diff --git a/devtools/osvr_json_to_c.py b/devtools/osvr_json_to_c.py
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+"""
+ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+     http:www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ limitations under the License.
+ """
+
+import argparse
+import sys
+import re
+
+
+# http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2319019/using-regex-to-remove-comments-from-source-files
+# http://stackoverflow.com/a/18381470
+def remove_comments(string):
+    """
+
+    :param string:
+    :return: string
+    """
+    pattern = r"(\".*?\"|\'.*?\')|(/\*.*?\*/|//[^\r\n]*$)"
+    # first group captures quoted strings (double or single)
+    # second group captures comments (//single-line or /* multi-line */)
+    regex = re.compile(pattern, re.MULTILINE | re.DOTALL)
+
+    def _replacer(match):
+        # if the 2nd group (capturing comments) is not None,
+        # it means we have captured a non-quoted (real) comment string.
+        if match.group(2) is not None:
+            return ""
+        else:  # otherwise, we will return the 1st group
+            return match.group(1)  # captured quoted-string
+    return regex.sub(_replacer, string)
+
+
+# http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3609596/python-regular-expression-must-strip-whitespace-except-between-quotes
+# http://stackoverflow.com/a/3609802
+def stripwhite(text):
+    """
+
+    :param text:
+    :return: string
+    """
+    # Remove whitespace characters not found in between double-quotes
+    lst = text.split('"')
+    for i, item in enumerate(lst):
+        if not i % 2:
+            lst[i] = re.sub("\s+", "", item)
+    return '"'.join(lst)
+
+
+def migrate_file_data(json_filename, variable_name='json', output_filename=None):
+    """
+    Provide a JSON filename, an (optional) variable name, and an (optional) output filename.
+    It reads in the JSON file (discarding comments, turns it back into a string in "compressed" format - that is,
+    without unneeded whitespaces, etc. It then writes out a file that basically is a C/C++ source file defining a
+    string array by converting every character to hex.
+    :return:
+    """
+    try:
+        # Generate a default output filename based on the input filename if output filename is not provided
+        if output_filename is None:
+            filename_parts = json_filename.split('.')[:-1]
+            filename_parts.append('cpp')
+            output_filename = '.'.join(filename_parts)
+
+        # 'with' keyword will handle the closing of files
+        with open(json_filename, 'rb') as json_input:
+            with open(output_filename, 'w') as cpp_output:
+                end_of_file = ''
+                cpp_output.write('static const char {}[] = {{'.format(variable_name))
+                line = json_input.readline()
+                while line != end_of_file:
+                    # TODO: Are comments allowed in JSON outside of data?
+                    # http://www.json.org/
+                    # https://plus.google.com/+DouglasCrockfordEsq/posts/RK8qyGVaGSr
+                    # https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/json/conversations/topics/156
+                    uncommented_line = remove_comments(line)
+                    stripped_line = stripwhite(uncommented_line)
+                    if stripped_line != '':
+                        # Don't write (now) empty line contents to the file
+                        json_file_contents = list(stripped_line)
+                        cpp_file_contents = ["0x{}".format(char.encode("hex")) for char in json_file_contents]
+                        write_to_file = ", ".join(cpp_file_contents)
+                        # Add the extra trailing comma to connect data from multiple lines
+                        write_to_file = "{}, ".format(write_to_file)
+                        cpp_output.write(write_to_file)
+                    line = json_input.readline()
+                # The End of File newline would have been removed in the while loop above. Re-add it.
+                cpp_output.write("0x{}".format('\n'.encode("hex")))
+                cpp_output.write('};\n')
+    except IOError:
+        return "Could not read file: {}".format(json_filename)
+
+
+def main(argv):
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument('input', help="input file")
+    parser.add_argument('-o', '--output', help="output file (defaults to standard out)")
+    parser.add_argument('-s', '--symbol', default='json', help="symbol/variable name to create in generated file")
+    args = parser.parse_args(argv)
+    input_filename = args.input
+    output_filename = args.output
+    symbol = args.symbol
+
+    migrate_file_data(json_filename=input_filename, variable_name=symbol, output_filename=output_filename)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main(sys.argv[1:])
+
diff --git a/devtools/test_osvr_json_to_c.py b/devtools/test_osvr_json_to_c.py
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+"""
+ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+     http:www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ limitations under the License.
+ """
+
+from os import path
+import shutil
+import tempfile
+import unittest
+from osvr_json_to_c import migrate_file_data
+
+
+class OSVRJsonToCTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
+    """Tests for `osvr_json_to_c.py`."""
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        # Create a temporary directory
+        self.test_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
+        self.test_json_filename = 'test.json'
+        self.test_json_filepath = path.join(self.test_dir, self.test_json_filename)
+        # 'with' keyword will handle the closing of files
+        with open(self.test_json_filepath, 'w') as json_file:
+            json_file_contents = """{
+                                       "hello": "world"
+                                    }"""
+            json_file.write(json_file_contents)
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        # Remove the directory after the test
+        shutil.rmtree(self.test_dir)
+
+    def test_set_variable_name_in_output(self):
+        """
+        Does the variable name set as expected?
+        :return:
+        """
+        symbol = 'variable_name'
+        temp_output_filepath = path.join(self.test_dir, 'test.cpp')
+        migrate_file_data(json_filename=self.test_json_filepath, variable_name=symbol)
+        # 'with' keyword will handle the closing of files
+        with open(temp_output_filepath, 'rb') as cpp_file:
+            # Reopen the file and check if what we read back is the same
+            line = cpp_file.readline()
+            self.assertTrue('static const char {}[]'.format(symbol) in line)
+
+    def test_default_variable_name_in_output(self):
+        """
+        Does the variable name default as expected?
+        :return:
+        """
+        symbol = 'json'
+        output_filepath = path.join(self.test_dir, 'test.cpp')
+        migrate_file_data(json_filename=self.test_json_filepath)
+        # 'with' keyword will handle the closing of files
+        with open(output_filepath, 'rb') as cpp_file:
+            # Reopen the file and check if what we read back is the same
+            line = cpp_file.readline()
+            self.assertTrue('static const char {}[]'.format(symbol) in line)
+
+    def test_default_output_filename(self):
+        """
+        Does the output filename default as expected?
+        :return:
+        """
+        migrate_file_data(json_filename=self.test_json_filepath)
+        output_filepath = path.join(self.test_dir, 'test.cpp')
+        self.assertTrue(path.isfile(output_filepath))
+
+    def test_set_output_filename(self):
+        """
+        Does the output filename set as expected?
+        :return:
+        """
+        output_filename = 'test_output'
+        output_filepath = path.join(self.test_dir, '{}.cpp'.format(output_filename))
+        migrate_file_data(json_filename=self.test_json_filepath, output_filename=output_filepath)
+        self.assertTrue(path.isfile(output_filepath))
+
+    def test_file_read_error(self):
+        """
+        Does migrate_file_data() return an error message as expected if the input file is unreadable?
+        :return:
+        """
+        error_message = migrate_file_data(json_filename='')
+        self.assertTrue('Could not read file:' in error_message)
+
+    def test_hello_world_json(self):
+        """
+        Does migrate_file_data() create the proper cpp file contents given the hello world test data?
+        :return:
+        """
+        expected_cpp_contents = "static const char json[] = {0x7b, 0x22, 0x68, 0x65, 0x6c, 0x6c, 0x6f, 0x22, 0x3a, 0x22, 0x77, 0x6f," \
+                                " 0x72, 0x6c, 0x64, 0x22, 0x7d, 0x0a};\n"
+        output_filepath = path.join(self.test_dir, 'test.cpp')
+        migrate_file_data(json_filename=self.test_json_filepath)
+        # 'with' keyword will handle the closing of files
+        with open(output_filepath, 'rb') as cpp_file:
+            # Reopen the file and check if what we read back is the same
+            cpp_contents = cpp_file.read()
+            self.assertEqual(cpp_contents, expected_cpp_contents)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main()