SuperFOV & Immersive Display Settings?

Wow becareful you almost hit assetto corsa . Good stuff, to correct fisheye do you thing it best to make screen fla and angled to simulate 3 monitors instead of curved

 

The fisheye you see on the vids is mainly down to the GoPro... I should have used narrow FOV on the camera to show how flat it really is.

There is an element of fisheye towards the sides edges, just as there is with a flat screen with an anamorphic aspect ratio or with three screen in ultra/super wide aspect when rendered as a single output.

The whole point of this thread is what you are getting at though... we would love to see a setting in AC that took into account screens with curvature... e.g. you pump in a horizontal FOV/angle, and a radius and the output is rendered to suit. There is already a 3 screen corrective rendering option, where each screen is rendered to suit the angles you choose to set them at, but it doesn't quite work for the curved surface as you get acute angle changes where the seams would be if using 3 flat surfaces as pointed out in the OP.

 

Nice setup and video, well done.

Here are the (backstage) pics from my screen made of cardboard and paper mounted on my glas desk.



To fix it I used my very old BOSE speaker ( anything else as heavy will do) and some elastic bands.


The aluminium L profile is for stabilisation and making the cardboard more or less a plain surface.

 

Maybe this will help, 2$ a piece and make a frame, you might want a perticular silver spray paint for the screen since you are using paper, silver works best hence the silver screen. in case you were looking for ideas

Wood: http://m.homedepot.com/p/1-in-x-4-in-x-8-ft-Furring-Strip-Board-687642/100043036/

Diy silverscreen: http://www.instructables.com/id/100-Projector-Screen-for-15/

Silver screen paint: http://www.homedepot.com/p/BEHR-Pre...erior-Exterior-Paint-Sample-770E-2U/202182565

If you have bigger budget www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NwfpMBxgMM

 

Thanks for the suggestions.

I am quite happy with my current setup and I don't have much time.
The time I have I rather spend driving than building.

The next big time investment will be optimising for the Dk2 and getting a new GFX card in July.

 

If anyone is interested in a great diy paint mixture for their screen I have seen this with a DLA-X35B and it is quite stunning, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Widow_(paint_mix)

 

pretty cool just seen it in action really considering a projector in the near future

 

If it wasn't for Oculus DK2 being en route i'd be doing exactly the same,a plain white glossy or not piece of linoleum would do for a screen i have a projector set up in my bedroom and the pull down screen i use has more or less the same properties in terms of shine and texture as plain old lino .

 

This is inspirational stuff!
*checks bank account.......... *sad face...

 

Do you guys know it?

http://www.wideview.it/wideview.htm

This can subdivide Flight Simulator X processing by several computers, making anything easier and smoother.

Look at this maniac:

 

haha that must weigh a ton... pretty cool though

 

Thereg a guy who likes the colour "cream" a bit too much maybe listened to too much eric clapton . Look how the white pc on the bottom left is shunned and hidden away like an unwanted step-child .

 

haha the only color in the 80's...shirley you know what im talking about...no i didnt call you shirley

 

I love when youngsters complain about how bad AC graphics look or lack of speed sensation.

 

haha you should have posted that here http://www.assettocorsa.net/forum/index.php?threads/sense-of-speed.3441/page-15#post-155174

 

Quick question about the superFOV screen placement:

I have seen Remco Hitman's setup, and most other superFOV setups. The screen is behind the wheel (with a cutout), and they are practically able to superimpose the image of the virtual steering wheel with the actual steering wheel (the one in real life); of course, most turn off the steering wheel graphic (why have two in front of you anyway, right?).

But then, if the image shows the steering wheel, then shouldn't the screen be _in front of_ the actual steering wheel? Shouldn't the screen be even closer? That way, the projected virtual steering wheel is in the same plane as the actual steering wheel?

I see the problems that a closer screen would give, but wouldn't that be "more real"?

 

Thank you for showing your setup and explaining it. I love it !

I just want to share a link to show another interesting solution , also for those who already have a different PJ.
http://paulbourke.net/dome/faq.html
http://paulbourke.net/dome/iDome/

And for those looking for the ultimate solution: collimation
http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll/collimated_display.html
and a simple , small and low cost collimated display !
http://www.mikesflightdeck.com/scenery_display/lens_collimation.html

 

awesome find thanks!!!