Oculus Rift Integration with FSX (Flight Sim)

[OmniAtlas]

Hi there,

Has anyone figured out how we can integrate oculus rift with FSX? Simconnect?

Right now tracking for FSX works fine with TrackIR -- is there anyway we can translate these calls for use with the rift?

I have heard NTHUSIM is bringing out a driver, but it will not support head tracking?

Thanks.

[Owen]

I don't know about that sim specifically, but most flight sims have the ability to bind absolute head rotation to joystick axis. It should be really easy to make a program that turns the Rift orientation into euler angles and feeds them into a virtual joystick. You might need the ability to set a scaling factor to get it 1:1 (and a centering button), but there wouldn't be any drift at least.

[MaterialDefender]

Flight Simulator X is supported by VorpX, including head tracking.

More information about the project can be found here: http://www.mtbs3d.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=140&t=16097

[bobv5]

How does FSX look with Vorpx? Are gagues readable?

[MaterialDefender]

Depends on the cockpit. Smaller gauges are pretty hard to read at the Rifts resolution, but the more important ones are usually readable.

[OmniAtlas]

That's excellent material defender. Do we have pricing and release date for your product yet?

[adoral84]

I think FreeTrack is open-source and they already seem to leverage the TrackIR hooks, so it'd be a good place to start.