Web browser in-ship, I'd never leave

[Sanderson]

I play in a DK2 and if we had a web browser in-ship I'd probably never leave

Some day I hope to walk back to my cabin, load up Netflix and watch a movie as the stars glide past outside. Weird but, with the DK2, Elite has become a "place" I go to. It really does feel like another room so to speak to my house.

 

[wanszai]

I was thinking the same last night night. I actually made myself a moonscape in unity with a rudimentary "Big Screen" i can play mkv's on.

Wouldnt be a patch on chilling out on an ED ship.

 

[Katkon]

I play in a DK2 and if we had a web browser in-ship I'd probably never leave

Some day I hope to walk back to my cabin, load up Netflix and watch a movie as the stars glide past outside. Weird but, with the DK2, Elite has become a "place" I go to. It really does feel like another room so to speak to my house.

It's funny, I feel almost the exact opposite way about my Rift. I hadn't used my DK2 in a couple of months, so after downloading the latest firmware today I set out in an attempt to rekindle my love for the thing (which was very short-lived to begin with). It is true that the sense of immersion and scale is second to none. But the pixelation - it just doesn't do the game justice. I have a really hard time telling what type of ship is flying dead ahead, just 2 clicks out. The game is simply so much prettier on a big screen TV or computer monitor for that matter. And having to constantly take it on/off to efficiently monitor the system/Galaxy map (incl typing on the keyboard) is irritating. I can only hope that pixelation/resolution is massively improved in the consumer version and that they add some sort of visor flip-up feature so the thing doesn't need to be removed when playing a multi device game like ED. That would make it worth purchase! But for now, a great monitor and TrackIR has it beat - in my humble opinion.

 

[Sanderson]

It's funny, I feel almost the exact opposite way about my Rift. I hadn't used my DK2 in a couple of months, so after downloading the latest firmware today I set out in an attempt to rekindle my love for the thing (which was very short-lived to begin with). It is true that the sense of immersion and scale is second to none. But the pixelation - it just doesn't do the game justice. I have a really hard time telling what type of ship is flying dead ahead, just 2 clicks out. The game is simply so much prettier on a big screen TV or computer monitor for that matter. And having to constantly take it on/off to efficiently monitor the system/Galaxy map (incl typing on the keyboard) is irritating. I can only hope that pixelation/resolution is massively improved in the consumer version and that they add some sort of visor flip-up feature so the thing doesn't need to be removed when playing a multi device game like ED. That would make it worth purchase! But for now, a great monitor and TrackIR has it beat - in my humble opinion.

To each their own I suppose. I have a projector, triple monitors, big screen TV and the DK2. I play exclusively in DK2 as the "immersion" just trumps the resolution IMO. I can read the text easily and use the galaxy map no problem

 

[TargetLost]

Now THAT's an Idea!
I wondered all the time how possible Frontier could integrate a user content with api and such to show some user content int he middle console.. But yes a WebBrowser would fullfill this purpose.