Well its confirmed - Elite Dangerous does not currently have an "official" full Oculus Dash implementation by FDEV. However that is not to say it is totally useless, far from it. Post your tips, experiences and anything inbetween here.
Things I noticed:
- Downloading and launching Elite Dangerous from Oculus Home enables 'Seemless mode' Dash support. If you do not download Elite from Home you will see the 'Void' environment and will not be able to see your cockpit while pinning apps or using the virtual keyboard..
- You can use the Windows On-Screen keyboard by pressing the keyboard icon on any window in Dash, this allows you to enter system names into the Galmap search bar from the void environment (YAY - At last!).
- Netflix open in Firefox seems to cause headtracking stutter and general performance issues (Using a 1080Ti even with SS settings dropped to 1.0).
- You can pull windows out of the main virtual desktop from within Dashs 'Void' environment by pressing and holding the palm (grip?) button when the window is highlighted and pulling the app toward you.
- In Oculus Home you can set up virtual cartridges for each of your VR games, to play them you have to put them in a virtual games console and then place the VR HMD on your head (Very cool!)
- VLC Player seems to play video files without much of a performance hit, if any at all. I've been watching some classic Battlestar Galactica while cruising around the galaxy and all is fine and dandy. I also test some 1080 .MKV videos and noticed no performance hit.
- You can *Customize* your cockpit WWII style by opening JPEG files in a boarderless viewer and pin them to parts of your cockpit.
- Pinned windows screw up if you launch an app which requires admin rights confirmation.
- Pinned window layouts are lost when you restart the Oculus Home app.
- For anyone finding that re-focusing on the Elite window after interacting with Windows apps via Dash to be painful or keep forgetting to do so, may find the below app very helpful:
http://edcodex.info/?m=tools&entry=237
- You can use the Oculus Remote to interact with Dash - Functionality maybe some what limited.
Things I noticed:
- Downloading and launching Elite Dangerous from Oculus Home enables 'Seemless mode' Dash support. If you do not download Elite from Home you will see the 'Void' environment and will not be able to see your cockpit while pinning apps or using the virtual keyboard..
- You can use the Windows On-Screen keyboard by pressing the keyboard icon on any window in Dash, this allows you to enter system names into the Galmap search bar from the void environment (YAY - At last!).
- Netflix open in Firefox seems to cause headtracking stutter and general performance issues (Using a 1080Ti even with SS settings dropped to 1.0).
- You can pull windows out of the main virtual desktop from within Dashs 'Void' environment by pressing and holding the palm (grip?) button when the window is highlighted and pulling the app toward you.
- In Oculus Home you can set up virtual cartridges for each of your VR games, to play them you have to put them in a virtual games console and then place the VR HMD on your head (Very cool!)
- VLC Player seems to play video files without much of a performance hit, if any at all. I've been watching some classic Battlestar Galactica while cruising around the galaxy and all is fine and dandy. I also test some 1080 .MKV videos and noticed no performance hit.
- You can *Customize* your cockpit WWII style by opening JPEG files in a boarderless viewer and pin them to parts of your cockpit.
- Pinned windows screw up if you launch an app which requires admin rights confirmation.
- Pinned window layouts are lost when you restart the Oculus Home app.
- For anyone finding that re-focusing on the Elite window after interacting with Windows apps via Dash to be painful or keep forgetting to do so, may find the below app very helpful:
http://edcodex.info/?m=tools&entry=237
- You can use the Oculus Remote to interact with Dash - Functionality maybe some what limited.
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