For what it is worth, I will tell you about my experience, and some processes and products that I have found to be helpful in coming closer to a real flying experience. In addition to my VR headset, the Honeycomb Alpha Controls are good. For convenience, I have set up Button 6 on the yoke to toggle the VR mode, and Button 5 to toggle the Toolbar. Other helpful hardware has been the Flight Velocity Trim Wheel. It is so much easier and effective than using yoke buttons.
I do have a Saitek Throttle Quadrant and Thrustmaster rudder pedals.
For ATC I am having good sucess in using the voice recognition of Pilot2ATC, especially for Flight Following situations. Nice to add on is the ATC Chatter. I added the Kneeboard Server, so the Pilot2ATC ATC grammer phrases reference docs are available to me in VR.
I recently added a Navigraph subscription, so now I have all the maps, charts, radio frequencies, flight planning, etc. right there in the VR mode, accessible via the toolbar.
With all that, and some good luck, I can plan and execute a flight while in VR, without breaking the immersion. It is a good experience.
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