Flight simulator

  Don't you hate it when you can't see your computer screen from your Oculus Rift? Or maybe you want to use a checklist, but can't find a way to do it. For anyone that uses VR for flight simulation, you will know how it can be a pain to be flying along and need to look at your computer screen. Maybe you have your startup checklist sitting on your screen, however, how are you going to see it. Well, there is a solution! We can import our screen into our Oculus Rift headset. This opens up many possibilities. Let me show you how. But I don't have the Oculus Rift yet... If you … [Read more...] about How to Add a Window in X-Plane 11 VR

Flying in virtual reality comes with a few challenges to overcome. One of the biggest challenges you will face is "how do I control my plane?" Well lucky for you, I have tried many different things and have come up with my 3 favorite solutions. Please note that some of the links in this post are affilliate links. If you do use my links, I really appreciate it as it helps us keep the lights on at VR Flight World.  1. All VR The first solution involves no physical controls at all. This solution is great if you don't have the money to get all the flight controls, or if you are flying a more … [Read more...] about How to Integrate VR Controls into X-Plane 11

  First off, I wanted to include my two videos that show the new X-Plane 11.20 Beta. I really love flying in the new version. I can’t wait until it comes out of Beta. With the Native VR support through Steam VR, I find that I can actually run at a higher FPS and it feels smoother than ever before. I am running a GTX 1060 (6GB version) with an i5-7600k. In this video, I am running both the CPU and GPU without any overclocking. Take a look at the two videos, and read my X-Plane 11.20 first impression, which is written underneath the videos.   The first video is a flight in … [Read more...] about X-Plane 11.20 Beta – Flying the Cessna and Sikorsky in Virtual Reality