I Built Dog Vision Goggles!

[00:00:00]Have you ever looked at your dog and wondered what it would be like to see like them?

[00:00:04]>> Well, I'm here to answer that question.

[00:00:09]To see like a dog, you have to think like a dog with my doglike senses heightened to the level of Jacob from Twilight. I thought I needed a Pi 5 and a camera to get started. Due to my internet breaking the other day, we had to change routers. Even though I managed to fix the old one, it was just a little bit of a safety hazard. Because of this, my pies were no longer connected to the same network as my computer.

[00:00:34]>> So, I needed an Ethernet cable to plug the Pi into the computer so that I could reconnect them. And I actually found a Starlink Easter egg when you uh try to accidentally SSH into the router. First thing I'm going to do is get some detections going for people, the ball, and birds. Some things that a dog might look at. This is also going to shift the footage to blue yellow, similar to a dog's vision. I'll skip over a bit of the nerd stuff this time. It's basically just running YOLO to detect me, the ball, and birds. My Pi is hosting a web server that allows the footage to be accessed via my phone, which means it can be mounted to a VR headset that allows me to see what my dog is seeing.

[00:01:13]For the power supply, I'm using a power bank rated at 5 V 2.5 amps, which is a little under the current rating, but miraculously it worked.

[00:01:25]It'll make the device less efficient and more prone to browning out, but it should work for what I needed to.

[00:01:32]Outside, there's no Wi-Fi, so I needed the Pi to set up a personal area network so that I would always have reception to the device no matter how far I am from the internet router.

[00:01:43]With the app and the detections fully working, it was time to pop on Fusion and 3D model a little helmet for my dog.

[00:01:50]With everything printed, I slapped it all in the housing. Now, I just added a little bit of styrofoam packaging just so that it was safe from the high speeds of my dog running. And everyone knows that styrofoam and high temperature are a good mix. You can see from my absolute peak engineering abilities that the electronics do not fit in the house.

[00:02:12]>> This is why I studied.

[00:02:13]>> I decided to use electrical tape.

[00:02:16]>> Bro, what the what the hell?

[00:02:18]>> With me looking stylish as hell and the helmet being done, it was time to start working on making some cardboard VR goggles to house the phone.

[00:02:27]>> Second major development.

[00:02:31]>> Now it was time for the hardest part of the project. Trying to get my dog to wear the helmet.

[00:02:40]>> Where's the ball?

[00:02:43]>> What?

[00:02:48]>> She's fine.

[00:02:50]>> I'm going to have water.

[00:02:52]>> All right. Please, for science, Robbie, for science. I'm going to need a smacker.

[00:03:01]Through here. Through here. Yeah. Yeah.

[00:03:03]Yep. Hold up. Uhhuh. Through here.

[00:03:08]All right. You know, I >> I don't know if this going to work, >> Robbie. It's not dangerous.

[00:03:19]>> Oh, quick quick.

[00:03:22]>> Oh, no.

[00:03:23]>> It's the sound freaks her out.

[00:03:26]No, Romy, you're not you're not getting it. It's not dangerous.

[00:03:31]>> She says, "I beg to differ. See those exposed boards?

[00:03:34]>> Do you like getting food?

[00:03:37]>> No, that was that was me. Hold up.

[00:03:42]Put Put on the helmet.

[00:03:44]>> Put on the helmet.

[00:03:48]>> Everybody was trying to make me feel like I was losing my mind.

[00:03:51]>> Yeah.

[00:03:52]>> Yeah. You That's not going to work.

[00:03:55]>> Robbie, please. Please. I do everything for you. Please.

[00:04:00]>> And then it happened. She finally wore it.

[00:04:04]>> Oh, it's like sliding down her back. I guess that kind of works.

[00:04:07]>> Sort of.

[00:04:07]>> You get some sort of view. As long as it's tight enough.

[00:04:09]>> As long as it's not choking, huh? Hold up.

[00:04:16]>> Oh, but you know what? That worked.

[00:04:19]>> The stairs >> giving it's giving power stance.

[00:04:23]>> Hold up.

[00:04:28]>> Well, I'll get it to move around.

[00:04:31]You're seeing just her jaw.

[00:04:32]>> No, I'm seeing just her jaw, but I can see myself. This is the worst POV.

[00:04:37]>> We'll get her to start walking. Romy, come on.

[00:04:39]>> Ry, you're moving.

[00:04:42]>> No. No. I'm going to be sick. I'm going to be sick.

[00:04:46]>> Romy.

[00:04:48]>> Oh, she's running, isn't she?

[00:04:49]>> Yeah. Come on, Romy.

[00:04:52]Where the ball? Where's the ball?

[00:04:53]Where's the ball? Where's the ball?

[00:04:59]Mhm.

[00:05:04]Hey, Jacob. Oh, no.

[00:05:06]>> That's very disorientating.

[00:05:08]>> My dog doesn't like wearing it and I get sick using it, so I'm not going to expose her to any more of my annoyance.

[00:05:14]Thank you for watching.