Building design in VR

Do you recognize this feeling? You are working on a report or a text document, and you proofread it 10 times without finding any errors, and then send it to the printer. While proofreading the physical copy, you often discover several issues within seconds or minutes, that you have been staring at on the screen, completely unable to see. It has happened to me more times than I can count. Moral of the story; By engaging other neural pathways in your brain, you will bring new insights even with very familiar input data. Tonight, I had just that experience in VR.

Engineering, AcousticsRikard ÖqvistOctober 18, 2024VR, vrex, acoustics, engineering, BIM, designComment

Wife approval factor -999

I recently bought a flight simulator seat for my VR rig. I have been thinking about buying one for many years, but I couldn't really justify the expense due to the exceptionally narrow use case and all the downsides that comes with such a product. Nevertheless, once this thing is properly installed with a throttle, rudder pedals and a flight stick, the experience is mind-blowing. This is what VR was made for. The immersion got a huge boost, primarily because all of control surfaces are exactly where they should be in physical space, and I can now finally calibrate my head position to be exactly in the pilot’s seat.

ComputerRikard ÖqvistJune 28, 2024VR, mixed reality, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020, Nex level racing, immersionComment

What computer is best for an acoustican?

Back in 2019 I bought my first tablet computer, a fully-specced HP Elite X2. I had counted on doing a lot of business trips and when you’re flying a lot, a tablet is hard to beat. Well, shortly thereafter most travel plans were cancelled for a couple of years, so I ended up with a very slow desktop solution instead. It didn’t take long before the tablet ended up as a part of my travel kit and I replaced it with a proper desktop workstation. However, I just moved into a new (secondary) office and once again I need to go back to the laptop+docking station path. In this post I will list some of my thoughts about what might be valuable for me in my work as an acoustician.

Computer, Acoustics, EducationRikard ÖqvistFebruary 28, 2023workstation, laptop, tablet, gpu, egpu, VR, 3DComment

Flight Simulator in VR

When I first tried Microsoft Flight Simulator about a year ago, it was the most impressive thing I had ever done on a PC. The ability to fly literally anywhere in the world cannot be described, it must be experienced personally. Now, Microsoft has also implemented support for Virtual Reality, which makes something that was already awesome even more impressive. If your PC has the horsepower to drive it, it is by leaps and bounds the coolest thing I have ever done on a computer. The only thing that comes remotely close would be the first time I tried the Super Nintendo for the first time.

ComputerRikard ÖqvistOctober 5, 2021Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020, Eurofighter, flying, VR, virtual realityComment