I’ve been flying Condor 2 with Oculus Rift for last several days. It’s incredible! On my first try I got sever motion sickness after 10 minutes of flight, but on the second day I flew for 2 hours nonstop without much problems. Like with real motion sickness, it gets easier with practice.
Regarding immersion, it’s almost complete but lacks actual interaction with cockpit controls. I don’t have enough buttons on joystick, so in some cases I still have to use keyboard, which is impossible with googles on. Would be nice to do it in VR by using Oculus touch controller. That includes ability to reach game menu and settings.
A few words about Oculus Rift, it’s on sale now for $350 bundle with sensors and two controllers and definetely worth money spent. It also comes with free games that will make you feel like a kid, Robo Recall is one of them At first, I was concerned with field of view, is it wide enough? What about “door” effect? Well, it’s not an issue and it doesn’t interfere with immersion. You are “there”. The bigest problem is the clarity of the image. It’s just not clear enough due to low pixel density of the displays used in the headset. It’s bad to the point you need to lean toward dashboard to have a clear view of instruments and PDA. Imagine you’re short-sighted and you forgot your eye-glasses at home.
Hopefully, next generation of VR will address it, but even today it’s incredible. When I upgraded my rig, I had a choice to spend $900 on 38” wide screen monitor or buy Oculus. Oculus won with no regrets. Computer monitor just don’t make you feel like you’re there.