No. There were some pre-release shots showing the obs scope being used by the 'captain'. I duplicated the effect in the screenshot thread, demonstrating the animations. Mine were done using the XO in his Captain Rahn guise. The Ubi ones likely were too. I suspect they were originally intended for the tutorial.
This is a similar technique, except you can never see him in first person due to a switch I use controlled by the Free_cam command.
*edit* Here's the screenshots demonstrating the observation scope animations using the XO in disguise. This is a different technique than the shot above. It's first person.
