VR Snapshot from tonights Q&A

[MarcG888]

Makes for interesting reading, at 46minutes in the Twitch Stream if you want to watch and listen

[BearsAreCool510]

Nice to see that the most important topic is at the top! Hopefully next update will bring some fraaames!

[MarcG888]

yeah on that it’s not specific VR Performance but general Sim Performance improvements will benefit VR, I guess it’s a wait and see as like a lot of other Sims sometimes Specific VR improvements help as well.

[Portalearth420]

I’m not getting my hopes up for an U3 release honestly for any significant improvements. maybe some baby step moves but i don’t think we’ll be seeing any “wow” improvements until U5. maybe Update 4 if you have wishful thinking

[MarcG888]

I wonder how much effect DX12 will have on VR, I don’t have any other games that utilise the latest DX so funny know first hand if that helps or not.

[rob12770]

isn’t the “World update Europe” due at the end of this month ?

[MarcG888]

UK & Ireland is the next update due next week hopefully, not sure what that has to do with this thread though

[rob12770]

neither am i

[wheeliemonsta]

Ouch. VR Controller support not started.

[MarcG888]

They did talk about it in the Live Stream, may not be started but it is on their minds to do.

[PIESKYTOURS]

Do you have the link to the video?

[wheeliemonsta]

[wheeliemonsta]

Actually, having watched the VR excerpt from the video, it seems that the guys are really quite committed and convinced by VR, so it’s actually a very positive session - even if I’m slightly disappointed by the VR controller support being a little behind!

[CptLucky8]

Posted this in the Q&A discussion (and much more):

@CptLucky8

VR

First I’m glad they’re making it a 1st class citizen because I didn’t think the mere 44 votes would do ( [VR] Dev Q&A and Feedback Snapshot: please make a VR only category ) given the 265 votes for Trees are not even sufficient to make in the radar in 4 months. But on the other hand I can’t help thinking there is something wrong with it, like the LOD and Trees topics.

Where do these “wishes” come from?

Screenshot of the VR bugs and issue taken today vs feedback snapshot VR

For example I can see this one in the list and I’m glad because it is paramount:

[BUG/FEATURE] Cockpit Size and World Scale in VR (161 votes)

TL;DR: The entire chain of IPD/ICD projection matrices must be cross checked with at least WMR OpenXR and SteamVR OpenXR drivers (the 2 most used) in addition to offering a user adjustable override (scale + bias factors).

But I don’t understand Martial’s answer about the “Brightness Slider”. I’m not certain he was joking or seriously not considering this an “important” feature. In my opinion (biased opinion being a developer too), what we really need in VR is not a “brightness” slider but something different:

[BUG/FEATURE] Implement a metering system better suited for VR (44 votes)

TL;DR: The Shader code behind the EyeAdaptation setting is fine in 2D but wrong in VR because of the difference between moving the head and moving the eyes.

[BUG/FEATURE] Provide a Sharpen strength setting, and more post-processing effect controls in VR (73 votes)

TL;DR: Not all headsets gamut is the same and we need Tone Mapping Gama Slider + Tone Mapping Brightness Slider at a minimum (and more details in the topic)

And what about this one:

[BUG/FEATURE] FS2020 is breaking the VR golden rule: don’t move the camera, the user is (75 votes)
Posted this in the Q&A disc

TL;DR: Nausea inducing and actually preventing a lot of customers flying in FS2020 in VR

And this one which is important for flying airliners or the future G3000/1000 improvements in VR:

[BUG/FEATURE] EFIS Screens Problems and Solutions for higher legibility (43 votes)

TL;DR: solutions for rendering EFIS screens with high resolution even if you don’t have a G2 and a 3090.

PS: These VR topics I’ve listed above are prefixed with [BUG/FEATURE] because they are not only reporting a problem but they are also offering solutions which are readily implementable with minimal effort and time (all things considered of course).

[rob12770]

around 0:54 someone asks about trees, bu no one mentions the that the trees are out of the ground at ground level, i constantly see trees hovering a foot off the ground with their roots exposed… i always think… why did they even make them have roots when they are mean to be hidden ?