Falcon & the New Meta Quest 3
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I’ve been looking at the quest 3 for the high quality pass through, with the intention to build a half decent pit and use a pass through mask to allow me to see the pit whilst in vr.
My understanding of the quest 3 tho is that it a) can’t be used for long stints as the cable does not supply enough power to keep the headset charged while running and b)it uses compressed video resulting in lower quality visuals. Is this correct?
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@MCDeedle said in Falcon & the New Meta Quest 3:
I’ve been looking at the quest 3 for the high quality pass through, with the intention to build a half decent pit and use a pass through mask to allow me to see the pit whilst in vr.
My understanding of the quest 3 tho is that it a) can’t be used for long stints as the cable does not supply enough power to keep the headset charged while running and b)it uses compressed video resulting in lower quality visuals. Is this correct?
No, and no. I’m not sure where “your understanding” originates from, because just the opposite is true for both of your concerns.
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I would be interested in your comment on any performance difference you noticed moving from Q2 to Q3?
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@1508AD said in Falcon & the New Meta Quest 3:
I would be interested in your comment on any performance difference you noticed moving from Q2 to Q3?
If by “performance” you mean FPS, I didn’t notice any big difference, but I didn’t look at the numbers either because subjectively it was obvious to me that the FPS was in the hundreds. But I have a pretty hot hardware setup.
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@SoBad do you use a pit, wondering how the immersion is without one
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@SoBad I have a Q3 inbound too.
Wonder if my rig will pull it off.3080 with 10GB Vram
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@b0bl00i I have a similar setup, please let us know after you tried it out
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@badboy45 said in Falcon & the New Meta Quest 3:
@SoBad do you use a pit, wondering how the immersion is without one
I see and understand the attraction of a physical pit (with or without VR), but I’m lucky in that I have a Saitek X65F with four independent modes of programmable buttons, and each one of those modes have a shift-state as well. Literally many hundreds of possible keybindings. Further, many of my buttons are programmed in such a way that if I hold them for a moment, they do something different. I have Mode 1 set up for all the things I typically have to do to takeoff and land. Mode2 is programmed for ‘standard flight’. Mode 3 is programmed for AAR, Hotpit refuel procedures, and a few other specialized things. Mode 4 is programmed for Emergency procedures.
For example: My keybinding to raise/lower the landing gear is Mode 2 -> Pickle button. Emergency gear is Mode 2 -> (Shift)Pickle button. There is no keybinding for my landing gear in Modes 1, 3, or 4. In Mode 2 (normal flight), the pickle button acts like a pickle button. In Mode 4, it acts like an EJECT button.
I also have VoiceAttack programmed so that I can quickly and easily press any MFD or UFC button. The left MFD buttons are activated by “Lincoln 1-20”. The right MFD: “Robert 1-20”. The UFC buttons: “Charlie 0-9”.
VoiceAttack also lets me activate many other pit buttons, knobs, and switches that are not bound to my HOTAS.
The end result of all that VoiceAttack & HOTAS programming is that I never ever have to take my hands off my HOTAS and use the keyboard for anything when I get into the pit. Not even non-pit stuff like outside views and so on.
So this long answer (sorry) is to explain why, because of the system I use, I would describe my sense of immersion as very high because I have no need to use the keyboard or “peek out” the sides of my VR to see anything. I agree, however, that a physical pit option would allow for less complex HOTAS and VoiceAttack processes.
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@SoBad I have similar to you with VA (FoxVox these days actually but used to be AVCS) and mouse clicks on hotas (and scroll wheel on my stick base too) but I also have physical MFDs and a small switch panel mounted in front of my throttle. Zero mouse, and the only VA stuff I use is radios.
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@rubbra i would like to understand or visualize what immersion you feel with the headset. i can’t imagine what it would look like
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@SoBad this for starters https://reddit.com/r/OculusQuest/s/SrrmT2U6LI
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@badboy45 hard to describe, but the only way I could better it really would be to have a 1:1 pit and, crucially, for BMS to have an updated cockpit model for VR. I don’t know for sure but I believe the current cockpit model is a bit off in places - eg I can’t imagine that real pilots have to duck their head to see the speedbrake indicator or that the MFDs are much nearer their ankles than their knees.
My setup relies on some muscle memory for the MFDs as they are closer to me IrL than in the BMs pit as above, and for the switch panel but really I just use master arm, the auto pilot and gear.
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I started down the route of trackIR and starting to make a simpit. I then tried VR and that was it, couldn’t go back; I tried BMS, my first love, in fake Vr and trackIR on and off but found it felt too much like a computer/armchair experience and was just lacking in the scale and immersion that VR gives you. So I flew DCS exclusively for a couple of years. As soon as BMS VR hit, I was back, and loving it. I now mix dcs and BMS 50/50 because I like flying the other aircraft (a10 in particular) and because I haven’t found a BMS multiplayer server for me yet. TBH, I haven’t looked hard, and probably should. -
@MCDeedle said in Falcon & the New Meta Quest 3:
@SoBad this for starters https://reddit.com/r/OculusQuest/s/SrrmT2U6LI
My experience is MORE than 3 hours and that’s without a cable linked to it. I consider 3 hours as a long stint. Perhaps you don’t.
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Hello there!
I got my Q3 as well but I seem to need some help getting BMS up and running.
Win11/3080/32GB
So far I have done the following :
On Windows 11, I have the Quest app (oculus) installed and the headset configured. Airlink seems stable but link cable does not.
I also have steam vr up and running and confirmed working.
In bms I enable the VR switch and I can see the bms window running in steam vr. I launch a simple dog fight but falcon Bms crashes to desktop or my computer reboots .
I’m also confused if oculus should be the active runtime or if steam should be set.
Other VR titles work.Please help me diagnose this issue. Cheers.
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@b0bl00i said in Falcon & the New Meta Quest 3:
Hello there!
I got my Q3 as well but I seem to need some help getting BMS up and running.
Win11/3080/32GB
So far I have done the following :
On Windows 11, I have the Quest app (oculus) installed and the headset configured. Airlink seems stable but link cable does not.
I also have steam vr up and running and confirmed working.
In bms I enable the VR switch and I can see the bms window running in steam vr. I launch a simple dog fight but falcon Bms crashes to desktop or my computer reboots .
I’m also confused if oculus should be the active runtime or if steam should be set.
Other VR titles work.Please help me diagnose this issue. Cheers.
I am not the one to ask about such details. I can tell you one thing that might help: If your cable link is USB-C to USB-C, disconnect the USB-C to your computer, reverse the orientation, and re-insert. I know it’s not supposed to make a difference, but sometimes it does. I initially had your problem with my cable link also, and that fixed it. Go figure.
Falcon’s VR implementation currently requires SteamVR. Hopefully, that will change in the future.
Good luck!
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Hi guys, I have a strange problem, which world scale do you use for BMS in steam VR? Even with 125% I feel sometimes motion sickness, in others sims everything is ok.
Both with cable and VD
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@SoBad said in Falcon & the New Meta Quest 3:
@MCDeedle said in Falcon & the New Meta Quest 3:
@SoBad this for starters https://reddit.com/r/OculusQuest/s/SrrmT2U6LI
My experience is MORE than 3 hours and that’s without a cable linked to it. I consider 3 hours as a long stint. Perhaps you don’t.
“I do not” - Bowser, King of the Koopers
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@SoBad What would you consider as a bare minimum graphics card to run this thing. I have a 3080TI 12gb
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@SoBad Thank you so much for the detailed review!! I’m still on the original Oculus Rift CV1, and it’s age is so apparent now - heavy and hot and externally tracked, and only option for wireless is a bit of kit that costs half as much as the latest Quest entry (well, maybe not that much but enough to make it a bad buy over a new version Quest).
Really want to upgrade to something in the same family so my existing VR library will carry over, lots of titles I can get many more hours out of, and waiting for native wireless options. Quest 3 might be the one that replaces my CV1 (that is, if I find the dosh to save before the next version comes out, lol).
Cheers SoBad, much appreciated!