Im happy with the UI because everything has a hotkey or i can navigate with the keyboard. i need no mouse to control it :) If you change it, please keep this.
A "nice" UI with all the UX things in mind is horrible to control, unless your just a clicky pointy person. So i value functionality over (de-)improving UI UX.

I don't think removing the keyboard shortcuts is part of anyone's plan. If you read Ore's older post that I linked from earlier in the thread, you'll see what kind of menu layout changes he's referring to.

Depth on the updated VR cockpit is a much better match, strucure to readouts. Love the orientation change too. Makes text easier to read and makes plugins more compatible cross platform.

Wed 08:09PM Savet
Is there anywhere on the site that shows the VR cockpit?

Savet, look in Options

What Draugath is saying is.. you can enable Simulated VR Mode, and then play using the VR cockpit ("look around" using right mouse button).

It isn't really intended as a full replacement for the traditional PC game as of yet (not in simulated mode anyway, on actual VR hardware it's pretty cool). But, it will give you an idea of how it works.

I'm not subscribed, so that suggestion doesn't do me any good. The point I am subtly trying to make is that the features you are pouring your heart and soul into are not represented anywhere on the website to help entice new players into the game and re-entice old players back into the game. I asked it as a question in case I was missing something obvious.

give me a few minutes, Ill see about getting pictures (ended up taking a video) of VR-Emu mode for you. Id get real VR pictures, but I dont have any VR headset :'(

speaking of VR - I cant remember, I think it was talked about before, but will Vendetta-Online support those "Mixed Reality" headsets that microsoft is pushing for? Im considering getting one of these, if we do.

but being windows-only (afaik) might be an ugly mark on it, isnt it?

Back to Savet's thing, absolutely. VR is barely mentioned on the site, and no visuals are available under Media or anything. In fact, besides a handful of screenshots in the newsletter and other youtubers who cover VR stuff (that I happen to not watch, though maybe I should), I havent seen much of anything.

Though, uhh, maybe us pilots should help fix that?

Playing with simulated VR:

Part 1

Part 2

Savet: Heh, feel free to not make points "subtly" and you'll get a more direct answer:

VR support is not finished yet. We did posts videos at Daydream launch, on the GearVR site (segments edited into the old trailer), etc, but even those have been a patchwork of different versions of the cockpits, with different issues, none of which reflect the goals of the PC version.

There is a reason why I identify our Rift support as "Beta" everywhere. It isn't finished yet.

If I start posting videos willy-nilly on the website, they will be considered (by the internet) to be worthy of judgement against Elite Dangerous and every other VR-capable space game. I'm not ready for that yet, we're still making it all work properly.

Luxen: I don't have a concrete answer on support for Microsoft's MR headsets as of yet.

im looking forward to the ship debris.

Luxen, thank you for taking the time to make that. It was exactly what I was looking for and answered all of my questions.

oh really? Glad I could help! I might not have explored some parts of what SimVR has, but I hope I got all the major things.

That's exactly what vr looks like but 3d and tracked to your head movement. Neat that you can run simulated mode.

Ship debris and nebulae clouds sound wicked awesome. Can't wait. Nice job inc

Thanks. We were hoping to start testing some aspects of the debris this week, but that's now been delayed by some other issues. Anyway, progress continues.

Ohh testing sounds fun i wanna help :P

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So are we going to get new models for other ships too? The Centurion is a great ship but it's looks need some love.