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X-Plane VR Flight at Night with the Oculus Rift (GTX 1060)

October 18, 2017 by Dan Leave a Comment

On this flight, I flew over Seattle again. I wanted to show the amazing detail that you get when flying at night. It is a crazy experience. I started the flight just as it was getting dark. The lights on the airport are incredible. Again, I was running the sim on my i5-7600k with a GTX 1060 (6GB) and 16 GB of ram. The sim ran smooth. I was able to maintain between 30 and 40 fps. You do get the odd stutter, however I am flying over Seattle on a setting of high for graphics. I turned down any reflections and turned off other aircraft. I usually can have other aircraft running as well, however I … [Read more...] about X-Plane VR Flight at Night with the Oculus Rift (GTX 1060)

Filed Under: Flight Tagged With: Night, video, VR flight

X-Plane 11 in VR with Oculus Rift (GTX 1060)

October 18, 2017 by Dan Leave a Comment

A short flight in X-Plane 11 while wearing the VR headset, Oculus Rift. It is an amazing experience. I am a student real world pilot, as well as a Flight sim enthusiast (please don't judge the flying skills. This was just a quick video to show it working). I have been flying on flight sim for many years, but this is by far the most immersive and best flight experience I have had, besides the real thing. It definitely helps to bridge the gap between real flight and sim flight. I wanted to post this video to show how the GTX 1060 handles X-Plane 11 with VR. It is smooth. In fact it is much … [Read more...] about X-Plane 11 in VR with Oculus Rift (GTX 1060)

Filed Under: Flight Tagged With: Day, video, VR flight

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