Heres a FREE alternative to TrackIR
Face Track NoIR
http://facetracknoir.sourceforge.net/home/default.htm (http://facetracknoir.sourceforge.net/home/default.htm)
Looks interesting. Anyone tried it yet?
A buddy of mine did in DCS Huey and he said it was great :)
Quote from: Asid on July 31, 2014, 06:57:08 PM
A buddy of mine did in DCS Huey and he said it was great :)
Thanks. Time to pick up a webcam for my gaming rig! :)
I am going to give this a shot on my webcam equipped laptop. What the heck!
Thanks for the link.
This has been out for a while but is much improved. When i first tried it i had to remove the ir filter in my cam if i remember correctly but that was a long time ago.
You must take your time and set it up properly and not have any lights shining directly into the cam.
The good thing is most people have a webcam kicking around somewhere so can try it for free :)
Regards
The site says it works with the iSight cams. Most of those are built into the laptop or iMac screens so hopefully no removal of IR filters is needed.
Quote from: Staggerwing on August 01, 2014, 06:44:46 AM
The site says it works with the iSight cams. Most of those are built into the laptop or iMac screens so hopefully no removal of IR filters is needed.
I have TrackIR so haven't looked at Face Track for a long time. I remembered about it after reading some comments on this forum about TrackIR so i thought i would share :)
Regards
You have to take out the IR filter if you're going to track IRLEDs (as with TrackIR). I used Freetrack for quite a while - webcam + headset-mounted IRLEDs. As I understand it FaceTrackNoIR actually tracks your face, so no filter removal necessary but good lighting is required.
Incidentally it is well worth hunting down a PS3 Eye cam. They run at 120 fps as opposed to the webcam's 30, so give a smoother response. The only caveat is that they don't always work with a PC. Mine didn't with my new rig, hence upgrade to TrackIR.
I too have used freetrack for a while, but I wasn't happy with it at all. Far too much fiddling to get it right.
I have been using TrackIR 4 for years now and I am glad I did buy it.