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F-4E Phantom isn't my thing, but there sure are a lot of people on the DCS forums who want one, and today I am very happy for them. 

I'm rereading the Warrior trilogy for the first time since... idk, probably 2002 or so. Maybe the 90s. One thing I'm more aware of now is what a sausage fest it is. It's 1000 years in the future and ostensibly there is sexual equality, there are female mechwarriors in the background, but all the main characters and viewpoint characters that engage ( Read more... )

And now Christina Chong (La'an Noonien-Singh) has tweeted this image of her and Jess Bush (Christine Chapel) in a TOS-style vertical Jeffries tube:


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The Book of Boba Fett is continuing the tradition begun in Rebels and continued in The Mandalorian of paying tribute to conceptual artist Ralph McQuarrie. I haven't watched it yet, this popped up on my tumblr dash, but I approve:


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I've blogged about bHaptics before, most notably here and here. Unless you are a corporation with the funds (and connections) for prosumer hardware like the Teslasuit or Manus gloves, bHaptics are pretty much the only name in haptics right now. Their vest, facepad and arm haptics are at the very top of my non-flying VR wishlist ( Read more... )

In this post back in October I talked about Pimax announcing a new VR headset, the 12K QLED, currently set to come out in Q4 of this year. And why I want it, the short version of which is "almost-full-human field of view with foveated rendering to reduce GPU load". Every time I start up an aircraft and have to crane my neck and twist my back just ( Read more... )

3rd-party developer Magnitude has been working on a full-fidelity player-flyable F4U Corsair model, with accompanying AI assets including an Essex-class aircraft carrier. Neither is ready for early access yet, but progress pics dropped today:


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A modern version of the old Kenner Imperial Troop Transporter from 1979! The original was my very first Star Wars toy, and as such it holds a special place in my heart.


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Always down for dinos.

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Nice to see a T-rex with feathers, too!

(Covid status: still sick, but improving)

Way back when in this post about VR accessories, in the part about VR gun stocks I wrote:

Of the two gunstocks, I favor the Virtual Rifle Systems model (the first video above) overall. Adjusting its fit is simpler and more ergonomic, since it's based on real weapons. In like wise, by being shaped like a ( Read more... )