Building an Economical Virtual Reality (VR) Lab: Hardware

Building an Economical Virtual Reality Lab: Hardware

The following table gives the prices we paid for the listed components in December 2006:

The Calvin CS Department also donated an ancient InFocus projector to the project.

Here are some alternate products we found while researching our system:

Alternate Products

i-glassesstore.com PC/SVGA Pro 3D Head-Mounted-Display	$1,139
PNY VCQFX1300-PCIE-PB Quadro FX1300 128MB 128-bit DDR PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail	$370
Rosewill R604-P BK 120mm Fan ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail	$40
COOLMAX CP-500T EPS12V 500W Power Supply 115/230 V UL, CSA, TUV - Retail	$56

Tracking System
Polhemus Patriot 6 Degrees-Of-Freedom position tracking system	$2,375
Second Sensor for Patriot tracking system (Add $285 to just get a stylus secondary sensor)	$285
Head Mounted Display
Z800 3DVisor	$571
Computer
PNY GEForce 6800 PCI-e 128MB Graphics Card	$93
AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Windsor 2.0GHz 2 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket AM2 Processor - Retail	$148
MSI K9VGM-V Socket AM2 VIA K8M890 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail	$52
CORSAIR XMS2 1GB (2 x 512MB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail	$124
Western Digital Caviar SE WD800JD 80GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM	$44
LITE-ON Black 16X DVD-ROM 52X CD-R 32X CD-RW 52X CD-ROM 1.5M Cache IDE Combo Drive - Retail	$24
Microsoft FA6-00010 Black 103 Normal Keys 13 Function Keys USB Wired Ergonomics Keyboard Mouse Included - OEM	$33
Acer AL1706Ab Black 17" 8ms LCD Monitor 270 cd/m2 500:1 - Retail	$150
Generic case	$55
Misc.
4 AMC 6ft VGA Male to Female Monitor Cables Model CSV-6MF - OEM	$16
2 Sabrent USB Extension Repeater Cables Model CSV-6MF - OEM	$20
Total	$3,990