Virtual Pinball Tables

[dazzlaa]

As a lifelong fan of pinball machines, due to the fact my parents were pub landlords, I was mega excited to find one of my friends has his own virtual pinball machine which features head tracking via playstation cameras! My inner geek went nuts and since then I have been toying with the idea of my own build, just not as fancy, or expensive.

So I have an old 19" monitor for the playfield and an old dual core dell XPS which will be butchered for the inners. I hope to pair it all up with a basic GPU and a secondary screen for the back board all while piecing together a custom built cabinent small enough for your lap or maybe even the kitchen side. I have fallen in love with this idea!

Has anyone else made a virtual pinball machine?

Seeing some of the builds on youtube has made me question my own direction as they are simply incredible, but I will stick to my original plan for now

 

[peterpies]

Not built one myself but looked into doing it a few years ago.

If running the DMD, playfield and back glass, they are CPU & GPU intensive and required the best available at the time.

 

[niro750]

I have never heard of one but it sounds amazing, off to have a swatch the now... I have wireless pinball 3d printed controllers for the vive with a tripod mount from EBay. they rock

 

[dazzlaa]

some of them are unreal! The vive controllers sound cool. Would love a VR set but its out of reach for me currently

 

[Carbon Copied]

Visual pinball, Pinball FX and Hyperpin are the main front ends that spring to mind (start reading up on configuring them along with rocket launcher) - are you planning rotating back glass artwork as 19" isn't table size and it may look somewhat off with a secondary lcd of close size (unless you can find a nice proportianate candidate that scales well in software) - it may be worth considering static generic artwork ("Project Dazzlaapin" or something) on the "back glass" with score output, rather than a table theme or separate lcd.

Cabinet casing size may obviously depend on whether you want to start playing with solenoid plungers or just simple trigger buttons throughout.

 

[Duo]

post pics plz

 

[dazzlaa]

I am planning to have a seperate LCD for the back glass so it auto changes to the current table. The project has been put on hold for a few months as ive just bought a new GPU but its definitely gonna happen, I will post pictures when i start!