Sense of height in VR

[freehand]

Well I for sure feel I am hi up in the A10 and other planes when sitting on the ground when I first ejected I shat my pants.

 

As for the plank walk I could never do that.

[freehand]

mm more investigation required.

Edited October 17, 2020 by freehand

[Fri13]

Yes and no.

 

I do not get the feeling to be seated at high when in cockpit and taxiing etc. It is a feeling that I am just two meters above the ground.

 

But then again, landing with Su-27S is surprising that I feel the wheels touch ground sooner than I anticipate, but I regardless know what altitude they are so I can get perfectly soft touches, it is just such that I am surprised for some reason the accuracy.

 

But.... I do have hypothesis for the false height feeling. And it is very simple: lack of detail.

 

We do not have anything on ground that we can reference various heights.

Like trees look and feel way too big relative to speed. Like already in reality a car moving 80 km/h feels that it passes faster a 40 m tall trees than in DCS it does at 180 km/h.

 

Like take a helicopter to fly a 50 km/h and you crawl past the trees, but driving a 50 km/h in car feels that you are buzzing past them.

 

And it can be anything else than lack of relative heights and sizes.

So lack of ground clutter, bushes, rocks, small dips and hills, all kind variations on textures and especially grass height and locations.

 

When player see only a flat grass from A to B, it is difficult to feel distances, speeds and so on heights. And DCS seriously needs a sub-resolution terrain capabilities where we get a sub-square meter resolution. Where a IFV or APC can park behind a small bump or drive on a small dip and get cover.

Where infantry can approach long distance in cover of grass, dips and all other.

And that means every field would become a tactical point as it is only place where one can see further. But more trees, bushes and all small details are required.

 

If it means 100 GB more space for Caucasus map, so be it.

Storage is cheap. A 240 GB SSD costs here 28 € and if one such is needed for each map, I am ready to buy those if it makes everything far better and skill demanding.

 

Like sitting inside a Huey next to a airfield decoration of one of those Russian GM fuel trucks (that as well carries their ICBM) feels like those are tiny. Sure their scale must be off, as you almost look down the truck and it's driver door....

 

Similar thing is to many buildings. They are just way too tiny.

Many multi-floor buildings has doors for midgets.

Spending enough time to design buildings and their scales are off.