Wondering if anyone has tried this before - I've got my setup for MSFS2020 working fine, both regular and VR modes. VR is obviously less pretty but still very functional, decent enough FPS. I have some tweaking to do still to fix some pop-in issues when you turn your head, but otherwise not my main concern. Quest 3 headset.

I'm looking to see if its possible to fly from the left seat as normal, not in VR, while my wife sits as a passenger either in the right seat or a back seat, using VR to look around. I only have 1 headset. In VR mode, all my hardware peripherals, the yoke and throttles etc still work fine, so I don't think controls are an issue.

Currently, what's stopping this from working is that when you CTRL+TAB to turn VR mode on, your monitor mirrors the two lenses, making the monitor useless. 

Ideally, if I can get this to work for sightseeing, that would be great. Better still if there is a way for her to take controls from the right seat using the VR controllers and also fly, would be a great way to teach/share the hobby.

Has anyone attempted this?

I do not think that this is possible since all the rendering is done from one video card. How should your video card know that the rendering process from your monitor (and the Captain's seat) should be delivered in 2D, while your wife sits in the cabin (different coordinates) and that this image should be delivered in 3D?

Technically, the image from your headset is just a stereoscopic image that would normally be sent to your monitor.

Thats fair - I assumed it would need a mod or some 3rd party software to make it work.

Is there a multiplayer workaround for two people to fly in the same plane? I do have another PC that might work for the Non-VR player

That might work, but just in theory. I have no idea if "shared cockpit" is working in MSFS. 

VR Multiplayer in one cockpit (2 folks using separate VR set ups but flying in the same aircraft and flight) is definitely in the 'Great Wish List In The Sky' for many players but I think it is a long, long way away even if it is at the stage of a mere twinkle in Microsoft's eye.  It's certainly on my own wish list - but I'm not holding my breath.

I'm trying to remember - someone came up with something that tried to do something along those lines but not sure it was trying to do the above...and I'm not even sure it was MSFS (delving into past memory - maybe was it Condor Soaring, the glider sim?) 

Edited April 20Apr 20 by AJZip2

Yes - I was right - it's Condor 3.  Here's what Google AI says:

"Yes, Condor 3 supports two players in one cockpit (Multicrew) across two separate PCs, and both can use VR simultaneously"

But - and again I can't remember the detail - I think there are difficulties in getting it to work quite as well as we would hope.

Doing a quick search, it looks like VTOL VR also has a multi-crew option.

So it must be technically possible.  So I will up the hope factor...but I'm still not holding my breath 

It does seem like a missing feature, give how many large airframes require two people to work well. Pilot Monitoring, checkrides, virtual instruction all of that would be possible if two people could work together. I also see a use case for Mil-Sim, gunners etc. 

We can dream!

I'll look into VTOL VR - I've heard nothing but good things about it

An internet search throws up a recent Github package called FSCopilot that looks like a new kid on the block - but, as always with this sort of thing, tread carefully and do your research.

PS  ...and I don't know if it works in VR

Edited April 20Apr 20 by AJZip2

I believe that you need two full computers each capable of driving VR, and then there are packages that can link them apparently.

Isn't joinFS allowing shared cockpit in MSFS ?