"NeckSafer" style enhanced head movement in VR

[dlder]

I've always used the OpenXR plugin "XrNeckSafer" to great effect. And I prioritize this mod over pretty much everything else, like DFR which doesn't work with this addon (= dynamic foveated rendering, which would give me way better performance).

 

The problem seems to be: this tool has been outdated for a long time now and even though it still works, it is resulting in a choppy DCS gameplay, rendering it pretty much useless

So, for the sake of everyone that's older, has a bad neck and/or neck injuries, I'd suggest this to be implemented; as an addon like hand-controllers.

 

For anyone unfamiliar with the tool, here are some screenshots and the most important settings:

• recenter view + NeckSafer with the VR-recenter-button
• set Yaw + Pitch separately
• for left/right/up/down
  • set starting angle (so you can look around the cockpit 1:1 speed)
  • set amplification (how much should the speedup be; ie. how far back/up/... would I like to be able to look)

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Not requiring external tools and hobby programmers that abandon their work like in this case, by incorporating such features into DCS could potentially help everybody!

Thanks for your consideration!

Edited September 19 by dlder
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[GPatricks]

I agree, there are a LOT of us out there using VR that have neck mobility issues that need this or something similar. All there needs to be is a modification of how the game reads head movement and allowing an acceleration algorithm\implementation at a given point of movement so (for example) once your head is turned 45 degrees L\R every degree is interpreted as 2-5 degrees of movement, dependent upon your settings, to achieve ~170\190 degrees of view. I know its theoretically possible to implement as even an old game like IL-2 Clod (in the VR beta) has it implemented! 

XRNS is a godsend to people like me, and it's days are numbered (unless @J2_NobiWan updates\fixes it). As of yesterday it has gone tits-up for me in DCS, looking L\R (once it kicks in) slowly moves my body sideways until i;m outside looking down the opposite side fuselage at the tail. Up\Down works normally.. Still works fine in IL-2 GB and BMS 4.38.

And Nobiwan hasn't really "abandoned" it, he has a fairly active XRNS Discord here..

Edited 5 hours ago by GPatricks

[dlder]

Good to know that at least the Discord is still active; the last update to the program itself was ages ago though...

[GPatricks]

He is trying to work with me right now on the "Body sliding"  issue, kind of at a loss... This is where my head ends up at full head turn to the left.. the head turn works normally until (my preset) 30 degrees, at which point my view keeps going but my body slides in the opposite direction until my 190 degree left view is this..image.png