This Kickstarter for a motion simulator for VR supports ED 100%

Sylveria

Sylveria
Really considering at least the Battle Chair and later upgrading to the full simpod. Seems to be a rather worthwhile investment for entertainment purposes, especially given that some people spend thousands on stereo/TV entertainment systems alone. :)

I'm not "rich" by any means, but I can clearly see the value in such a system.
 

Runarbt

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Sylveria said:
Really considering at least the Battle Chair and later upgrading to the full simpod. Seems to be a rather worthwhile investment for entertainment purposes, especially given that some people spend thousands on stereo/TV entertainment systems alone. :)

I'm not "rich" by any means, but I can clearly see the value in such a system.
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Totally agree. The Battle-station is excellent value for your money, and even more so at super early bird price! Still 17 left I think? The battle station is a sweet setup!

I just built my own "battle station" of reclaimed wood and a $20 very well used Sparco R100 carseat. ;-) My R100 seat will stay with me when my Fellthree sim arrives.

I am far from rich, but have a decent job and found some money under the mattress. $2500 for this setup is cheap. I see it as a "once in a lifetime" opportunity, to get such a sim at these prices. At full price, it is out of my price range. So I was all in, right from the start. :-D
 
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drkaii

drkaii
Sylveria said:
Really considering at least the Battle Chair and later upgrading to the full simpod. Seems to be a rather worthwhile investment for entertainment purposes, especially given that some people spend thousands on stereo/TV entertainment systems alone. :)

I'm not "rich" by any means, but I can clearly see the value in such a system.
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Oh Indeed, I sincerely believe that if you want something badly enough you don't need to be rich - you find a way. Hence the fact that I have a 1080, an i7 7700k, and have and an Oculus, Vive and Vive Pro, and am not rich at all.

But £2500 is quite far from something I'd be able to a) convince the wife and b) actually find the money even with a lot of determination, so it would be very helpful to find some alternative income stream! At least temporarily.

But determined I am, let's see.
 

traveltrousers

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drkaii said:
Oh Indeed, I sincerely believe that if you want something badly enough you don't need to be rich - you find a way. Hence the fact that I have a 1080, an i7 7700k, and have and an Oculus, Vive and Vive Pro, and am not rich at all.

But £2500 is quite far from something I'd be able to a) convince the wife and b) actually find the money even with a lot of determination, so it would be very helpful to find some alternative income stream! At least temporarily.

But determined I am, let's see.
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ahem, currently £1,999 ....at a 50% discount.... and if you're not quick the early birds might be gone.

You can always pledge and then cancel :)
 

Chaz

Chaz
traveltrousers said:
Seats are £60 on ebay, including delivery..... or would you rather pay more to make it worth selling them on the Kickstarter.

Can the YawVR do this?



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No, but then it's about 4 times the size of the Yaw VR and you can't pack that away and stick it in a corner under a table or where ever. It would require a sizeable chunk of living space to be permanently allocated to it. It is a BIG piece of kit. I'm not knocking its abilities, as it's quite impressive looking. All I'm trying to say is, I just can't see it being very practical for your average home user, unlike the Yaw VR.
 

Runarbt

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Chaz said:
No, but then it's about 4 times the size of the Yaw VR and you can't pack that away and stick it in a corner under a table or where ever. It would require a sizeable chunk of living space to be permanently allocated to it. It is a BIG piece of kit. I'm not knocking its abilities, as it's quite impressive looking. All I'm trying to say is, I just can't see it being very practical for your average home user, unlike the Yaw VR.
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I did consider the yawvr, but when a yawvr pro cost the same as the super early bird Feelthree, there was really nothing to consider for me. Its larger, so had to look for space. Its still 8-9 years until our oldest daugther moves out, so her room was a no go. Could limit yaw and pitch and put it in the attic, ended up with finding space in the garage for a new gaming room. ;-) 2.5x4.5 meter and I will have ok roomscale VR and Feelthree side by side.
 

traveltrousers

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Yes. it's not Elite but we had to get the wheel working... Will try to get some better ED videos up now we've worked out some kinks :)

I want to redeem myself in Arena :p

[video=youtube;8z6OFH8b5Gc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8z6OFH8b5Gc[/video]
 

mazi

mazi
I’m not sure how G-force of earth is properly translated into space sim acceleration G-forces, so just wondering being still sceptical...
 

Runarbt

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mazi said:
I’m not sure how G-force of earth is properly translated into space sim acceleration G-forces, so just wondering being still sceptical...
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At least you get up to 1g - and I suspect no gamer have experienced a real space-fight so cant really compare to the real thing. ;-)

feelthree should be the top choice of sim if you want g-forces. actuator sims have a limited range of movement, and less simuaklted g-forces I would think?
 

[VR] zodd

[VR] zodd
One thing that folks aren't taking into account is that motion simulators might actually make you a worse player. I imagine that one would be "force" shy when doing insane rolls and loops. Your body is naturally going to avoid doing unpleasant things - i.e. g-forces. ;)

-zodd
 

Runarbt

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zodd said:
One thing that folks aren't taking into account is that motion simulators might actually make you a worse player. I imagine that one would be "force" shy when doing insane rolls and loops. Your body is naturally going to avoid doing unpleasant things - i.e. g-forces. ;)

-zodd
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or.. the flying feels more intiutive and easier? ;-) I dont know, but looking forward to find out for myself. ;-)
 

mazi

mazi
well I'm not too deep into the trivia around the ED world and ships and if those would generate gravitation. But atm i think we should have Zero-G standing still. Then such a seat could only provide positive Gs, while i usually take the shortest move and roll negative Gs or sideways whenever it's a shorter move. Depending on acceleration these should all be rather small Gs, no?
Something that's put on top in a weird way is not what i would spend money for. I think for racing SIMs such a thing could be a good fit, but for space and flight SIMs I'm not convinced.
 

Runarbt

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mazi said:
well I'm not too deep into the trivia around the ED world and ships and if those would generate gravitation. But atm i think we should have Zero-G standing still. Then such a seat could only provide positive Gs, while i usually take the shortest move and roll negative Gs or sideways whenever it's a shorter move. Depending on acceleration these should all be rather small Gs, no?
Something that's put on top in a weird way is not what i would spend money for. I think for racing SIMs such a thing could be a good fit, but for space and flight SIMs I'm not convinced.
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Its not that worlds generate gravitation, and I guess we can assume (?) no artificial gravitation on the ships.
Its the interia of your own body - when the ship accelerate (straight forward, sideays, up/down, dogde etc.) you do feel those g-forces by the ship pushes you around, even in space. In combat a figther move with such speeds that the g-forces you would experience should be rather extreme.

g-forces experience in space will be equal to that a fighter pilot experience on earth

https://physics.stackexchange.com/q...ot-in-a-small-spaceship-feel-g-force-in-space
 
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