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Every plane you see in the sky – you can now follow it from the cockpit in 3D

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Re: Every plane you see in the sky – you can now follow it from the cockpit in 3D

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Post by benob »

tetris11 wrote: post #19

I'm currently flying at Mach 10 on a custom call sign, breaking all kinds of barriers on a single heading. I cannot be stopped. https://flight-viz.com/cockpit.html?lat=40.64&lon=-73.78&alt...

Space station tracking: https://flight-viz.com/cockpit.html?lat=40.64&lon=-73.78&alt...

Re: Every plane you see in the sky – you can now follow it from the cockpit in 3D

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Post by macintux »

nomel wrote: post #25
Chrisszz wrote: post #10

Commands are not that handy but from someone that has the flying in his heart since he was child I must admit that it's cool to have the cockpit view

You can get "introductory" flights for pretty cheap, where they let you fly a bit.

I bought one for my father years ago as a gift, and was able to ride along. A great day.

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Post by dzhiurgis »

Pretty cool. IDK if it's international connectivity issue or rendering, but I'm looking at this from Auckland and cities are just so slow to render - there's so much aliasing(?) artifacts.

Also we overshot runway, then went back albeit lower and then overshot again - I suspect there's connectivity issue (or HN hug). Also data really well delayed compared to adsbexchange.

Also - maybe add a button to take you to a Random Cockpit view (perhaps one with most live viewers (and add a chat there)).

Also cockpit noise would make me feel like I'm in xplane again lol. Also wonder if macOS PIP can be implemented for now video feeds.

Re: Every plane you see in the sky – you can now follow it from the cockpit in 3D

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Post by dzhiurgis »

simooooo wrote: post #33
coolwulf wrote: post #2

Creator here. I posted Flight-Viz a few days ago ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47603966 ) and the feedback was great. Since then I added a cockpit mode that follows any liveflight with real 3D terrain. How to try it: go to flight-viz.com, click any plane, then click "Cockpit" in the action buttons. You'll get a first-person view wit h real buildings, terrain, atmosphere, and a HUD showing altitude/speed/head…

Can you make it so "exit cockpit" navigates to a route rather than execute a back on the browser, as it takes me back to the hacker news page when I push it. Also took me about 5 minutes to find the cockpit view button after I'd selected a flight but that might be a me problem :)

> Also took me about 5 minutes to find the cockpit view button after I'd selected a flight

Same here. Should be more prominent for a brand new feature!

Re: Every plane you see in the sky – you can now follow it from the cockpit in 3D

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Post by sva_ »

stevage wrote: post #65

Is anyone actually seeing a cockpit? All I'm seeing is a moving viewpoint (no plane, no cockpit...) I mean, it's cool, it's just not quite what I expected from "cockpit mode".

I think it is broken now, as per the console:

    Object { statusCode: 401, response: '{"code":"INVALID_TOKEN","message":"Invalid access token"}', responseHeaders: {…} }

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Post by OSS542 »

coolwulf wrote: post #2

Creator here. I posted Flight-Viz a few days ago ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47603966 ) and the feedback was great. Since then I added a cockpit mode that follows any liveflight with real 3D terrain. How to try it: go to flight-viz.com, click any plane, then click "Cockpit" in the action buttons. You'll get a first-person view wit h real buildings, terrain, atmosphere, and a HUD showing altitude/speed/head…

Doesn't seem to work for me. I just get star field displays no matter what I do.

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Post by coolwulf »

sva_ wrote: post #68
stevage wrote: post #65

Is anyone actually seeing a cockpit? All I'm seeing is a moving viewpoint (no plane, no cockpit...) I mean, it's cool, it's just not quite what I expected from "cockpit mode".

I think it is broken now, as per the console: Object { statusCode: 401, response: '{"code":"INVALID_TOKEN","message":"Invalid access token"}', responseHeaders: {…} }

It should be fixed now.
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