I can see the ball at an appropriate distance in my Rift, although not quite as clearly as in real life. As mentioned above, check your pattern. The IFLOLS is not like a PAPI or VASI. If you're well above or below the glideslope you won't see a ball at all. The appropriate call to the LSO then is "Clara". They would then talk you onto the glideslope, or give you the happy lights and let you try again. (I'm jokingly referring to the waveoff lights, which are two vertical rows of red lights on the IFLOLS that begin blinking when the LSO presses the pickle switch.)
