After dcs world 2 release, leap motion and or real space 3d support? Hoping.. :)

[hannibal]

I am excited for both dcs world 2 and the oculus rift.

 

Leap motion just recently provided official leap motion support to the unreal 4 game engine http://blog.leapmotion.com/introducing-leap-motion-plugin-ue4/

 

I am wondering if dcs will have leap motion support in the future along with spatial audio

http://realspace3daudio.com/

 

Together for a super immersive vr experience :)

[cichlidfan]

Have you actually used a Leap Motion device?

[hannibal]

Have you actually used a Leap Motion device?

 

Yes I have. It was terrible.

I did try a newer updated firmware/software at a oculus meet up presented by folks from leap motion,

And it was better, just laggy..

 

But I think it has potential in the future

[cichlidfan]

It does have potential but it is a long way from being useful for clicking switches, I think.

[hannibal]

I hope oculus folks will bring a descent way to interact with cockpit... Doesn't have to be fancy.. I would take vr mouse click in game with gesture control IRL while flying in dcs

[SkateZilla]

The Wii glove thing would prolly work best or a trackball next to the stick.

[hannibal]

A little more immersive than a trackball lol

[Shaman]

Got mini trackball mod on my Warthog throttle, should do just fine with OR as my hands will remain on HOTAS. Yet OR has not convinced me, I'd rather like to see device that projects reflected light.

[hannibal]

im sure trackballs work well enough to function, but im talking about a more immersive input solution that doesnt have to be complicated. leap motion is close.. just not close enough yet to both

[jay43]

I have had success and failure using the leap motion, the success being it works rather well in the dark, however that becomes short lived when you have to get up in a hurry because your wife is stood on the door step in the rain, banging on the door.

Ah yes i remember it well, why did i not hear the door bell must have been the blazing gun run that had my attention. Then i catch a glimpse of my phone screen lighting up in the dark, with those letters WIFE in bold------oh crap-----up i jump----forgetting the phone is plugged into tower and on the floor i trip-----headphones still plugged in, fall to the floor and catch desk on way down knocking cup of tea flying missing me by inches and the pc, now laying on the floor tangled in wire and in pain.

And yes the wife was still banging on the door, got myself loose and ran to the door darling sorry i was in the bathroom and yes i have knocked my tea over so looks like you get that new carpet after all, phew got off with that one.

So be mind full when becoming to immersed cover for all eventualities or it could cause injury and or financial expense lol.

[7rooper]

I don't think this gadget will benefit DCS. It's more for a desktop 2D interface.

I'm working on a glove with a small vibe motor in the tip of the index finger that will let you know when you have reached a switch, button or rotary

[jib]

OP wants Control VR to be implemented.

 

 

Shame that it is $300 - $600 or I might try getting it to mess around but at that price and the fact that DCS probs will not be implementing it makes it a no go for me.

 

Grifta is only $45 and if they hit the antler target (which looks like a big rip-off of TrackIR 5) it might be able to do similar to control vr (but without the cool gloves:cry:)

 

[hannibal]

hopefully something will come out of next weekend's GDC 2015...

some kind of input for VR applications!

[hansangb]

HoloLens from Microsoft looks promising as well. Interesting times, for sure!

 

hsb

[Cloudhopper]

I finally got a leap motion device working well in the rift. The new drivers and good calibration mad a huge difference. From the tests I performed using UE4, I believe the leep is good enough now for clicking switches in the VR cockpit. Way better than looking for my mouse with the Rift on.

[AndersAnd]

Leap Motion support is a no-brainer, as you only need to interact with the buttons/dials you can see.

 

In general buttons, switches and dials could be highlighted (e.g. like in the tutorials), when a certain "hand position" is recognized inside the highlight zone to the control. For buttons and switches, the position would be a pointing index finger, for a dial it would be thumb and index finger toughing each other.

 

Before a control can be activated, you would need to transition into its activation zone(preventing accidentally activating controls just by moving across a panel). Buttons would be activated just by entering the activation zone, switches need a flip by the finger, and dials need a twist/hand rotation.

[SkateZilla]

Depends

 

What's the Cost to Develop And Integrate vs How many users actually use it.

 

From My experience w/ Leap Motion it has a LONG way to go to be viable,

Between the Tracking Issues and CPU Usage of the drivers.

[AndersAnd]

I thought (hoped) that the issues were solved with the Orion release.