[simpits-tech] Falcon views 360?

[Da Shizznit]

a cheap and cost effective solution for a pair of light weight high res. eye
goggles with a head track mount to sense the amount of movement IMHO will be
nice to work with miltary flightsimulators. Too much panning around in
thecockpit simply not possible to tile a sphere of monitors to cover the
bubble canopy and projectors can only do so much with their limited views.

The goggles can be a stand alone wearable item or be mounted like a visor on
a flight helmet similar to NVG.

I dream of the day when that can happen. That's why I collected my HGU55p
hoping maybe one day I can throw on a visor and all the optical illusions
will be right infront of my eyes and follow where I turn my head. In F4,
most of the time I spend is in the 3D cockpit so I can pan around  and do my
visual checks for threat, formation or just admiring the views. With a pair
of google, paddlock can also be used in the realistic mode. Its a matter of
moving your head around and if you hit the paddlock key when you are infact
looking closely to the target. It will be highlighted for you. The neck is
going to get a good workout I bet  hehe.

Only problem is... What if I want to head down and look at the control
surface of my "real pit"... the google can be automatically disengage its
optics and become a clear visor so I can still see into my own cockpit. When
I look up, it will sense my head is looking back outside and shows the
outside view of the cockpit again?

I am dreaming... Lucky I am still young... it might happen one day in my
life time and hopefully I will have enough money to afford it.

Al
Sydney, Oz
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marv De Beque" <mdebeque at woh.rr.com>
To: "Simulator Cockpit tech list" <simpits-tech at simpits.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2003 8:33 PM
Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] Falcon views 360?


> I agree!
>
> Marv
>
> On 10/13/03 10:41 PM, "Inventmd at aol.com" <Inventmd at aol.com> wrote:
>
> > 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
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