I’ve tested with Virtual Desktop + Passthrough mask and I think it’s the way to go.
All I’ve done is set the mask to black… For best results we would have to re-do the tub cockpit model and add a more different mask (like pink or similar).
I’ve also used an old tablet with Falcon BMS Control to check MFDs clarity and it’s quite ok, much better than I expected.
My conclusions are:
- We are really close to have something usable with mixed reality at an affordable price
- Tomorrow Quest 3 is being presented. I’ve done the tests with Pico 4, they have similar resolution of 4 megapixel in the RGB camera(s), but it’s a beginning.
- In February 2024 Pico 5 is supposed to be presented with two 16 megapixel RGB cameras for passthrough, I think it will be totally fine for seeing MFDs and all instruments through the cameras. https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2F8oo2pshfcmpb1.jpg
From my point of view, overall the experience of this Virtual Desktop is fine. Latency is minimal. No motion sickness at all. I only wonder how to calibrate the virtual world with the real cockpit, but I imagine it will be just resetting the view a few times until they match.
This is a duplicate post from viperpits.org, but I’ve considered to leave this message here too to give you an update. Thanks go to jjbravo and Korbi for the idea of using the tub view
Kind regards everyone!