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This video of a guy playing War Thunder using an Oculus Rift and a full set of flight controls really shows off the power of VR. The side by side comparisons are the best part.
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Nice setup -- I'd love to have something similar for car racing.
As nerdy as I am - (and as single as I am) when I first saw him showing his setup in the living room, the first thing that popped into my mind was "this guy must not have girls over that often" lol
His setup actually isn't really all that expensive or elaborate. You don't have to devote yourself to a life of celibacy to buy a cheap flight trainer and a DK2 to play around with. It seems like he could afford the really high-end stuff without much effort, anyway, judging by the rest of his channel. The guy has a Tesla and flies for fun.
I just meant from the standpoint of "all that stuff" in his living room... my experience with women in general has taught me that if you have a bunch of weird random computer shit all over the place, it's unfamiliar and makes them uncomfortable or question you.
I'm currently more single than Kraft cheese and no plans to change it... I'm totally jelly of the guy if he has a tesla and gets to play with an Oculus rift
Why the hell is he using TrackIR with the Oculus?
He isn't. He was using TrackIR with an ordinary microphone headset.
The term 'Simulator' is being thrown around here pretty loosely, try DCS if you want a real combat sim.
he was wearing the rift and using TrackIR , either he had an older DK that didn't have motion tracking, or he just prefers trackir solution.
I like his setup but know nothing about, where can one get that?!
One thing though, even with all the great gear, that slight lag he talks about with VR is what still kills the emersion for me. He says it kinda disappears for him, but it still does not for me and probably a lot of others. Especially for competition play.
Virtual reality, another fad like all the others. I have seen it come and go but, so far, it always goes.
Virtual reality, another fad like all the others. I have seen it come and go but, so far, it always goes.
I just meant from the standpoint of "all that stuff" in his living room... my experience with women in general has taught me that if you have a bunch of weird random computer shit all over the place, it's unfamiliar and makes them uncomfortable or question you.
That looks really sweet.
But, the guy must have thousands invested.
My wife would leave me.
One thing though, even with all the great gear, that slight lag he talks about with VR is what still kills the emersion for me. He says it kinda disappears for him, but it still does not for me and probably a lot of others. Especially for competition play.
One thing though, even with all the great gear, that slight lag he talks about with VR is what still kills the emersion for me. He says it kinda disappears for him, but it still does not for me and probably a lot of others. Especially for competition play.
Considering he built it out of copper, you are correct. What, this guy never heard of pvc pipe?
Copper pipe is pretty easy to work with once you've done it before. I helped my dad re-pipe our house when I was a kid, then, 30 years later did my own with no assistance. Measure, cutting with a pipe cutter gives a nice clean cut, no plastic crap flying all over the place, clean up the soldering surfaces (fine sandpaper, steel wool, emery cloth, etc), flux and solder. It really is easy, and, firmer than PVC. If you want shiny, you can always go with brass everything and polish to a bright shine, then lacquer.
My past girlfriends and fiancee have had no problem with my computer nonsense.
Lucky you, when I got my first computer my GF got really pissed that I spent so much time on it, she even tried to get me to get rid of it. My wallet has complained the most though.