VR in a cupboard...

[Marcus Machiavelli]

Because we can play VR anywhere, even in a cupboard, I did indeed put mine in a cupboard! Victorian steam punk style.
Why Victorian I hear you ask? Because those are my great grand fathers encyclopaedia Britannicas from 1888 that surround it!

 

[heretowatch]

Looks slick! I wouldn't be able to play more than 15 minutes in that chair though.

 

[Marcus Machiavelli]

Looks slick! I wouldn't be able to play more than 15 minutes in that chair though.

Thank you! And yes i am working on that, and Hotas aswell!

 

[znôrt]

that's a pretty awesome cockpit!
don't see any heatsinks though ... you don't have heat issues?

 

[Marcus Machiavelli]

that's a pretty awesome cockpit!
don't see any heatsinks though ... you don't have heat issues?

Thank you! I have no hair so I have an in built heatsink!
A friend of mine said i need this chair!.... and a glass of port...

 

[znôrt]

classy! can't wait to see your simpit finished ... (and hope it includes a fox-terrier)

 

[Deleted member 115407]

I like it, Marcus. You and I have similar styles.

 

[Marcus Machiavelli]

I like it, Marcus. You and I have similar styles.

thank you

 

[Cmdr Spencer]

nice! i'm looking for inspiration for my man cave that i'm converting the garage into. Where you source the books etc?

 

[Marcus Machiavelli]

nice! i'm looking for inspiration for my man cave that i'm converting the garage into. Where you source the books etc?

Thanks. They truly are my Great Grandfathers books from 1888. But i am guessing that they will be sold as sets at book fairs as all the information is SOOOOO out of date like a strange time capsule.
In my country, charities often have these book fairs to raise money so often the books are very cheap.
Hope that helps?

 

[Andovar]

Because those are my great grand fathers encyclopaedia Britannicas from 1888 that surround it!

That's actually really cool.
Wikipedia from the 1800's

 

[TorTorden_VR]

That's actually really cool.
Wikipedia from the 1800's

But with spelling and fact checking.

Must have cost a considerable amount of money to buy the set at the time.
Kind of what a VR setup is now, including the computer.

Update
From Wikipedia:

The set was sold on subscription and the total price was approximately £36.
Quick Google told me £1 in 1880 would be about £113 today.
So in the time it would cost about £4000.

About the same as a rather good vr setup

 

[Marcus Machiavelli]

But with spelling and fact checking.

Must have cost a considerable amount of money to buy the set at the time.
Kind of what a VR setup is now, including the computer.

Update
From Wikipedia:

The set was sold on subscription and the total price was approximately £36.
Quick Google told me £1 in 1880 would be about £113 today.
So in the time it would cost about £4000.

About the same as a rather good vr setup

WOW! Thank you for finding that out! That is so cool to know!
That closely follows a family story that has been handed down that my Great Grandfather spend a lot of money on them but insisted they where the best and worth it (even though he was french and only knew english as a second language)

 

[TorTorden_VR]

WOW! Thank you for finding that out! That is so cool to know!

I would not put to much stock in it.
It was some lazy Googling I did on my phone while watching Netflix.

Also is it weird that I feel such old collections with at least some respect? Regardless of current value or usefulness. As if they somehow embody the hopes, passions and dreams of a generation gone.
So setups like yours give me a little of the warm fuzzies.

Pardon me. Its past midnight here and the beer is kicking in.

 

[Marcus Machiavelli]

I am the same, books in the medieval period were meant to be hellishly expensive because they were so rare. And now we treat the same thing as trash...

 

[BaronVonDoon]

I could never stop laughing every time I farted in the Mona Lisa's face

 

[Marcus Machiavelli]

I could never laughing every time I farted in the Mona Lisa's face

Her secret smile is now explained.....

 

[TorTorden_VR]

I am the same, books in the medieval period were meant to be hellishly expensive because they were so rare. And now we treat the same thing as trash...

Well the 19th century was hardly medieval, and industrialised printing was making such literature more affordable and numerous than ever before.

But then again I'm mostly guessing here.

 

[Marcus Machiavelli]

Well the 19th century was hardly medieval, and industrialised printing was making such literature more affordable and numerous than ever before.

But then again I'm mostly guessing here.

Totally, i was just using the medieval period as an extreme example.