Well, he at least tried it...
Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2016 5:29 pm
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Nels Anderson runs FlightSim.Com and this is their 20th anniversary month. As part of a look back, various people from across the flight simulation community asked Nels interview questions and this one was from Matt Wagner of DCS/Eagle.
Nels Anderson runs FlightSim.Com and this is their 20th anniversary month. As part of a look back, various people from across the flight simulation community asked Nels interview questions and this one was from Matt Wagner of DCS/Eagle.
Matt Wagner From DCS
What are your thoughts on the current generation of virtual reality systems and their impact on entertainment flight simulation?
ANSWER: It seems like virtual reality has been "coming soon" for an awful lot of years now! But the current generation does show more promise of actually amounting to something. At the recent FlightSimCon I even got the chance to fly FSX using a virtual reality setup, using software from FlyInside and the Oculus Rift headset. So it's here now for those who want it.
I don't see it as having much impact on what we traditionally consider to be flight simulation. You really don't need a virtual reality system to immerse yourself into flight and frankly I cannot imagine wearing the equipment for the duration of a long flight. It's also currently difficult to deal with the many controls your need to use to fly an aircraft and there's no easy way to refer to charts. Perhaps solutions for this will be found in future VR systems.
It's more likely that it will open up types of simulation different from what we're used to, simulations that are more immersive but likely shorter in duration and more mission oriented. Once the hardware is cheap enough and truly accessible to the average person I'm sure clever developers will find good uses for it.
Interview with Matt Wagner
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