What you see is a glorified DIY joystick controller with a LCD ('MFD') and plenty of RGB inspired by a VF-1 (Block 6) Valkyrie of the Macross franchise.
I use it mainly to play Elite Dangerous, Star Citizen, X4: Foundations and plenty of other Space Pew Pew.
It's mobile and can be stashed easily because my battlestation is, unlike most gaming rigs, also my workstation and has to move a lot. It's also frequently occupied by my kids who also love clicky buttons and compete with me for stick time :D
It's completely DIY and made on a budget (no really). It's also Work In Progress, like probably any home cockpit out there.
For the PC it's just a joystick and an additional display. The magic starts to happen when I manage to interface with the games to display live game data and adjust the blinken lights depending on the current ship telemetry.
Am I crazy? Yes, probably. It's a hobby and when Corona happened indoor hobbies became kinda a thing again π€
Edith says: Should have added this from the beginning: I do foster a project website that has additional details, pictures and videos: π https://SimPit.dev (yes it's slow - hold the line :P)
Videos are usually mirrored to πΉ https://tube.tchncs.de/a/bekopharm or πΉ https://www.youtube.com/@BekoPharm (pick your poison).
Additional content may be found on π https://beko.famkos.net/category/simpit/ or on β οΈ https://hackaday.io/bekopharm
You went through all this trouble and youβre not even playing it in VR? Tsk tsk
There's always the one that can't grasp that VR is not for everyone (or that making something is also a hobby).
Iβm just yanking you chain. In all seriousness though, Iβm curious if you could enable finger tracking on a headset and line up your physical buttons with the virtual ones. Could be insanely immersive if the scale is correct!
I see. In theory that's possible but there is no game that has this as virtual cockpit as well. I know this exists for e.g. "real" jets but it's really not for me. Getting motion sick fast (even from shaky YT videos), wearing glasses and like drinking my beer while simming.