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Ah, Final Destination 5. I had started my hobby with lasers a little over a year before watching it for the first time, and I easily noticed all the inaccuracies between what the movie showed and what I had learned here not so long before. That caused me to burst into laughter while all the...

Have you checked that the components of the tailcap have not come loose? If the Terminator has the same tailcap as the Dominator, here is a video showing how to disassemble and reassemble it: 0Qcac04LKlQ Make sure that the metallic ring is screwed in real tight, or else it won't make a stable...

And now it died again. :-( EDIT: no, it did not die. Embarrassing mistake... I just didn't tighten the battery holder tubes all the way and the circuit couldn't close. I tried it again now and it works. Man, I feel like a n00b... And it's not even the first time that similar things (not...

If I play a game in the "classic" way, which is sitting in a chair with a joypad (or a mouse and keyboard) in my hands, I get a higher sense of presence with the HMZ. FOV-wise, I would rate the Rift as 9.5/10 (the last time I tried it, which is 3 days ago, I noticed that if you look down enough...

Then you'd have to wear four pairs of goggles at the same time. :-P

Sorry, I have no idea. You could ask O-Like whether they would sell the diffraction lenses by themselves.

Finally, the Dominator head with the new diode has arrived. For now it works, and I hope it keeps working for a long time.

Even in the eventuality that the purchase by Facebook means we won't ever see anything again of the Oculus Rift, it won't be that big of a loss. It only looks that way because the Oculus Rift has been hyped to hell and back, but there are other companies making head-mounted displays out there...

LOL, me too! I thought the title would be a pun of some sort, like "Okay, he's obviously not declaring his sexual orientation. Let's see what the thread is actually about".

This is a cardboard box I accidentally set on fire with my 1W laser: I was trying to burn a hole through the cardboard, and when I switched the laser off, I saw little pieces of burnt cardboard glowing like embers. After a couple of seconds, there was actually a small flame burning silently...

Hello, and welcome to The Club!

Judging from the pictures of the host, it looks exactly like the 1W laser I bought last year from OdicForce (this one). Another thing that makes me think it's the same laser is the part about short battery life: if I use it 2/3 minutes every day, I usually have to charge the batteries after a week.

Obviously. So what is the reason (besides alcohol) for deciding to do it the first time? That happened to me too. It was not long enough for any physical damage, nor for any sensation of pain to arise, but the fact that I felt the heat of a laser beam really impressed me. They look like the...

Wow, I didn't know about that site! Amazing! I just followed a plane while it was landing!

Anyway, I PM'd Blord and he told me to ship the head of the laser back to him, so he'll make the necessary repairs and send it back to me. I made the shipment, and now I only have to wait.

No. With the batteries I have, the positive end is marked with a notch, all around the battery, that is absent at the other end. And the tailcap spring is clearly supposed to touch the negative end of the batteries, so that's how I always put them. My driver had only on and off. Thanks for the...

Huh? Isn't that what the switch normally does? It has a spring in the center and a metallic ring that touches the host. When the switch is open, the spring and the ring are isolated from one another. When the switch is closed, they come in contact, so that the spring contacts both the host and...

What do you mean by "try it"?

Yesterday it was working perfectly, but when I tried to use it again today, it just won't switch on anymore. I have tested the switch, and it works, the batteries are charged. Here's a video for proof: (EDIT: I removed the video because the problem has been solved) Just in case, here's what I...