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When (date) did you get on the wait list? I haven't got an email yet and I was on like day 2 or 3 I think.

Sounds like orders are going to open for these on Thursday for those who are pre registered on the wait list. It looks like public orders will take place about a month or so later. The Vr1 looks like its going to be excellent for sims and should excel at dcs with eye tracking and perhaps can utilize hand tracking as well. Its main competitor seems to be Varjo...the Xr4 because of its price range. The VR1 should be well received by those who enter into the deal expecting to spend a lot of money on the headset and then expect to spend a lot of money and time modding the headset to make it work as that individual envisions it working (mod it to fit your expectations) The VR1 will likely be poorly received by those who think because they spent a lot of money they should receive a hassle free device that is ready to go and meet their expectations and needs right out of the box. This is because it appears that it ships with no controllers, no base stations, no audio solutions and a sub par head strap that never got enough dev time and will likely be considered mostly useless for any duration exceeding a few minutes. Expect really good software pretty early on that allows you to customize just about anything with really good hardware that provides just about the best visuals on ANY Vr headset right now with perhaps the XR4 beating it in a few categories but I expect the VR1 to beat it in more categories and almost match the XR4 in all other categories. Its going to be a 90% headset that is going to require the end user to come up with the last 10% on their own I suspect. I still think im getting one and have a pretty low reg number perhaps ill have it in a month or less. But the price is still unknown still expecting XR4 price range of about 4k.

The crystal or one of its variants right? They seem like the best for the dollar based on what I have read.

Im going to run a few test but Im 90% sure this is still a problem. Flying online TTI servers I was landing at ~150kts on speed with an empty aircraft and 800lbs of fuel. Thanks

Tried that. Still didn't get usable results. Plane was trimmed well at mach .85 at 35k. Used NWS to set AP ref. plane enters dive or climb and does not seem to respond .Is this speed and angels outside the AP limit? In what situation did you get it to work? I have never observed AP working for the last 2 or 3 years. Thanks!

I have the MSFFB2 I just tried this and still cant get it to work. Do you remember the exact name of the item you checked??

Can anyone confirm if this is fixed? Sometimes this plane feels like its not performing at all like it should. Ive been flying it since day one a few times a week at lest and I got the delayed start message today and the plane felt like it wasn't performing well at all. Thanks!

yes

I believe the base unit was like 800g or about 2 pounds. It was subjectively described as "Heavy"

Its my understanding that an upgrade from any unit to the next level above is not easy, is not recommended and will not be supported by Somnium but technically the parts would be available to you. It was mentioned several times that you should buy the unit you think you'll need as upgrading will be beyond the range of almost all users from a technical stand point.

Yeah I was watching that too. No price update on the the 2 levels above the basic. Reading between the lines it appears that the hardware solution for totally removing chromatic aberration does not yield results beyond what can be accomplished with software alone and will be abandoned. (this was implied but not stated so the above is just speculation) it does not come with audio solution for first orders... perhaps never It will not come with base stations or controllers reading between the lines again. Orders are going to be slow to fill at least at first with likley less than 100 units being produced in the first month it will likley take a year to fill orders not on the wait list. Someone who ordered in the first week of reservation will likley receive their unit by august. (again not an official statement its based on the live reaction in answering the question) No answers / questions on if it's even going to have a head strap....I should have asked this. I know they were working on one but it never appeared to get finished. You'll pay tax based on your region so that's cool Im sure there are a few other things I missed.

Oh nice! Thanks for the heads up.

Im speculating, as the price for the full kit has not been revealed yet. I was planning on getting the full kit and I suspect that its easily going to cost over 3500. Let's be realistic about this as I need 1 or 2 base stations, some controllers, the cost of the VR1 unit which is still in development and keeps getting more expensive as they add the possibility of chromatic aberration reduction hardware, headphones, eye tracking, hand tracking, MR cams. Then lets add tax, shipping. I also don't even know how the tax works. Im expecting that its going to be my state tax and not euro tax. So yeah by the time I get this delivered, running with audio and controllers Im quite sure I would be kidding myself If I thought I was going to only be spending 3000. But yeah we shall see maybe I'll be surprised in a good way... Doubt it.

Im cautiously optimistic about it. I'm pretty sure at this point I'll order one. I have low reservation number and if returns are allowed with little effort then I'll try it out. It's seems like its better in most areas,( Sweet spot, clarity over all, brightness, FOV, operation stability, colors, modability, hand tracking and eye tracking) The primary issues seem to be outside tracking only, weight, and incompleteness at this point as in no known headstrap, audio, or controllers but that's expected to be address before they start taking payment at least with the headstrap and audio. we shall see.

Just curious if I was the only one still interested in this. Looks like its going to be about 3500+usd delivered for the complete thing assuming you have nothing and get the high end version. It looks like a pretty cool setup other than being a bit heavy and needing base stations. The weight I'm not too worried about but I'm not happy about the base station requirements but I probably can get over that. is anyone else still looking at this after seeing the latest YT vids or am I on my own here?

Thanks bud It was indeed some .dlls associated with the 14/15 that got quarantined by malwarebytes for some reason. Added dcs to the safe folder list seems to be fine now

Hello After getting the hotfix it looks like the f14 and f15 have been disabled. Ive owned both for a long time. At launch I get a window with a time like 2days 14hrs and note that say the following have been disabled the f14 / f15 I tried waiting a day and restarting dcs/ logging in and out. That didnt help how do I proceed. Thanks

So perhaps getting range data from the laser isn't modeled as being suitable for acquisition (a good guess would be if Im getting target range then it should be valid) but its instead based on is it more than 9nm or not. Ill test this out! Thanks -Gun

Hello Flying online with a friend a common thing is for me to find a target for him and he uses the Hornet's LSS and finds the target I have designated for him 1) We are using a unique laser code set by me in the f14 on startup 2) He enters the laser code 3) I find the target and get range data for it 4) he looks for target and sometimes its no issue. In one minute I can send him 6 targets and we have 6 weapons away. Sometimes Finding my laser seems almost impossible but operating conditions dont seem too different... My guess is im overlooking an important step that we get right sometimes and sometimes not. What is required by both planes in order to get a reliable LSS return for the hornet? How much does altitude matter? How much does his distance from me matter? How much does my distance from the target matter... If Im getting range data back is that as good as it gets??? Thanks

I dont use labels but the f10 map is a disaster with VR. The font and objects are so large they are often overlapping and difficult to read.

Was hoping for actual fireballs or something that attempted to recognize fuel on board. I see no visual changes in that dept. yet.

Dang how did I miss this. This is a great discussion. lusciously sorry for the repost

Nice! the dive test is next. lol

This sounded like a cool thing to test. What are your thoughts?

Oh this is probably the issue I didn't know they were related. I'm pretty sure its an air source issue. Thank you!