At SAIC, on a project that produced two full VR scale race car prototypes, part of my responsibilities was motion control and managing the steering wheel.
I had taken a three day racing class taught at Laguna Seca and one of the experiences with a real race car is the feedback on the steering wheel: chattering when one tire goes of the track to the warning string, the smoothness when a car goes into a spin, and increased tension on turns. I had full control over the steering wheel because in addition to it being an input device, it also had a precision servo motor that I could control to get these effects. Awesome experience, if I do say so myself.
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At SAIC, on a project that produced two full VR scale race car prototypes, part of my responsibilities was motion control and managing the steering wheel.
I had taken a three day racing class taught at Laguna Seca and one of the experiences with a real race car is the feedback on the steering wheel: chattering when one tire goes of the track to the warning string, the smoothness when a car goes into a spin, and increased tension on turns. I had full control over the steering wheel because in addition to it being an input device, it also had a precision servo motor that I could control to get these effects. Awesome experience, if I do say so myself.