[simpits-tech] Falcon multiple monitor support workaround

[Jeroen Huijben]

Moving a heavy monitor around would require strong motors, a strong 
construction and a counterweight.

Another option is to use a beamer and a big all round screen.
Then you would only need to turn the beamer to project the image on the 
right place.

A problem would be that at some point the beamer would get between the 
player and the projection.
That could be solved by making the beamer turn less than the virtual head.

You could even use mirrors and keep the beamer stationary.
But that may cause the image to be distorted a bit.

I agree that the best solution is a graphics only version of F4 that 
receives data from the regular F4 program.

>From: "Erwin Neyt" <EagleEye at Eagle9Systems.com>
>Hi Matt,
>
> > So Falcon 4 can't run networked amongst several machines,
> > with one master instance of the app on the main machine
> > spitting out 3D coords to the other machines? I really think
> > getting this to work would be the best solution by *far*, and
> > computers are cheap these days.......
>
>No, and in my HO this is the only proper way to do it. Like X-Plane
>does.
>
>And using head tracking to expand FOV, I think the only solution is to
>keep the monitor always in front of the pilots head.
>You should be able to construct something like a big X-Y table, but then
>like half a circle with a monitor moving along side of it.
>Hmm, bit hard to explane. At one our our customers they have an
>apparatus which resembles this
>(http://www.tm.tno.nl/research/perception.html)
>Look a the picture in the top left and imagine not a speaker, but a
>monitor on the beam. Makes sense? That way you could always put the
>monitor there where the pilot looks, but I guess it wouldn't work
>because of the latency involved (the repositioning of the monitor has to
>be damned fast)
>
>Again, better to wait for the proper support to do this.
>
>
>Erwin.
>
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