Condor2, inbound on final glide!

Hi Condor Fans,

Condor2 details are now available he
http://cumulus-soaring.com/condor2.htm
Order Now!

Best Regards,

Paul Remde
Cumulus Soaring, Inc.
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On Sunday, February 11, 2018 at 9:06:07 PM UTC-6, sisu1a wrote:
https://www.facebook.com/CondorSim/

Condor2 is finally here/around the corner. The new site is up, the old forum imported to the new one, and the store is up (buy links not active yet but prices are there)

http://www.condorsoaring.com/order/?cn-reloaded=1#

http://www.condorsoaring.com/forums/ (old forum towards bottom, threads still active)

Yay!

Can you use the existing landscapes (Condir 1) with Condor 2?
7DR

What it needs is to be able to use Bing or Google earth images without having to flaff about with the landscape rubbish.

https://cesiumjs.org

On Friday, February 16, 2018 at 5:36:59 AM UTC, wrote:
What it needs is to be able to use Bing or Google earth images without having to flaff about with the landscape rubbish.

https://cesiumjs.org

Google Maps terms of use state that redistribution of their content is forbidden and even the rules of using their maps in TV or press are quite strict. Not to mention, they clearly state that bulk downloading their data is forbidden too.

Chris Wedgwood
Condor Team

On Friday, February 16, 2018 at 5:26:12 AM UTC, Dan wrote:
Can you use the existing landscapes (Condir 1) with Condor 2?
7DR

Scenery authors need to convert their landscapes for Condor 2. Some of them were part of beta team so have had the tools from us for some time. Others have just started. See http://www.condorsoaring.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=37

Chris Wedgwood
Condor Team

Chris, I'll ask again:

Is their any plan to make Condor 2 capable of supporting Virtual Reality (Vive or Rift)?

VR is a TOTAL game changer in flight simulation - it changes something like Condor from basically a procedural trainer (albeit an excellent one) to pretty close to a full-up flight simulator.

And compared to the cost of a big screen setup (especially a multi-screen setup) a good VR headset is cheap.

Head-tracking systems like Track-IR - or worse, using a hat switch or mouse to move your viewing direction - are handicaps for initial training - solved by the natural viewing habits learned in VR.

Please - consider adding VR capability as soon as possible!

Kirk
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On Friday, February 16, 2018 at 9:55:32 AM UTC-7, kirk.stant wrote:
Chris, I'll ask again:

Is their any plan to make Condor 2 capable of supporting Virtual Reality (Vive or Rift)?

VR is a TOTAL game changer in flight simulation - it changes something like Condor from basically a procedural trainer (albeit an excellent one) to pretty close to a full-up flight simulator.

And compared to the cost of a big screen setup (especially a multi-screen setup) a good VR headset is cheap.

Head-tracking systems like Track-IR - or worse, using a hat switch or mouse to move your viewing direction - are handicaps for initial training - solved by the natural viewing habits learned in VR.

Please - consider adding VR capability as soon as possible!

Kirk
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There was quite a bit of 'discussion' about that on the forums and I think the official answer was no there are no plans for VR, but they are open to considering it in the future.

On Friday, February 16, 2018 at 12:37:02 PM UTC-6, Dan Stroschine wrote:
There was quite a bit of 'discussion' about that on the forums and I think the official answer was no there are no plans for VR, but they are open to considering it in the future.

That's a pity - definitely removes any interest I have in upgrading to Condor 2. Hopefully they will come around soon and see the benefits of going VR.

Cheers,

Kirk
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On Friday, February 16, 2018 at 6:37:02 PM UTC, Dan Stroschine wrote:
On Friday, February 16, 2018 at 9:55:32 AM UTC-7, kirk.stant wrote:
Chris, I'll ask again:

Is their any plan to make Condor 2 capable of supporting Virtual Reality (Vive or Rift)?

VR is a TOTAL game changer in flight simulation - it changes something like Condor from basically a procedural trainer (albeit an excellent one) to pretty close to a full-up flight simulator.

And compared to the cost of a big screen setup (especially a multi-screen setup) a good VR headset is cheap.

Head-tracking systems like Track-IR - or worse, using a hat switch or mouse to move your viewing direction - are handicaps for initial training - solved by the natural viewing habits learned in VR.

Please - consider adding VR capability as soon as possible!

Kirk
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There was quite a bit of 'discussion' about that on the forums and I think the official answer was no there are no plans for VR, but they are open to considering it in the future.


That is not correct. We said its on todo list.

On Friday, February 16, 2018 at 3:36:21 PM UTC-6, Chris Wedgwood wrote:
On Friday, February 16, 2018 at 6:37:02 PM UTC, Dan Stroschine wrote:
On Friday, February 16, 2018 at 9:55:32 AM UTC-7, kirk.stant wrote:
Chris, I'll ask again:

Is their any plan to make Condor 2 capable of supporting Virtual Reality (Vive or Rift)?

VR is a TOTAL game changer in flight simulation - it changes something like Condor from basically a procedural trainer (albeit an excellent one) to pretty close to a full-up flight simulator.

And compared to the cost of a big screen setup (especially a multi-screen setup) a good VR headset is cheap.

Head-tracking systems like Track-IR - or worse, using a hat switch or mouse to move your viewing direction - are handicaps for initial training - solved by the natural viewing habits learned in VR.

Please - consider adding VR capability as soon as possible!

Kirk
66

There was quite a bit of 'discussion' about that on the forums and I think the official answer was no there are no plans for VR, but they are open to considering it in the future.


That is not correct. We said its on todo list.

Chris, that's great to hear - and I appreciate what you are doing - so will be looking for Condor 2 VR enhancement "in two weeks" ;^)

Anyway, I'll be getting C2 for my daughter who is just starting to learn to fly gliders - only the best!

Cheers,

Kirk