Maxim Perumal and his best friend Gabriel Combe created the Relativty VR headset at the age of 15 due to financial constraints. The DIY headset, costing $200, is not a consumer product but intended for users to build themselves. The headset supports SteamVR games and offers experimental positional-scaling for movement tracking. The motherboard is affordable and runs on Atmel SAM3X8E ARM Cortex-M3 processor. The firmware is open-source and compatible with various processors. The headset runs at 120FPS on a 2K display but can be used with any display. Relativty is a testing ground for hackers and developers, available on Github. Perumal is now hiring for a new company, Unai, working on a standalone VR headset to enhance immersiveness.
https://www.relativty.com/