Is eye tracking beneficial for flight simulation?

Super27 · July 23, 2020, 2:25pm

Hi,

Maybe @SweViver can answer this.

I use VR exclusively for flight simulation. Mainly X-Plane 11, Condor 2 and a little in DCS in non combat missions like aerial refueling and carrier operations.

Are there any benefits for using an eye tracker in flight simulators? If so, what are the advantages?

Would appreciate any insights.

Thanks!

Werner

Soul · July 23, 2020, 2:38pm

If you have nVidia gpu - you can use Foveated rendering and have better performance
Developers can, potentially, include eye-tracking features into games.

Axacuatl · July 23, 2020, 2:43pm

And, while flying by, you can give the enemy pilot a nasty stare !

BNP · July 23, 2020, 2:44pm

that would also have to be implemented by the devs…

geoffvader · July 23, 2020, 2:49pm

DCS doesn’t support VRS / FFR so also no benefit to eye tracking DFR, I don’t know about those other flight sims but you would want to check

mhe · July 23, 2020, 4:13pm

Especially for flightsims, I can easily see an eye-tracked interaction cursor, all you need to do is have left and right clicks on your HOTAS so you can adjust your whole cockpit without even lifting a finger. Probably better than hand tracking for that purpose.

Super27 · July 23, 2020, 4:22pm

Hi,

Thank you all for your inputs!

Sounds promising.

Werner

system · September 21, 2020, 4:22pm

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