Well, there is something cool about that demo but it's not about the technology, which is equivalent to any other headtracking device (but WAY less expensive).
The cool part of that demo is that it was programmed to use much larger movements (more than two meters left/right and close/far), which are impractical and unuseful in a normal game with a cramped cockpit, at least because almost every simulator doesn't want (?) the users to look over e.g. the engine hood in a Fw-190.
An added bonus for that demo: it used extremely simple graphics, and that allowed it to be extremely responsive, it tracked the head (and the graphics engine responded) with at least 60 updates per second; we're lucky to get 60FPS in Sturmovik (on the highest AA/AF) or FSX, and definately the TrackIR input is displayed with a significantly larger lag (I'd say 0.1 to 0.5 seconds) which ruins the immersion. TrackIR4 has 120 updates per second, but they're kinda wasted.
Last edited by bomath; 03-01-2008 at 02:21 PM.
Reason: Clarifying TrackIR 120u/s
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