous says:

    i meant “seamless” there obviously ;)

  18. Anonymous says:

    nice one dude, you should make it slowly zoom on the image when you’re looking forward to make the transition between frames more seemless

  19. Anonymous says:

    Great work!
    With a fan in front you’ll have headwind…

  20. Anonymous says:

    a nicer transition between positions would be nice

  21. Anonymous says:

    im jealous your vr set up is awesomee

  22. Anonymous says:

    thanks! turning out that I need to work in some patches for planned routes. I keep wandering too much. 0:)

  23. Anonymous says:

    I was thinking I could the beagleboard later on, I think it has enough power to support this… :) Currently, the only thing that stays on the bike is the sensor though, everything else I can just bring down and easily plug in.

    I’m not convinced there’s a huge market for something like this. The displays, as really cool as they are, are still somewhat uncomfortable and very low res (VGA) for the price point. :( (Though it’s still absolutely amazing technology)

  24. Anonymous says:

    I am jealous, that app looks great =) (I’m using a WinMo phone)

  25. Anonymous says:

    i was totally thinking about doing this kind of set up but in a car so my street view would update automatically to my cars location but turns out the new google navigation i just got on my g1 can do that

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