head tracking the next level

[Roy]

Originally Posted by bomath

Support for TrackIR is present in many racing simulators (from the RACE/CMR/GT series, Live for Speed etc. and almost every other one which has the driver's position). Well, about a third have support for 6DOF, and then it's exactly like that Wiimote demo, including the depth.

Exactly!

[bomath]

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.