What you see is a glorified DIY joystick controller with a LCD ('MFD') and plenty of RGB inspired by a VF-1 (Block 6) Valkyrie of the Macross franchise.
I use it mainly to play Elite Dangerous, Star Citizen, X4: Foundations and plenty of other Space Pew Pew.
![Three monitors form a wall around a box that embeds a fourth monitor, many buttons and switches in various colours are also implemented. Some LED display the status of a spaceship. The computer game that is played with this contraption is Elite Dangerous Odyssey](https://discuss.tchncs.de/pictrs/image/472d7842-f4f3-48ff-a653-6a911d59209b.jpeg)
It's mobile and can be stashed easily because my battlestation is, unlike most gaming rigs, also my workstation and has to move a lot. It's also frequently occupied by my kids who also love clicky buttons and compete with me for stick time :D
![Three monitors form a wall around a box that embeds a fourth monitor, many buttons and switches in various colours are also implemented. Some LED display the status of a spaceship. The computer game that is played with this contraption is Fly Dangerous](https://discuss.tchncs.de/pictrs/image/034e58ed-a08d-438a-bbb5-37e0990567ee.jpeg)
It's completely DIY and made on a budget (no really). It's also Work In Progress, like probably any home cockpit out there.
![Picture of the building phase of the frame. One unpainted panel is already screwed to the wooden frame. Other panels do not exist yet or are still cardboard mockups](https://discuss.tchncs.de/pictrs/image/d4fc448b-b18f-49b9-9d4b-452e0bd81d01.jpeg)
For the PC it's just a joystick and an additional display. The magic starts to happen when I manage to interface with the games to display live game data and adjust the blinken lights depending on the current ship telemetry.
Am I crazy? Yes, probably. It's a hobby and when Corona happened indoor hobbies became kinda a thing again ๐ค
Edith says: Should have added this from the beginning: I do foster a project website that has additional details, pictures and videos: ๐ https://SimPit.dev (yes it's slow - hold the line :P)
Videos are usually mirrored to ๐น https://tube.tchncs.de/a/bekopharm or ๐น https://www.youtube.com/@BekoPharm (pick your poison).
Additional content may be found on ๐ https://beko.famkos.net/category/simpit/ or on โ ๏ธ https://hackaday.io/bekopharm
That's a really awesome setup!