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Track IR Chino reported, October 2004 - "Yesterday my TrackIR3 (pro) arrived and I spent about an hour playing with it in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004. It is AMAZING. Although I still need to set up dead zones and fix up my desk to sit closer to the monitor, I was able to fly with it in minutes, and what a difference. With the virtual cockpit (usually 75% scale for a wider field of view), glancing over at the runway or checking your wings is entirely natural (except for only turning your head a little).I did some loops and rolls in a Pitts and and in the FS Extra 300, and it is so cool to glance over at the wing-tip attitude indicator without getting disoriented or moving the stick by mistake while panning the hat (it does help to map the "recenter view" control to a button on the stick). Amazing to literally look up mid-loop and see the horizon rising up behind you. This is an expensive toy ... (... a lot cheaper than buying extra monitors and another PC - MiGMan) ... but I think it will make a huge difference in the usefulness of FS practice for real flying (plus now I gotta get a combat sim that supports it in enhanced mode so It can see if I can really keep track of bandits AND control the airplane -- maybe IL-2 Forgotten Battles Lock On Modern Air Combat, not sure yet - I feel that creeping sim sickness again). "
The images at the top are from one of the videos of the Track IR in action at www.naturalpoint.com |
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