Can a modern VR headset like the Pimax Crystal Super, alongside Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 and exploration-focused scenery like Jurassic World: Archipelago, convince a hardcore flat-screener that virtual reality is finally mature enough to provide a good experience without having to spend hours tweaking, tinkering, and minmaxing the settings?
Today, we continue our quest to answer that question, and we do so in pretty much ideal conditions by exploring Isla Nublar in Jurassic World: Archipelago in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024.
It’s a scenery designed to be explored both from the air and on foot, so it’s very conducive to being impressive in VR. We also explore it in a variety of aircraft, including a buggy (CrossKart by Got Friends).
We even face the ultimate challenge in trying to land a helicopter on a narrow helipad. That’s extremely difficult to do in Microsoft Flight Simulator without virtual reality or at least an eye-tracker, especially for someone like me, who really isn’t experienced in flying helicopters to begin with.
You’ll see in the video below whether VR really turns it into a much easier task.
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You can purchase a Pimax Crystal Super VR headset by using the promotional code “orbx” for an additional 2% discount on the mid-year sale that is currently going on at this sponsored link (which will generate a small commission).
Jurassic World: Archipelago can be purchased on Orbx Direct for PC and on the official marketplace for PC and Xbox for both Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 and MSFS 2020.
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is currently available for PC, Xbox Series X|S, and PS5. If you’d like to hear more about the simulator, you can watch our latest interview with Head of Microsoft Flight Simulator Jorg Neumann.
If you’d like to read more flight simulation news, you can find plenty in our latest roundup article from yesterday.
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