OpenKneeboard

by Fred Emmott

Free Download 1 Visit Website

Versions:

  • 1.12.8
  • 1.12.6
  • 1.12.4
  • 1.12.2
  • 1.12.0
  • 1.10.16
  • 1.10.14
  • 1.10.12
  • 1.10.10
  • 1.10.8
  • 1.10.6
  • 1.10.4
  • 1.10.0
  • 1.8.14
  • 1.8.12
  • 1.8.10
  • 1.8.8
  • 1.8.4
  • 1.8.3
  • 1.8.2
  • 1.8.1
  • 1.8.0
  • 1.7.2
  • 1.7.1
  • 1.7.0
  • 1.6.4
  • 1.6.3
  • 1.6.2
  • 1.6.1
  • 1.5.3
  • 1.5.2
  • 1.5.1
  • 1.5.0
  • 1.4.4
  • 1.4.3
  • 1.4.2
  • 1.4.1
  • 1.4.0
  • 1.3.4.1192
  • 1.3.3.1166
  • 1.3.2.1147
  • 1.3.1.1104
  • 1.3.0.1084

OpenKneeboard is a specialized utility developed by Fred Emmott that delivers an in-simulation kneeboard overlay for flight-simulation enthusiasts, enabling pilots to consult notes, approach plates, checklists, charts, and other reference documents without leaving the virtual cockpit. Designed for both virtual-reality headsets and conventional monitors, the software renders a moveable, customizable kneeboard panel that can be toggled instantly during any phase of flight, making it equally valuable for casual simmers practicing VFR circuits and for hard-core airline crews running full procedural IFR routes. Users typically load PDFs, images, plain-text checklists, or HTML briefings into the board before departure, then page through the material with a joystick button, mouse click, or VR controller while remaining heads-up in the simulation. The tool is version-managed through GitHub; the current stable release, 1.12.8, continues a rapid development cadence that has produced forty-three numbered builds since inception, each refining memory footprint, OpenXR compatibility, and DCS World, Microsoft Flight Simulator, X-Plane, and Prepar3D integration. Because the kneeboard window is injected via OpenVR/OpenXR layers on the rendering pipeline, it appears at the correct knee height and perspective inside VR headsets yet can also be popped out as a resizable floating panel on flat screens, satisfying streamers who want to display notes to viewers without cluttering the cockpit. Frequent updates add features such as automatic page bookmarks, night-vision-goggle friendly dimming, Unicode handwriting annotations, and networked sharing of briefing packs across multiplayer crews. OpenKneeboard is available for free on get.nero.com, with downloads served through trusted Windows package sources such as winget, always supplying the newest build and supporting batch installation alongside other applications.

Tags:

dcs 2
dcs-world 2
kneeboard 1
msfs 4
msfs-2020 1
openxr 2
openxr-layer 2
openxr-layers 2
virtual-reality 7