is it possible to tilt the cockpit view?

[steve2112]

i know you can move the POV around with some combination of shift, ctrl, alt and numpad keys, and recenter with numpad 5, but i want to be able to tilt the view (pitch and more importantly, roll)

 

this is because i'm using oculus rift and i'm building a motion simulator.

 

when i tilt my head to the side while sitting in a static chair, DCS view tilts as it should. the problem is, in a motion sim, my entire body, chair, cockpit is tilting but my head is in line with my body, so i want the view to appear untilted, so the only option i can think of is to tilt the view in the opposite direct under external software control to counteract the tilt from the oculus headset tilt sensor.

 

i think trackir (and facetracknoir) has a way to tilt the view right? (or maybe not, i can't remember). if it does, does anyone know how it does it?

 

thanks

Edited October 18, 2016 by steve2112

[JG14_Smil]

Hi, Make sure head movements are off to stop the head from tilting. See if that helps.

Edited October 18, 2016 by JG14_Smil

[steve2112]

ok, good to know TIR can do it, i'll check facetracknoir too since i can get the source ode for that, i can figure out how they do it

 

i need the head movements on in the oculus so i can look around

[JG14_Smil]

Also try disabling G forces.

 

I had to do these two options changes to keep my cockpit view straight up while turning

[Diemos]

Did you try mounting the Oculus sensor ON the motion platform? That would keep the angle relative...

[SkateZilla]

Did you try mounting the Oculus sensor ON the motion platform? That would keep the angle relative...

 

The Oculus Camera is only used for Sync, and Correcting, not live tracking.

 

Rotational Movements are done via IMU, the Camera Checks at 60Hz and Syncs.

 

The Only way to eliminate the problem is to disable the IMU (Which AFAIK isnt done in DCS) and use the Camera for 100% of the Tracking or an External Tracking.

[Diemos]

The Oculus Camera is only used for Sync, and Correcting, not live tracking...

 

Interesting... Thank you!

[Frusheen]

I think the only viable solution to the motion sim problem is a second imu on the platform and a custom oculus runtime which subtracts platform movement from the head tracker output in real time. There was a guy working on it a while back with dk1. I'm not sure where the project is now.

 

You can see the imu on the back of the chair in this video:

 

[steve2112]

thanks, this is their website

http://www.vectionvr.com/en/index.html

and some intersting code stuff on

here https://github.com/VectionVR

 

i'll dig into it when i have more time