Michael Grondin states, "X-Plane is your classic flight simulator taken to the extreme."
VRFocus - X-Plane, a flight simulator title, is soon to receive support for the Oculus Rift virtual reality (VR) headset. Developer Laminar Research made the announcement this week, confirming that VR compatibility would be coming to the Windows, Mac and Linux versions of the simulator.
TPG Writes:
"Strap yourselves in, boys. Captain Stephen Todd is about to take you on a detailed journey though the sometimes confusing, but always wonderful world of PC flight simulation."
So, the baton passes to X-Plane, an independent project available on Windows, Linux and, of course, Mac OS X. We've been giving this flight sim a spin and it's pretty breathtaking. It's also mind numbing. While finding your way around the control system of a bog standard space simulator can sometimes take a little while, X-Plane really does simulate the process of piloting an aircraft. With control tower chatter in your ears, and multiple instruments to monitor, you'll struggle at first to keep your aircraft moving in a straight line. Having said that - X-Plane has several advantages over Microsoft Flight Simulator - and one is that you don't have to use the keyboard. The cockpit flight controls are right there in front of you onscreen - and with mouse control enabled you can fly the plane without even touching those.
