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News from the #HobbyArcheology department. I have absolutely no clue what I found this time so I’ll go with “probably something religious”.
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It has been a while that I tried #StarCitizen. With the new #Neuralnet Tracker plugin (AI haha) for #OpenTrack we get head tracking without annoying IR LEDs or reflecting stripes just by reading the...
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This works way better than I expected. This is a static image test for a HUD on my home cockpit using a dead cheap beamsplitter made of plexiglass and a smartphone o0
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I totally missed the memo but apparently there is a Linux version of #GameGlass for a while now: https://support.gameglass.gg/en/articles/9351904-installing-gameglass-hub-on-linux * Ubuntu 22.04+ *...
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Oh boy oh boy it arrived. And what a friendly seller 👌 Kinda a shame that they gave up this hobby. Sold everything for an apple and an egg. It’s a #ViperPit #SimPit loosely based on a F-16. Nothing of...
View ArticleReviving an old F-16 FLCS joystick for my ViperPit
This video is how I gutted my already modified old Thrustmaster F-16 FLCS joystick of my ViperPit and made it work again with the help of an Arduino Pro Micro. This flight stick (and also the other...
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Wow. The peeps at #FlightOfNova “found” a planet and reached it live on Twitch after a ~10h flight: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2294019904 Insane 🤓 😍 I so hope that the player “Heuristik” gets to name...
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I totally love this. So in Flight Of Nova some players noticed that some stars in the distance looked not like stars and started venturing out and after a 10h realtime flight they managed to crash on...
View ArticleVideo editing with the little one
Today the little one asked about video editing again. She really wants to make videos. This isn’t the first time as well and I do remember her stop motion mini videos years ago. The new smart phone...
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This one flew under my radar so far (haha, sorry): Rescue the civilians, race the clock, and raze the enemy in MH-Zombie, the world’s only helicopter arcade simulator! Three flight physics modes,...
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🔥 Hell Yes! #X4Foundations added #OpenTrack UDP support for native #HeadTracking under #Linux and I can finally talk about it 🤓 Yes! Yes! 🚀 🎥 I was to happy about it that I even did a recording while I...
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Weapons Control Panel
So I started taking a closer look at the various panels I got with the old #ViperPit, which is a challenge in itself, since not everything has a handy badge telling me what it is. It’s also not like...
View ArticleInterview: In depth walkthrough of my Primary Buffer Panel
https://makertube.net/w/bufv9BJv2vcXDb3KUaksB7 / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpP7KS1fbrY `@ozoned` interviewed me on my home cockpit on a live stream via his #Owncast instance at...
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Controller madness
Today we player all together on the 50″ TV in the living room from the [Linux powered] Steam Deck. We used the Viture USB-C adapter, so the Steam Deck didn’t discharge, attached an OTG cable and an...
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Napping in the ejection seat
Aww, the cat is napping in the ejection seat of the ViperPit 🤩 Paw pilot is taking a nap in the ejection seat of the ViperPit, stick and throttle on the sides. Now where am I supposed to play now?...
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Playing Ace Combat 7 with Viture Pro XR glasses in my ViperPit
Got some help carrying the #ViperPit from the basement into my man cave today and since I got the peripherals operational again already, and got Ace Combat 7 on a sale, which seemed to be a good fit,...
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My #ViperPit got an awesome upgrade today. It’s a pressure activated heating mat for the seat usually used in cars (12V are 12V 🤷). For the record: I have to heat full power to get my cave to 18C...
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We installed #Nobara #Linux on the PC of a friend yesterday and it took so god damn long because… dude managed to _repeat_ a typo for the password on the user creation step so we could not log in after...
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