1. DDz Quorum FoolTrottel Posted April 20, 2020 1. DDz Quorum Posted April 20, 2020 Better to have them going all over the place in transit, and have them nice and steady when they've finally arrived me thinks. I mean, picture them being all over the place once in cockpit! Quote
DD_Arthur Posted April 20, 2020 Posted April 20, 2020 I think thats good news Crash. Although Dallas is obviously a bit further away from you than NY I seem to remember it's one of the BIG airfreight distribution hub's for the US. In europe Liepzig is the biggy for inbound airfreight. Your fingering device should be perfect for giving the F16 a poke Quote
Crash Posted April 20, 2020 Author Posted April 20, 2020 @ Arthur I have had a very quick go in the F-16 To be honest I thought that US post had lost it as it hadnt moved in over 2 weeks. We shall see. I will definatly give the plywood cockpit a go Quote
1. DDz Quorum FoolTrottel Posted April 20, 2020 1. DDz Quorum Posted April 20, 2020 That plywood stuff: looks like it works ... nice idea, at least your finger has something to push against That video does show the currently limited peripheral vision in VR, and/or limited FOV - Wow, how he has to move his head to look at a switch, that's a lot ... ! Quote
DD_Arthur Posted April 20, 2020 Posted April 20, 2020 42 minutes ago, FoolTrottel said: That video does show the currently limited peripheral vision in VR, and/or limited FOV - Wow, how he has to move his head to look at a switch, that's a lot ... ! Hmmm......I think the limited field of view thing is a bit of a red herring. I'm sat at my pc now with the monitor on a desk. To my right are some pens. If I pick one up the natural thing seems to be to move my head and guide my hand to it. I don't grope around for it whilst staring straight ahead. If I was sat in the cockpit of a modern military jet i think I'd be wanting to guide my banana fingers right onto the correct switch or button. Again, I don't think I'd be relying on peripheral vision to accomplish 'difficult' tasks. Chimps like us are hunters not flight animals and we've evolved two close-set optical receptors on a pivoting, swivelling mount. We're meant to use them that way. For us, peripheral vision is mostly useful for seeing things in the dark. Nice idea with the plywood btw. Quote
1. DDz Quorum FoolTrottel Posted April 20, 2020 1. DDz Quorum Posted April 20, 2020 Yeah, it 's not so much the peripheral vision - should not have use that word, sorry! - yet more FOV limitation? I am not sure, but how does moving / rolling your eyes do in VR? Maybe that's the "problem?" His movements just look a bit off, not natural? Quote
Crash Posted April 21, 2020 Author Posted April 21, 2020 I think that in the videos I have seen on cold and dark start ups snap views have been used to get a good position for mouse clicking of the buttons. My package has now departed Dallas for God knows where. Quote
DD_Arthur Posted April 21, 2020 Posted April 21, 2020 1 hour ago, Crash said: My package has now departed Dallas for God knows where. Quick top ten of preferred destinations; 1 East Midlands Airport 2 Heathrow 3 Leipzig 4 Bolivia. . . . . . . 12 Antarctica 1 Quote
Crash Posted April 21, 2020 Author Posted April 21, 2020 I seem to remember an Austrailian buying a PointCTRL and it really did a world tour. Out and back to the US a couple of times Quote
Crash Posted April 22, 2020 Author Posted April 22, 2020 I am going to have a look in the garage for some ply for my "cockpit" soon. Just fired up DCS and it has decided to bin my A10 control settings Quote
1. DDz Quorum FoolTrottel Posted April 22, 2020 1. DDz Quorum Posted April 22, 2020 Oh, what would really be cool: To print a map of your hometowns surroundings, or of London or Paris on that plywood. And then make a video of you using the PointControls! Haha, that would really look funny.... (Or, maybe not... well, just imagine!) 1 Quote
Crash Posted April 23, 2020 Author Posted April 23, 2020 It is here and I have decided to have a tidy up/re-route of lots of cables. I plan to do the set up tomorrow. 2 Quote
Crash Posted April 24, 2020 Author Posted April 24, 2020 Tried to set up but its a bit bright now so I will wait until theis evening. Looking forward to getting it working All I need is a piece of plywood and wifey will be convinced I am mad. Quote
1. DDz Quorum Sid Posted April 24, 2020 1. DDz Quorum Posted April 24, 2020 34 minutes ago, Crash said: Tried to set up but its a bit bright now so I will wait until theis evening. Looking forward to getting it working All I need is a piece of plywood and wifey will be convinced I am mad. Janie always said that my study would take off and fly one day..... Quote
Crash Posted May 2, 2020 Author Posted May 2, 2020 After several attempts over several days I think I have got it set up feeling very promising as there will be no need to assign key presses for every plane. Looking forward to when the beta is upgraded to stable as the settings screen is better. Quote
Crash Posted May 2, 2020 Author Posted May 2, 2020 Me too, but it is nice to be able to activate stuff using your fingers Quote
Crash Posted May 6, 2020 Author Posted May 6, 2020 It still need some refining with my left hand but it is impressive Quote
Crash Posted May 23, 2020 Author Posted May 23, 2020 After recalibrating 4 times it works well. I think I had issues with stray lighting interfering with the headset. It is rather good for using MFDs Viacompro and SRS on the otherhand......need more understanding on my part. Quote
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