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    Re: surround view experiences

    Pretty impressive bio, John.
    Thanks for your input. As a computer layman, do I get it right, that your software is running in Linux O/S, but could warp the Microsoft FS scenery?
    Would love to attend your presentation on full size sims, however, the way is too far cross the pond right now...
    BUT: After you delivered your presentation, will it be available in the net somewhere?

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    Re: surround view experiences

    Quote Originally Posted by choffmann View Post
    Pretty impressive bio, John.
    Thanks for your input. As a computer layman, do I get it right, that your software is running in Linux O/S, but could warp the Microsoft FS scenery?
    Would love to attend your presentation on full size sims, however, the way is too far cross the pond right now...
    BUT: After you delivered your presentation, will it be available in the net somewhere?

    Thanks

    Chris
    Last question first: yes it will be available on the LUGOD website. Plan to video tape the presentation and that will also be available. Will most likely break it into "chunks" to make it more manageable.

    The software will run on an MS windows machine inside the Flightgear package as it would be included with the source and compiled as part of the binary executable. Using it with FSX or any other variant of the Microsoft simulation would require a bit more work to create it as a plug in or .dll library file. It could be done. A bit outside my area of competence; no idea on licensing issues and EULA or any other aspects of writing software for a Microsoft application.

    There are some folks on this forum who are Microsoft types or if you know of any, might be worth having a discussion on that idea.

    Regards
    John

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    Re: surround view experiences

    I have made more progress with the curved screen: I tried the demo version of
    Immersive Display Lite 2 from flyelise-ng, and I am very pleased so far, that I bought a license. The "demo" writing will be vanished soon
    Here are some pics. The small black edges in the lower screen part are luckily not perceived from inside the cockpit. Also, I will need some fine tuning of the warping. The scenery is a very nice freeware of Milan Linate (LIML) airport and photorealistic surrounds available from avsim.







    I hope there will be no issues with the pics size, otherwise I will edit the post using the links to the pics.

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    Re: surround view experiences

    Looks fantastic Chris. Love it!!!!

    Pic size works fine for me.

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    Re: surround view experiences

    Great pics Chris !!!!

    Just a quick question.... The black edges you are refering are normal in every curved setup ?Could it be something that can be fixed ?

    Thanks for sharing Chris

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    Re: surround view experiences

    Just noticed what Nick said and went back and looked at the pics. I know with Nthusim I was able to curve all parts of the screen (pull down/pushup center & corners, etc.). Do yo have a boxed test screen? Are there limitations in mmersive Display Lite 2?

    Otherwise looking good

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    Re: surround view experiences

    You are not using the adjustment grid offered by the software to morph the image and fill the screen completely...

    CTRL+SHIFT+F12 - Enable/Disable warping
    CTRL+SHIFT+F11 - Toggle warp editing mode (Only if warp is enabled)
    The following are only available in editing mode:
    CTRL+SHIFT+F5 - Increase the number of horizontal grid points
    CTRL+SHIFT+F6 - Decrease the number of horizontal grid points
    CTRL+SHIFT+F7 - Increase the number of vertical grid points
    CTRL+SHIFT+F8 - Decrease the number of vertical grid points
    CTRL+SHIFT+F9 - Increase the number of warping grids
    CTRL+SHIFT+F10 - Decrease the number of warping grids
    CTRL+SHIFT+TAB - Select the next warping grid
    CTRL+SHIFT+R - Reset the warping grid(s)

    Your image should look like this when projected on a flat surface.



    It's all explained in this page:

    http://fly.elise-ng.net/index.php/im...ylite2?start=4

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    Re: surround view experiences

    Wow! You guy's sure know how to excite me.

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    Re: surround view experiences

    No, it´s not a restriction of the warping program. It´s due to my projector setup. They are not aligned yet completely, and the black edges are there because of the projector geometry, as Nick suspected. I used the warping commands that Ricardo refers to, and also the grid and box screen, which are both implemented in Immersive Display Lite 2, and they work very well. As I said, it has nothing to do with the software. I just need to better align my projectors, and that´s a bit difficult because the total room height is only 2.3 meters (= 90.55 inches) and the eyepoint-to-screen radius is only 1.65 meters (= 65 inches). To bypass the black edges, I would have to angle the projectors a little bit toward the floor and then do the warping configuration again, but due to the ceiling height restrictions it´s difficult. But I did not play around a lot with the possibilities yet, and I am sure I will find some solution.
    I did not try Nthusim yet, but as far as I could find out, one major difference is, that Nthusim will warp your screen whatever it shows, whereas Immersive Display Lite 2 will only warp certain (gaming) programs, in which it is imbeded.

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    Re: surround view experiences

    Well, this certainly is exciting Chris and I envy you, what a setup!!! Look forward to seeing the final version of your screen setup

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