HTC Vive and VR

[milezee]

Hi all,
I've had a rather long break from building since the birth of my second daughter. My 737 has been out in the desert all this time.
However, at work I have been working on 360 video production and acquired a HTC Vive and a PSVR also.

Obviously one of the first things I tried on it (after a few zombie shooters) was flight Sims.

Visually it is rather good. There is a great sense of really being there.
Interaction sucks however, but I expect this to improve.

So far I have tried FSX and xplane 11 using flyinside. Frame rates are quite poor so not a great experience.

Aerofly FS2 however ran like a dream on my gtx1080. It's downside being that the terrain is pretty poor compared to the others.

Has anyone here been trying the VR thing?

Merry Christmas everyone btw.

[mickc]

Yes Sir,

I got a HTC Vive last week, and have been living in a VR cockpit ever since

I run P3D  v3 with flyinside, and use the PMDG 737.

My frame rates have been fine, even though the PC im using is below the minimum spec, im using a demo PC from work with 2x GTX 960s and 8Gb ram.

Immersion factor is 10000%, just like being there. For those that are pilots in real life, it feels just like doing it for real.

I agree about the interaction, a lot of the switches etc in the PMDG cant be used with the controllers, so I use the mouse.  I find the pop up windows very handy though.  you can just have the CDU or PFD floating in space in front of you.

The details are hard to read on the gauges etc, but the magnifier tool works well for this.

I found the Carenado A-36 Bonanza that ships as part of P3D is a great one to fly as well, smaller cockpit is easier to read and navigate.

Note that on this machine I just have a base install of P3D with no add-on airports, just the PMDG has been added.