[simpits-tech] Falcon views 360?

[Inventmd at aol.com]

With all this talk about Falcon 5.0 coming out, I wonder if it doesn't make 
sense to discuss our wish lists out loud.

I think the biggest detraction from realism of any flight simulation is the 
inability to look at the scenery around you.  Whether it be multiple monitor 
support, or headmounted video goggles that pan around cockpit slaved to head 
movements, my two cents is that this issue receive some attention.

Perhaps the Falcon community could come to some sort of agreement in terms of 
the ideal algorithm for displaying the environment as close as 360 degrees as 
possible.

Perhaps the easiest is the headmounted goggle system with some sort of 
tracking device.  This would be similar to the padlock view but with the visual 
display tracking in Synchrony with head movements rather than panning about using 
the arrow keys.

It would be nice to have Falcon support for scalable multiple monitor views.  
Specifically, support for a minimum of four monitors would be required: 
front, left, right, above. (And a 5th to check six) Scalability (or zoom) would be 
important so that everything could be adjusted for different monitor sizes at 
different distances (or video projector scenarios).  In other words, for those 
with four projectors and large rooms, it might be nice for the left view 
display to merge and even overlap into the front view display and the "above view" 
 display.  For those no space and small monitors, one might need to scale the 
picture down to get the appropriate field of view for the monitor position -- 
and certainly not overlap.

There are some incredibly smart people on this forum-so I figure maybe we can 
get your smarts into the project.

John Li