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jimi08:
--- Quote from: Ah-Menace on October 11, 2018, 08:27:49 am ---fellas,
Just touching in with ya'll real quick, after a bar night, if u can afford it, build ur own rig, get Oculus Rift,Fly Inside, and @ least FSX Steam Edition and u will never go back to 2D again! I love flying over home! (Va.Beach) "Oceana"! I7 8700K,GTX 1080 TI,and enough to push them! Later!
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Agreed. Oculus is a game changer for immersion! Just sucks that you have to feel around for everything lol
PhantomTweak:
--- Quote ---Agreed. Oculus is a game changer for immersion! Just sucks that you have to feel around for everything lol
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Sux worse that some are physically incapable of using VR. You need 2 good eyes to use any VR system. Leaves me out entirely.
Oh well, them's the breaks of NavAir, as we used to say :D
Have fun, all!
Pat☺
D5turbi:
Hi Pat,
I do not have good eyes, (astigmatic and hyperopic) and I fly without problems in VR with an Oculus Rift. I do not wear the glasses under the helmet. ;)
Jean
PhantomTweak:
Ahh, but at least you have the requisite TWO eyes, Jean.
VR doesn't work with just one. It uses the different pictures on the two sides to "fool" your brain into thinking what it's receiving is in 3D. It works much like reality. You get two slightly different views in your two eyes, and your brain interprets it as a 3D world. It's one of the important things your brain learns early on in you existence.
I haven't seen the world in 3D since '92, when a wild mustang ran across in front of my bike. No way to stop at 60 MPH. Scraped me right off the back of the bike, and we all went bouncing down the highway together for a ways. Thank whatever deity you prefer for helmets, though! Apparently my head bounced of the centerline for a while, as it wound up with the neatest, bright yellow stripe down the side of it. Knocked the retina off the back of the eyeball on the left side.
Went through surgery to try and repair it, but to no avail. No retina, eyeball no worky.
Took me a while to learn the new way of seeing. Try closing one eye, and viewing the world. It appears the same at first glance, but try and pick up a pencil off the table, or have someone toss you a ball. You won't catch it, I promise. Made driving a REAL adventure, at first. ;D
So yeah, that's my long winded way of saying that I am sure VR is a wonderful thing, but I'll never be able to use it, for anything. Flying or not.
Just a "thing" one has to deal with, like it or not. I would have loved to toss a football with my kids, or play Ultimate Frisby, like I did in high school, or juggle, as I used to be able to do rather well, but hey, wish in one hand... :D
If you have a VR system, utilize it, and enjoy it! ;)
Pat☺
jimi08:
--- Quote from: PhantomTweak on October 13, 2018, 08:54:08 pm ---Ahh, but at least you have the requisite TWO eyes, Jean.
VR doesn't work with just one. It uses the different pictures on the two sides to "fool" your brain into thinking what it's receiving is in 3D. It works much like reality. You get two slightly different views in your two eyes, and your brain interprets it as a 3D world. It's one of the important things your brain learns early on in you existence.
I haven't seen the world in 3D since '92, when a wild mustang ran across in front of my bike. No way to stop at 60 MPH. Scraped me right off the back of the bike, and we all went bouncing down the highway together for a ways. Thank whatever deity you prefer for helmets, though! Apparently my head bounced of the centerline for a while, as it wound up with the neatest, bright yellow stripe down the side of it. Knocked the retina off the back of the eyeball on the left side.
Went through surgery to try and repair it, but to no avail. No retina, eyeball no worky.
Took me a while to learn the new way of seeing. Try closing one eye, and viewing the world. It appears the same at first glance, but try and pick up a pencil off the table, or have someone toss you a ball. You won't catch it, I promise. Made driving a REAL adventure, at first. ;D
So yeah, that's my long winded way of saying that I am sure VR is a wonderful thing, but I'll never be able to use it, for anything. Flying or not.
Just a "thing" one has to deal with, like it or not. I would have loved to toss a football with my kids, or play Ultimate Frisby, like I did in high school, or juggle, as I used to be able to do rather well, but hey, wish in one hand... :D
If you have a VR system, utilize it, and enjoy it! ;)
Pat☺
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Unfortunate story Pat. Played around with Oculus Rift a little tonight, minus the use of one eye.... Obviously the 3D effects are gone as you've previously mentioned, but even so, the sense of scale and the very accurate head tracking that you get with it is still worth the investment if you can. I'll have to warn you though, it is a costly investment. Especially if your rig isn't already ready to handle it and you have to make upgrades...
my two cents....
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