Noob question about VR

[von_Greiff]

Hi all!

 

At the moment I can't afford it, but as soon as I can I will lay my hands on a used VR on ebay.

Which one should I get?

Aaaand how can I press keys with VR on, can I see the keyboard as well??

Thanks in advance!

 

Have a nice weekend all!

 

yours

v.Greiff 

[BeastyBaiter]

The only 2 likely to pop up that are worth buying are the Rift and Vive (seller likely moving to Samsung Odyssey). Either is fine, but the Rift is the better of the two for flight sims. As for seeing your keyboard, you don't. The rift can flip up slightly, allowing you to see down a little but you're mostly blind to the outside world. The solution is to map everything to your hotas that you might want while in flight.

[von_Greiff]

Thank you BeastyBaiter!

(that's what I tought, but who needs the outsideworld : )))..)

 

Then I think I have to get a new joystick as well (still very satisfied with my MS FFB2, but got 1 in mind! ; )..)

 

yours

v.Greiff

[madcowz]

I spent a while last night setting up Voice Attack for game options like pause, menu up/down, enter/exit, cockpit view, external view, enemy view and start/stop track record and bail out.

The rest (aircraft controls) I am mapping on to my stick and throttle.

[Guest deleted@134347]

Oculus has a small opening by the bridge of your nose that you can use to peek at keyboard/buttons (nose hack lol). Coupled with a small RII keyboard I put on my hand it's a decent solution. Typing messages with one hand is quirky but at least there's a Mouse input...

 

[[CPT]CptJackSparrow]

Link to that keyboard please.

 

[Madmatt]

Here is the one I use. There are several models that all work (and look) essentially the same. I choose this one for the backlighting.

 

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01CNL6Q9C/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

 

Madmatt

[[CPT]CptJackSparrow]

Ordered, thank you.

[PatrickAWlson]

Oculus has a small opening by the bridge of your nose that you can use to peek at keyboard/buttons (nose hack lol). Coupled with a small RII keyboard I put on my hand it's a decent solution. Typing messages with one hand is quirky but at least there's a Mouse input...

 

I have a kind of skinny nose.  Might be helpful for once