Connecting Farmbot to VR as Proof-of-Concept

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Using Unity with the HTC Vive headset I was able to control the Farmbot by patching together a few simple scripts (C# in Unity calls Python script which makes RPC call to Farmbot Message Broker) . Happy to share scripts for anyone who would like to explore further.

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The cool factor of this is off the charts! Thanks for exploring this space. Could be transformative, especially when planting or deweeding.

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Interesting idea, @mikekubal
Would love to link to the code in the Awesome FarmBot list if you have plans to make it Open Source.

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thanks for the positive feedback. I was also think it might a fun way to ‘game-ify’ weeding and perhaps other tasks : )

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Thanks @RickCarlino, I will tidy up code and am happy to share there.

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Nice gamification.

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Thats a really great idea