VR Motion Cancellation - Time to test!

Doing my first motion sim tests of this now, I'll report back in a bit!

Time to report!

Sim: DCS World 1.5 UH-1 (NOT STEAM VERSION)
HMD: Oculus Rift CV1
Using ReVive inject

Motion compensation is working, but not as I hoped. First thing is that I often see the edges of my "window" into the world if you know what I mean.

The big problem is I don't think it is cancelling out rotational head movement, which is what I was really wanting. Rotating the compensating Touch controller rotates the "window" into the world, but the cockpit etc. I see are not affected. When I move it translationally the actual objects in the HMD move to correct.

What really drives me crazy is that if I have the motion sim use pitch to simulate forward acceleration, my view tilts upward and now I can feel my legs are under the cockpit floor I see in VR.

Is this supposed to compensate for rotation of the platform as well as translation? I sure hope so. =(

Trip

What really drives me crazy is that if I have the motion sim use pitch to simulate forward acceleration, my view tilts upward and now I can feel my legs are under the cockpit floor I see in VR.

I Have to same problem. lol NOT STEAM VERSION,cv1 I will be waiting you next report... love Dcs world in motion platform

It's good to know I'm not the only one this is driving crazy Misoswan.

@noorbeast It looks to me like the developer hasn't commented since May 24th at that github thread? Has he been actively communicating elsewhere?

I had time now to read all the comments on the github page and see that it definitely is supposed to correct rotations. I posted over there, but will report back with the results after I test with the Vive.

I am using rift. I figured out that needed to turn off theater mode in steam then worked. Got it working but everytime the platform has movement it shakes everything in the game like an earthquake. Decided to downgrade rift back to 1.13 so I don't have to recenter in car camera every second while on the track. Frustrated cause know I can't play Assetto corsa ,use oclulus tray tool. It's seems like I'm not the only one having issues. I do not want customers getting motion sickness because I will be puting this on the floor for commercial use.

I like the sound of that. Sensor back on rig? None of the "improvements" since then have been for our benefit. How did you manage to downgrade? Won't it autoupgrade again?

Hi ,
I'm also ta the same point and conclusion as you.
After a copple of hours I achieved to configurate the motion compensation feature with Rift and Revive.
I'm confused because it's not worked before because I didn't point the right .exe with revive to patch the game .
I was having 2 steam folder with steam app and I didn't use the right one !!
Now problem solved and I could check the motion compensation feature !
Pcars : as my PC configuration I believe is at its limits , the quality with the headset is really bad and the motion compensation not really great also . I 've got lag and like speedraycer25 wrote like an earthqake .My view drops outside the car sometimes up , behind etc ...
So bad results for me .
Assetto corsa : it's a little bit better ( no lag and the view in headset is good) but always the same problem with the droping view when accelerating/braking !
Anyway many thanks to the developper for his job and his support !
Unfortunatly there is 2 options now for me :
-roll back to the oculus 1.12
-give a try with a HTC vive and try to sale the oculus
Cheers
Edit : or third choice an improvement of the motion compensation feature ;-) I would be very happy !
Thanks

I am installing my Vive right now, I will report back on my results compared to Rift (DCS through ReVive it was unusable).

I wasn't able to test much with the Vive yet, but what little I did the motion correction looked near perfect!

I have a big problem though, and I don't know just yet how big it is. I spent ten hours struggling with head tracking issues, finally concluding that the lighthouse locations were definitely not the problem.

I just now tracked it down; it's interference from my AC powered motion sim. As soon as I kill power to the sim, the head tracking works perfectly. =(

I've got a couple things to try here, first is to move my PC away from the VFD's. Second is to try to use a metal enclosure to block EM interference from the VFD's.

I ran all my motion sim wiring with significant shielding. The Thanos board is in a steel box, the signal wires are shielded security system cable, and the high voltage wiring from the VFD's to the motors is all running inside steel conduit. The only part of the system not shielded is the VFD's themselves and the two feet or so of wire between the VFD's and where they enter the conduit.

If anyone has already solved this kind of problem with Vive please let me know...

Trip

@noorbeast The base stations are mounted to the walls with the included brackets, they aren't getting any vibration.

It's definitely interference, the platform doesn't even need to be moving, just signal going to the VFD's.

Good news though, I moved the PC a little less than 4 feet away from the VFD's and it's 95% good now. I'll look at moving it even farther to get that last little bit. Right now I'm totally satisfied with switching to the Vive for improved head tracking. It's amazing the difference it makes not having that rotational error we are all accustomed to dealing with, and also no camera jumping around either! It feels so much more immersive now without that rotational error.

As for the Vive vs. Rift in general, my opinions often differ from others but here it is:

Initially I felt like the Vive lenses were just terrible, that very small sweet spot people talk about. No matter how much I adjusted it I felt like it was just blurry. All of this was done in the new Steam Home thing. When I finally loaded up DCS though, I got a shock! It looked excellent! I think it's clearer than my Rift up close as the cockpit looks fantastic, though I do think it suffers a bit for distant objects. The difference in screen door effect is very slight, and not even a consideration for me. The wider FOV on the other hand is definitely an improvement!

I'm 100% switching to Vive for the cockpit experience. I will miss the touch controllers, they are super nice, but actually the amount of time I spend doing "other" VR stuff compared to simming is very small. The Knuckles controllers look like they might be great, we'll see.

I had not seen that Knuckles demo. That's amazing! The finger tracking looks near perfect and the ability to do complex cockpit interaction looks totally there.

Unfortunately they rest in the palm of your hand so going back and forth between a stick/yoke and finger and hand cockpit interactions may be an issue.

Shared cockpit things where one pilots while the other dials up nav or comms or whatever with systems will be nuts.

I'm hoping these will be the solution for DCS pilot wanting to flip switches: http://hi5vrglove.com/

Hey guys, does anyone know if it's an easy thing to do to use Vive controllers and lighthouses with a Pimax 4K? If so, what about using a SteamVR tracker puck or even a steam controller for head tracking with the Pimax?

What I'm getting at is trying to get this motion compensation working with Pimax 4K. The other option, which might work really well for me is if I can get a TrackIR or similar setup working with Pimax and disable the gyros. Someone got this working with DCS a while back but I don't know if it is still possible and I don't have a TrackIR any longer to test with.

PS- I know the Pimax 4K has it's disadvantages, but I'm going to be trying it out as some DCS pilots swear by it.

PS- Back on topic, I discovered that like some others I can't use the motion compensation with my Bass Shakers running which is a shame. I hope that Matt gets out a new version with a possible fix before too long.

Trip

I've been watching this thread with interest, but am still using my close/level with my head - gimbal stabilised tracking camera with my Oculus CV1, which is still working a treat - bass shakers and all, somehow though my setup does not work for everyone Eg @SilentChill .

@SeatTime How much angle and translational movement are you using? You are on 6DOF if I recall correctly, right?