Curved screens with trackIR

Just sent off for a 32in curved screen monitor for playing DCS. I will be using a TrackIr 5. Has anyone used the two together? If so how was the immersion and game play.

Curved monitor wont really matter. TIR is all about the movement settings being right.

Enjoy your new setup!

I have used TiR 5 with a curved 34" 3440x1440 screen. Works great!

TIR doesn't know, or care, what your monitor looks like.

He asks how it affects immersion and gameplay, not if TiR can be used with it :)

I liked the curve and ultra wide (21:9) aspect ratio of my screen. Peripheral vision improved, and the curvature made it easier to view the entire screen when sitting closer to it.

I sold it once I got the Oculus Rift though ;)

IMHO, UW screens are not tall enough to give a decent FOV. The height of the screen is too small to enable a decent view of what is above and below. TIR isn't relative here, the screen is still like looking through a slit.

Yeah, it can't be compared to VR.

But I went from a 27" 16x9 to a 34" 21x9, and this effectively just widened the screen but the height remained the same.

So instead of looking through a narrow split, I was looking through a wider split, which was better...

But you're absolutely correct, using screens, wide screens, 3 screens, gives a very narrow vertical view. That's what impressed me the most with VR, the vertical FoV...

You can try Portrait mode with 3 monitors. I have thought about it but it would be custom bracket for some monitors.

Recently set up a 65" Samsung 4k Curved monitor (16:9). My eyes are 28" from screen. Screen covers practically entire peripheral vision. TIR works fine.

Recently set up a 65" Samsung 4k Curved monitor (16:9). My eyes are 28" from screen. Screen covers practically entire peripheral vision. TIR works fine.

Don't tempt me. My 40" 4k monitor isn't old enough to replace. Although, I could move it to the home entertainment system. My Marantz A/V receiver supports 4k. Hmmmm.

Don't tempt me. My 40" 4k monitor isn't old enough to replace. Although, I could move it to the home entertainment system. My Marantz A/V receiver supports 4k. Hmmmm.

That was EXACTLY my rationale.

That was EXACTLY my rationale.

Thanks, that's just what I needed to hear. :cry:

Recently set up a 65" Samsung 4k Curved monitor (16:9). My eyes are 28" from screen. Screen covers practically entire peripheral vision. TIR works fine.

Yowza!! now that would be a cool display.

I recently bought a new 34" LC UltraWide and love the experience. Mine is NOT the curved screen but it does give a different feeling as compared to my old 27" (1920x1080). I did find it took a little getting used to but that all changed when I added an MSI GeForce GTX 1070 card....whoa..no stuttering, great framerate and that pesky little problem of using the TPG (L MFCD) and Maverick (R MFCD) simultaneously is gone!

But I now wonder whether the TrackIR location on my monitor could be improved to respond better in the pitch direction. Has anybody dialed this in for these UltraWide screens and care to comment. I'm thinking about raising the TrackIR sensor up a couple inches above the screen. Comments?

I will comment when I get my Acer Predator 34A this week :D

@Pinefang........once you get it all set up youy will probably find your SnapViews are horribly off and sometimes worthless. The viewing angle and dimensions get seriously cropped in 2560 x 1080. But not to worry...

Check out this thread from a couple weeks ago.

https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=174744

I started it after I bought my LG 34" Ultra Widescreen and several folks were right on track to help me sort that out. Read the instructions on creating new SnapViews, I think you'll find it very rewarding as you get to really dial in what YOU want to see.

Regarding the 'immersion and game play', you get a wider perspective (obviously) which is great for the immersion but the screen height is more limiting. I'm still loving it! Panning left to right is pretty cool as long as you have a suitable graphics card. My new MSI GeForceGTX 1070 was an awesome upgrade.

On the subject of TIR, you'll probably want to spend a little time dialing in some new settings for your default view (seat position), and you Pitch and Yaw angles and speed. I slowed down the rotational speed on the Yaw due the screen width and increased it on the Pitch. Once I got that dialed in it has made flying a whole new adventure.

I'd be interested in hearing more on these topics once you get yours set up.

Regards,

Where do you put your tackir when using 65 inch screen?

I just bought 35 inch uw predator. Nice view, ghosting is bad. Would look at something other than led next time.

Recently set up a 65" Samsung 4k Curved monitor (16:9). My eyes are 28" from screen. Screen covers practically entire peripheral vision. TIR works fine.

Have TIR mounted on top of display tilted downward. ProClip knock off on

head set tilted upward sharply. Had to modify mounts on both units somewhat.

Have full range of motion in all TIR axis.