DCS F-4E Phantom | Too REAL for VIRTUAL REALITY! | Pimax Crystal

In this video we are going to take the F-4E Phantom out for a spin in Virtual Reality. And what a ride it was! it really can't get any better than this. The quality... The fidelity... The sound and that to experience in VR is insane!
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Timestamps:
00:00 F-4E Phantom VR Cockpit and WSO
02:31 F-4E Phantom VR Take-off
04:47 VR Lenses Sponsor
05:19 F-4E Phantom VR Cruising and WSO
07:41 F-4E Phantom VR Landing
PC SPECS:
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
Intel® Core™ i9-14900KF
64 GB DDR5-6000
#dcs #vr #virtualreality

[@laubox]

Check out the F4E in VR in Action in the newest upload: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aKamdauYh9CqY7c

[@elusivelectron]

Do you have a yoke or joystick?

[@charlesthomes9059]

I am a USAF Brat. My pop took me into a simulator into this plane. To me, it was the best time of my life. I was 16 and it was 1982. RIP. Retired Colonel James T.Thomes.

[@golfrick007]

I worked on the F-4E/G for about five years. This video is awesome 😍

[@kevinl3235]

Nice!

[@contort69]

and I'm the Pope. Very awesome video.

[@oliverdots]

The approach to landing looked so smooth. With other sims the controls always seem so sensitive. That looked like a real approach no doubt. And the landing, the F-15's I watched land at RAF Lakenheath landed solidly like that. Just such a real looking, handled flight. Well done Sir!

[@tripg4624]

Absolutely amazing detail. Spent many hours in the backseat. Not sure if you know , but that helmet is actually from my old squadron, 110th TFS.

[@XXNerdzillaXX]

Well that's cool. I bet that brings back some nostalgia, yeah?

[@davidgraham4253]

@tripg4624 I spent a lot of time finding photos of the 110th via the Lindbergh's Own FB group and US archives, I hope I did it justice for you guys. Eventually I'd like to add some more through 1991 and the Pharewell

[@tovip2697]

Yes, indeed. Tripple screens cannot do what a good VR headset can do. They will never be able to do that. VR is another world. One must only be ready for it, nothing more.

[@laubox]

I can't agree more than that! Headsets must be slightly more comfortable to also get this group on board!

[@void1968able]

Flying with the Pimax8KX for two years. Nothing beats VR! I bought the F4 especially for the cockpit immersion in VR. Sure there are some flaws with VR, but the pros are simply astonishing!

[@bobbybassett9483]

What game is this? I struggle watching these reviews as you never tell where to find the game or platform you are reviewing it on

[@void1968able]

@@bobbybassett9483 it's called DCS, Digital Combat Simulator.

[@EazyE11]

​@@bobbybassett9483DCS. Also free to play (sort of) and some of the best most dedicated developers on the planet.

[@moletrap2640]

Bought and installed DOF H3 motion chair and absolutely love it. Significantly adds to the realism on top of VR. And also using beyond big screen VR headset, weighs absolutely nothing (nearly as light as a pair of sunglass). OLED is gorgeous. Customized to your face and your eye prescription.

[@Zairn12345]

I often describe to people what it’s like going vertical through the clouds, the sun glinting off the canopy scratches, as the jet I’m flying shudders and complains, alerts going off before I yank back on the stick and look up with my head and watch the earth fall back into my view. The feeling is unreal. If you’ve never done it, you won’t know. VR is so close to real.

[@XXNerdzillaXX]

I just got a hold of a VR headset. Next step is to hook up DCS to it. I just haven't figured that part out yet. Does it all work in the game with the hand controllers? Or do you need external Peripherals? I mean, I've got the $2000 hardware setup, but I don't wanna hook it up to just test.

[@paulpaulsen7777]

Unbelievable! Thank you for this inside view.

[@ChevyBM]

Damn, we have come a long way from Chuck Yeagers Air Combat...

[@coma13794]

"It's a great day for flying!" "It's the man, not the machine..."

[@dathyr1]

Cool. I remember these very LOUD Jets taking off during my Viet Nam years while working on the Flight line. Amazing Jets of that time painted in their green camouflaged paint schemes. I worked on the C-130 aircraft back then. thanks for the video. Take care.

[@flare242]

Amazing! The scale finally seems right!

[@franciscoborges9591]

it looks amazing and very well captured, have a quest3 but... gonna grab the crystal later nice video

[@laubox]

Awesome! Do know that the quest 3 is great as well! Surely the pimax is more clear, but still. You can get a discount on the pimax btw of you use my link in the description ;)

[@kevinAPapaof2]

I’m a racer using VR and it has chgd the whole experience. Just awesome. I can’t play as long in vr but I use vr headset like I my helmet, once I’m in race headset come on. Looking forward to trying new war thunder made for VR once it comes out.

[@klinkokos67]

woff! That was very authentic indeed - Nice video! :)

[@flyaruu]

That cockpit. I can smell it.

[@MaykMoke]

i see a laubox, GS and longshot dogfight here! Excellent video dude.

[@kennywatts4212]

That was some nice flying I love this game too I have played had many hours of fun

[@guillaumefuentes3184]

Man, thank you so much for the prescription lenses website ! This was the last thing holding me away from VR !!

[@WindwolfBlog]

That Cardinals helmet is fire. A+

[@defgamez]

Looks awesome, nice video

[@dwgustaf]

One thing that you can do in VR that you can't do with a 3 screen setup is standup, turn around and look out the back of the aircraft. Or completely turn your chair around and look backward. 🙂

[@Parawingdelta2]

At the start, I thought you were pulling a prank by somehow actually sitting in a real Phantom. I didn't know how, but it looked so real.

[@Celt-starseed]

My Late brother used to install and operate the Phantom and Tornado sims at RAF Leuchars near St Andrews Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿.

[@CartoonrBOY]

Absolutely correct. It's frustrating to see people focus on creating static screen representations of jet cockpits when VR technology offers a much more accurate simulation. With VR, you get a more immersive experience that's easily interchangeable. Pair this with a pneumatic chair to simulate the aircraft's movement, and you'll feel as if you're truly flying! This combination provides a far superior and realistic environment.

[@Kazuya720]

Looks super sick! Imagine you could also manage to feel g-force on your body.

[@tomarkadi6612]

Phantastic!

[@tuomaspietinen1485]

Well , that was a carrier landing!

[@123reivaj]

Amazing! :D

[@dabneyoffermein595]

can't wait to try this on a G2, I heard it's probably one of the best with the best sound too

[@TheGunterGlieben]

Re the motion simulator... yeah that would be nice, however if you have not tried it, I would highly recommend connecting a buttkicker (sound transducer). You won’t get the motion, however you will feel the rumble of the jet, thump as the wheels come down, cannon, etc. any deep bass sounds get translated into a vibration that you will feel. Adds a lot. I use them when flight simming and sim trucking. I can’t sim without VR, or the added Immersion provided by the buttkicker.

[@keridudouze6143]

I remember FA/18 Interceptor on Amiga 35 years ago, and when I see this, I wonder if the word "revolution" is enough when it comes to VR

[@anwarsadat6825]

In VR, can you turn and off the switches and handle the throttle etc. by simply reaching for it in VR or do you have to hand the attachments!? Never done it. Just curious.

[@adamthompson8432]

3:32 he laughs like Santa clause. lol

[@plokkum]

Haha your descent rate on landing was just as horrible as mine :D Leuk headsetje!

[@laubox]

Haha, at least the plane was still standing ;)

[@nicholasstanley8787]

This is insane!

[@kober2118]

Impressed.

[@knarrie1966]

Wow. Ziet er geweldig uit, your Dutch accent comes thru ☺️

[@lukebraddford3287]

This makes me want to preorder the new crystal and sell the quest 3 now. I’m new to the game so maybe get used to it on my monitor and wait for the new headset to come out.

[@cyberflightfpv4184]

Can’t wait for this to be 10x in 10years

[@BrettManZA80]

Crew chief would like a word.

[@FedericoCrozzolo]

amazing

[@s.mendez7160]

300 knot approach speed? Hum. Cool video, thanks for sharing...

[@TheGunterGlieben]

Haha! I’m pretty sure the 300 and 100 call outs were for altitude.

[@matthewlake182]

I'll definitely be getting back into DCS when I upgrade my PC in the next year. WIth a 2070 Super and AMD Ryzen 3700X, 16 GB ram, I always had to turn down the graphics very low and lower resolution a bit to get decent frame rate. Hopefully I can remember how to use all the weapon systems and all that. It took months to get competent. Game now looks amazing in VR with your system though.

[@PappyGunn]

I find I have problems with the Gamma in VR in DCS. I have to adjust it between day and night missions or even depending on the weather. It is especially bad for the F4 cockpit because (like the real thing) the cockpit lighting sucks, so reading instruments (like the flap/slats indicator) is sometimes difficult. But yes the F-4 in VR is great, a cramped analog hell of a cockpit.

[@tanberjan]

How did you get the Cardinals helmet in there?

[@vincelupone]

Classic Cardinals logo represent!

[@marionetteworks]

That landing, good thing it’s a Navy plane. So I guess Pimax Crystal is the top PC VR headset to get right now?

[@noneOfYourBusinessDotCom]

Noooice helmet design! Go Cards!

[@dasdguy7606]

Can't see the Air speed indicator. Might need that during short final.

[@BrianL69]

Wow 🤩

[@eyalsabban4730]

But still cant fully control plane dashboard with hands only right? Still need keyboard key commands to control right?

[@CaptinSim100]

What is the performance like?

[@peterpickguitar]

If I use this with my trak-IR I'm all set ..😂😂 and another question : won't the lens be in the way of the air mask ?

[@seca0815]

I want this in msfs

[@desamster]

What piece of software is this? Doesn't say in description or comments.

[@845SiM]

There is a lot of tearing but assume thats due to recording software?

[@Monstacheeks]

Had to buy a High End Joystick just to fly this F4!

[@GodzHammer]

Why is the field of view to the left of the stick/HUD/Cockpit and slanted down to the right?

[@zolterzolter459]

Bro if you play on Primax Crystal, why is Quest 3 on video preview?

[@Ballissle]

I can hardly fly this module in vr with the quest 3. It runs so slow even with the game on low settings running on the multithread preview with a rtx 2080ti, r7 5800x and 32gb ddr4 3200mhz ram. Game is on an nvme ssd. What do i need to upgrade most to get this game to run smoothly?

[@trottheblackdog]

Man, you're making me spend money!!!

[@frostyarcade]

Is this using the q3 or pimax? I’m confused

[@LockedOutBy2FA]

Is this Pimax more expensive than a full Valve Index setup?

[@iloschmid]

nice Video

[@deejay4837]

Zoom in is impressive.

[@tyremango]

Does it make you feel nauseous? I tried VR once and I felt very, very sick for the next day. Was gutted to be honest as it looked amazing.

[@rnavstar]

I'm sad that it doesn't support VR controller Grab for the Flight Stick and Throttle. Other than that.....this bird is super nice!

[@dabneyoffermein595]

It's amazing all these years of development and no one has perfected that. Let's take another thing for example, Windows Mixed Reality is a joke in glasses such as the G2, so hard to get it started so easy to f it up and then lose the place where you left off in the screens and VR on off mode and a million other things that the interface software sucks at. it's unbelievable.

[@guntamgil1]

Nice video ! Question how do you get a pilot in the cockpit in dcs ?thanks in advance

[@echovictordcsworld]

RSHIFT + P

[@MB-cv3mb]

Not for the F4 its in the controls and not set up as RSHIFT+p

[@victorforzani3433]

why do you have a meta head set instead of the pimax crystal type headset in your video

[@Paulwhittall37]

I have same specs with Varjo Aero. Whats your graphical settings?

[@laubox]

I play all on high setting and DLSS set to on.

[@stevelee2787]

Could someone please tell how to get this sort of set up

[@mytype4271]

im in Australia sooooo your setup would cost me about ten thousand doll hairs thats without the VR.

[@stevenashton1152]

Wow

[@python27au]

What VR system are you using? I have a vive and its crap for flight sims. You can’t read the instruments or see small objects because of the pixilation. It cost $1000 lasted a year or so and the base stations stopped working, can’t get replacements, so now i have $1000 worth of junk.

[@geniol28186]

Lo que el doctor me recetó 🤤

[@aandradejr213]

Is that Nellis AFB?

[@SUP_Bigans]

00:25 the evidences this is a cold war fighter? Look at the arm hairs!😅

[@justplayinggames963]

This almost looks real - except the fact that the camera is tilted - i don't know about you but when i'm looking through my eyes the image is straight

[@straywolf77]

Is this your first DCS module? Pretty much all the aircraft modules look great in DCS...

[@BiologistRyan]

Sent my dad this video. He was a wso in this plane. Be curious to see what he thinks.

[@allentate3760]

Military aircraft have a certain smell, I’d find that odor and deploy it while playing this. I can almost smell it just watching.

[@jrohlftube]

I don't know if it's the recording process but you have a lot of screen tearing/vsync/judder issues that would be hard to handle in VR. The modeling and graphics are amazing tho.

[@markt5643]

i tried one out at the store, didnt know if it was this brand or not. not for me, even know it looks a tad bit better than on any screen, wearing one of these clunky things on your head for hours aint for me, but nice video!

[@davidmorris9140]

Imagine when AI will be able to instruct you based on what you are looking at and need to know in real time!

[@arzhangsadeghi]

Hot Damn!!!!

[@laubox]

Hot damn indeed!

[@andrewbroadaway5114]

Can someone enlighten me? I have system specs identical to this and have played with all sorts of settings (thanks Reddit and KZbin). Even with quad views and getting settings tweaked for as high as possible, my VR in the pimax crystal is not as good as this video. It's awesome, but not this perfectly clear and detailed. What am I doing wrong? I feel like I'm close, but things are always a tad hazy, blurry, and imperfect. I'll never go back to flat screen, but I spent the money on a top system and I want it to be as good as possible.

[@laubox]

Hi Andrew! Thanks for your message and I will be happy to help you. There are a lot factors in play when it comes to image clarity. If you want we can go in over your settings via a call on discord! So feel free to join my server and say hi to get in touch!

[@dhbroussard89]

Sold me! Building gaming computer..

[@streamofconsciousness5826]

I would not have thought that the backseat could not see forward (with out twisting and craning his neck). That is unreal, but too much.

[@onetruekeeper]

You are flying using HOTAS ? Then It is flying by touch since you cannot see the controls.

[@michaelneufeld2649]

No clue how this popped up or why I clicked but damn, I want this really bad.

[@tderoo71]

I love VR but with my Quest 2 headset I struggle to spot and identify other aircraft. So the immersion is great and the cockpit stuff and navigation works much better. However, if you struggle to see your opponents, then DCS can be a very frustrating business. Not sure if there is a graphic setting that makes that work better? Tend to have resolution at 1080p but the aircraft just stay a dark blob way too long.

[@PappyGunn]

Same here. I turn the labels on there really isn't any other way

[@nemisis_wolf]

VR is way way better for identifying Aircraft at distance compared to flat screen, it's all about practice believe it or not. Your eyes get "Used" to spotting that balck spot at 20 miles out. Even in Flat Screen it takes a long time to get "used" to spotting other aircraft at long distance but it does get better with time. Just like Air to Air refueling it doesn't come after a few flights it takes tens of hours of practice before you can do AAR in DCS but well worth all the effort once you can do it!

[@paulpaulsen7777]

Can you clean the mirrors first too 😂

[@patricklim3703]

WOW..........

[@landseer22]

I have that Helmet STL Cards, 131st

[@DCSHacks]

Great but why does the thumbnail show a Quest3?

[@Tepnox]

Because Quest 3 works just fine with DCS for a reasonable price? 😅

[@QuickSticks8771]

What game is that ??

[@SnowTiger45]

Aren't all the modules realistic in VR ? I haven't flown with my VR yet but I have a HP Reverb G2 which should work nicely too. And the GeForce 4090 Gaming Trio.

[@stuart2151]

I actually thought wow for a quest 3 (thumbnail) but got tricked

[@cowansimstudio]

This is not through the headset. This is just the screen render :) Through the lens would look a lot different to this. Hopefully this will give people a more realistic understanding of VR