Using iPad as extended touchbuddy touchscreen monitor for CoD/IL2! Really Cool!!!

[flyingblind]

Here is something else you tech heads could look at. Apparently you can get Xbox kinect to work on a Windows 7 PC. In theory you could just use you hand to touch the screen and operate the switches? Don't know if this would work or would conflict with track IR but might be worth a play, especially if you have kinect hardware to hand - which I don't.

http://www.360-hq.com/xbox-tutorials-164.html

[flyingblind]

I only happened to stumble across that site whilst doing some research on modding my lads Xbox controller and on reflection thought it would be unlikely to just work that easily as apps and games would no doubt need to be written especially for kinect. However, my curiosity arroused I did a bit more research and it seems an official version for Windows will be released on February 1, 2012.

It also seems that, according to Wiki, Microsoft released a non-commercial Kinect software development kit for Windows 7 on June 16, 2011, with a commercial version following at a later date. This SDK will allow .NET developers to write Kinecting apps in C++/CLI, C#, or Visual Basic .NET.

So maybe, if IC had a mind, they could write support for Kinect that would provide interaction with the cockpit, head tracking and even voice commands. Which I think would be pretty cool.

[StkNRdr]

Oooo...just came across this, Air Display has been released for Android. Looks like you need ICS which shouldn't be a problem.

https://market.android.com/details?i...cmRpc3BsYXkiXQ..

I wonder if it will work as well as the Apple app.

[StiC]

Hey guys,

I have setup touch buddy on 2 PCs over a network and I know it is working b/c I can send keystrokes to notepad. CloD on the other hand does not respond to the keystrokes.

Any ideas?

Thanks, StiC

EDIT:

Solved the problem by running TB in XP SP2 compatibility mode with admin rights on both machines.

[StkNRdr]

I purchased Air Display for Android. Set it all up. Loaded the panel to my tablet. At that point the switches and toggles work. Load COD and when I am in the cockpit they stop working. Still more debugging to try.

[Chromius]

I am watching your progress for a working Android solution.

Keep at it

[andres_asl]

hi guys,
i just bumped into this interesting thread and i was starting to sort out how to install all the required stuff in my iPad and the Pc when I came across another iPad/iPhone application called "custom keypad".
It allows you to create a custom keypad, even with custom images on it and several pages. It requires a vcn server installed in your computer (like the open source tightvcn that can be foun in http://www.tightvnc.com/)
Your computer needs only to have the vcn server software running, no extended desktop, no airdisplay or alike.
I did some quick tests under IL2:1946 and all was correct. I'm looking into using it for CloD because it looks promising.
I also did a quick search for a similar android application but unsecesfully.