[simpits-tech] Collimated Display

[Frank Riedel]

ok - got it ;-)

So - anyone have a guess how the setup is - dimension etc ?


2013/12/29 <dabigboy at cox.net>

> That looks very cool! I have not heard of these guys before, but I did see
> a development version of what may be the same visual system back in 2002 or
> so on The Screensavers (short-lived TV show for computer geeks....Austin
> Meyer, the X-Plane creator, was even on once).
>
> If the projector is right in the focal point of the screen, I *think* you
> can get by without doing image warping, but I'm not sure. This is something
> I am still researching for my own system. I will let Gene elaborate on the
> specifics of his system, but there is one SIGNIFICANT difference between
> direct projection (the Aces system, as it appears to use) and what Gene is
> doing. Because his system uses a mirror, with the actual projected surface
> almost in the same plane as the pilots, the image is not in the same focal
> plane as the mirror itself. Gene's system allows the image to move with the
> pilot, and also focus the image further away. So as you move your head, a
> given point in the virtual world will not stay on the same physical point
> on the screen/mirror. It also means two pilots in the cockpit see
> essentially the same image (a key feature the FAA demands in civilian
> multi-person sims). With that being said, this still appears to be an
> AWESOME system, and I am sure there a
>  re some aspects of it that would be interesting and insightful, even for
> my planned Gene Screen. :)
>
> Military fighter sims like the one the video shows represent a
> compromise......they are more interested in getting a large field of view
> than in making the image look convincingly distant, or preserving the image
> at different viewpoints (there is only one pilot, whose perspective is
> fairly limited by the design of the cockpit).
>
> Btw, I should point out that this would not be considered a collimated
> display.
>
> Mat
>
> ---- Frank Riedel <frank at youfly.nu> wrote:
> > Hi all and g.
> > g. - you have made a display similary to this
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrSJpetxpto
> > right?? ;-) - what is there setup ?? - same as you 3 projectors and a
> hard
> > display screen ??
> >
> >
> > *Frank Riedel*
>
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