Head Tracking with Cliffs of Dover

[Stipe]

What do you pay when you buy track ir? I'm not talking about the camera and the clip. Every Chinese company can make that for 5$. You pay software.
Is it worth the money? It cost's 3 times as much as COD will. Is the code more complicated then COD? I don't think so. Why other company's don't sell their HT product but make it free you ask? Because they have some dignity and are not trying to sell you bottled air. Why devs include only track ir then?
Use your logic.
We can bit.h as much as we like, but until the devs realize, that track ir is not the only solution that work, we are wasting our time.

[Novotny]

Um, for what it's worth, here's my onion.

I'd like freetrack, or any other variant, to be really good.

I bought TrackIR4 when really drunk, but have never regretted it. It's brilliant, and does what it says on the tin, as some UK readers may appreciate.

Clearly, NP ask for as much money as they can. They are a business, and so try to get as much cash from their users as they will pay. I can understand that, despite wishing their product didn't cost as much.

And, er... is there anything else to say? If TrackIR is too pricey, use an alternative. Better still, develop an alternative. But mouthing off about it doesn't really do much, other than perhaps encourage others to develop said alternative.

Maybe if people spent less time posting and more time developing, they could create an alternative too.

[Stipe]

Why would they waste the time to be later excluded out of the game/market?
And be sure, if track ir would cost as much as it's worth, i would be the first one to buy it. That's around 50$. Why it costs as much as it does? You said it yourself. Because people pay. And why? God knows. Maybe they are all using they credit card while drunk.

[Novotny]

Well, I think I said that it is as good as you imagine it is. Which it is. Thus, they can charge an amount which will cover their costs and still entice people to buy it. Which I presume they do, as they are still in business.

[swiss]

Originally Posted by Stipe

What do you pay when you buy track ir? I'm not talking about the camera and the clip. Every Chinese company can make that for 5$. You pay software.
Is it worth the money? It cost's 3 times as much as COD will. Is the code more complicated then COD? I don't think so. Why other company's don't sell their HT product but make it free you ask? Because they have some dignity and are not trying to sell you bottled air.

What?
NP is a company, you now; employees with salaries all kind of different costs - while FT is just a bunch of geeks who program for free in their spare time. You can't compare that.

With that attitude you better grow your own vegetables, otherwise you would help somebody make a profit.

[Stipe]

If an apple would cost 15$ i would plant my own tree. I hope you understand. If you think it's worth it, good for you. I hope you have fun. But don't accuse me of being a bad person if i'm not willing to pay that much.

[Novotny]

Well then, plant that bloody tree.

[swiss]

Originally Posted by Stipe

If an apple would cost 15$ i would plant my own tree. I hope you understand.

I only understand that you have no idea of business - zero.

[Wolf_Rider]

Usually what happens there is, is the neighbour's tree gets raided first

[Stipe]

You all know where you can go.
There is a whole forest around, but you can hang on your own branch for all i care Mr. businessman.
Personal insults huh? Didn't you say that, that is the last resort when you know you are wrong W-R?