torcs-devel Mailing List for TORCS - The Open Racing Car Simulator

I've attached an AppData for TORCS which can be used in the KDE and
GNOME software centers. We'd love to showcase TORCS as a featured
application, but without the extra descriptions and screenshots we
can't yet. See http://people.freedesktop.org/~hughsient/appdata/ for
more details about AppData and AppStream. I'm happy for you to modify
this file as much as you like.

AppData files just need to be included upstream in CVS, and then
installed (maybe just for Linux) in /usr/share/appdata at install
time, just like the .desktop file. After that everything happens
magically as the distro packages the upstream tarball and the AppData
file is read, the information extracted and added to the software
center metadata.

If you have any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to ask. Thanks!

Richard

Hi. I've been planning a study on steering systems, and up until now, have
been using TORCS. The associated dissertation will include operating a car
in reverse--which requires a VR space. I'm doing this research at the
University of Central Florida. I've gotten one Oculus Rift kit, and may be
able to obtain a second. Ticket #822 (mungewell/rvlander) mentions the need
for a dev kit in order to expand SD to support VR via the Rift. I've got one
and would like to discuss the issue further with the individuals involved.

Hopefully, moving from the TORCS platform to SD won't be an issue. The
required customizations aren't very complicated: a test track with cones
(collision-detecting stanchions) for weaving through, and one-or-two cars
where the speed can be fixed at a predetermined rate once entering the
slalom. The VR part will essentially be a parallel-parking test into a fixed
space. We've already been working at modifying the steering input on the
TORCS car--wouldn't expect it to be much different in SD.

Is there anyone I can work with on this? Or, at least, discuss the
possibility of Oculus Rift support? Thanks. Looking forward to a good
discussion.

I WILL PUT AN OCULUS RIFT KIT IN THE RIGHT HANDS TO GET VR SUPPORT IN SD
AND/OR TORCS.

-Michael