TA + Condor + Occulus Rift = Awesome

On Friday, January 31, 2014 3:51:31 PM UTC-5, Whiskey Charlie wrote:

Instead using this technology to make a simulator more like flying, how about we make flying more like a simulator?

I will not be surprised when pilots get a 360 degree view of the airspace around them without the annoyance of an opaque instrument panel in front of them. Whether that is done by wearing special glasses or plugging a wire into the base of their skulls remains to be seen.

Years from now when that happens, I will probably think that it is a bad thing and not "real flying".

On Friday, January 31, 2014 4:28:46 PM UTC-6, son_of_flubber wrote:

I will not be surprised when pilots get a 360 degree view of the airspace around them without the annoyance of an opaque instrument panel in front of them. Whether that is done by wearing special glasses or plugging a wire into the base of their skulls remains to be seen.

Years from now when that happens, I will probably think that it is a bad thing and not "real flying".

You don't have to wait years, F-35 pilots have been doing it (or at least trying to do it) for several years now. Called DAS (for Distributed Aperture System), it feeds video into the pilots helmet so that he can look in any direction and see "through" the aircraft structure, day or night.

So join the Air Force (F-35A), Marines (F-35B) or Navy (F-35C) and experience it now!

Of course, it still has a few bugs, nothing a few billion dollars won't fix....

Kirk
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On Fri, 31 Jan 2014 14:47:03 -0800 (PST), "kirk.stant"
wrote:

On Friday, January 31, 2014 4:28:46 PM UTC-6, son_of_flubber wrote:

I will not be surprised when pilots get a 360 degree view of the airspace
around them without the annoyance of an opaque instrument panel in front
of them. Whether that is done by wearing special glasses or plugging a wire
into the base of their skulls remains to be seen.

Years from now when that happens, I will probably think that it is a bad thing
and not "real flying".

You don't have to wait years, F-35 pilots have been doing it (or at least trying to do it)
for several years now. Called DAS (for Distributed Aperture System), it feeds
video into the pilots helmet so that he can look in any direction and see "through" the
aircraft structure, day or night.

So join the Air Force (F-35A), Marines (F-35B) or Navy (F-35C) and experience it now!

Of course, it still has a few bugs, nothing a few billion dollars won't fix...

Kirk
66

For those interested in what this might look like, Raytheon has a
competing product (ADAS) mounted in a helicopter. Here's a link to
some promotional video of flight imagery.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16iW9mKJSuc

Bob

On Wednesday, January 29, 2014 8:28:12 AM UTC-5, CJ wrote:
http://youtu.be/ipbtMJagv5o



Whattaya say Frank? Fancy a wee bit of programming?



Casey Jay

B3

Well, that is definitely an awesome trucking game, and the viewing control was pretty impressive. However, the current Condor setup works very nicely with the $150 TrackIR5 Pro head-tracking system from Natural Point. Not sure that completely revamping the program for an unknown improvement in immersion would qualify for 'the best and highest' use of my time ;-)

TA

I agree that for the purpose of learning how to fly XC in gliders, that Condor works passably well with a head tracker.

But here is a glimpse of the competition... fly as an eagle in a photo realistic depiction of the Alps http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1y_5ceZt1-4