VR Headset Prop

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VR Headset for Cosplay/ Costuming I was putting together a Shadowrun Decker for a local convention. Every dystopic sci-fi hacker needs a decent VR Headset! Unfortunately, my Google Cardboard VR is large, bulky, and frankly, looks absolutely ridiculous. So, I fired up 123D and designed my own! This model is based on my head, so if you have a larger skull, this will probably not work without some tweaking and resizing. Print with supports, 3-4 shells, 10-15% infill (unless you want it to be dense). Post-Processing, I took a Dremel and cleaned out the grooves. I lightly sanded the front and back, to smooth out where the supports were. I then painted it, followed by gluing in some IV tubing filled with UV reactive paint in the grooves. It came out a little rough, but I rushed the last part of this. I used a simple strap with velcro to attach it to my head. I wore this thing for about 6 hours on my forehead, and it didn't really bother me much. It's modelled such that if you don't wear glasses, you could actually wear this in front of your eyes like a plastic blindfold. I wouldn't recommend this, though. How I Designed This The design process was interesting for this. I started by taking a measurement of my glasses (easier than trying to measure my head). I traced the frames onto paper, then used those measurements to sketch a gentle arc in 123D. From this arc, I created a larger, offset arc to represent the face of the headset. Then, using a Spline, I traced the various points along the two arcs, to create a sort of elongated "bean" / crescent shape. I extruded this the height of my glasses, then from the extrusion, revolved about 20°. This created a very smooth and sleek design, which would have been great for a mirrored visor or visor for a helmet. The top was squared off, though. And it was REALLY hard to smooth this edge using traditional means. So, I sliced it in half, then sliced that half into 7 more slices! I then took these slices and turned their side profiles into sketches (project tool). I used Sketch Fillets to round off the top edges for each sketched slice, deleting every solid slice along the way. From there, I used Loft to connect all the little slices together, until I reached the last slice (which I didn't round off). I then took this and mirrored it to the left side. From there, I took a small box and basically moved it around, extruding it to create a groove in the face. Then I punched some holes in it for LEDs.