head tracking the next level

[Oktoberfest]

Originally Posted by Roy

If you have a third hand to hold the remote, that is!

(bad) Jokes aside, how much does a wii remote cost?

It wouldn't work with current sims anyway, right?

Well if I guess a simple software could adapt it to IL2. And if you had watched the video you would have seen that you are actually not holding the controller but the captors of the Wii system that you can attach to a pair of googles or on a hat, like TIR.

And the price for all that is around 20 - 30 €. And I'm sure you could also programm a roll axis on that.

[Roy]

Originally Posted by Oktoberfest

Well if I guess a simple software could adapt it to IL2. And if you had watched the video you would have seen that you are actually not holding the controller but the captors of the Wii system that you can attach to a pair of googles or on a hat, like TIR.

And the price for all that is around 20 - 30 €. And I'm sure you could also programm a roll axis on that.

All valid points but afaik there's no software available.

The remote is 40€ in the official nintendo website, the googles something like 10-15€, the LEDs with the pin around 5€ (both) so it's more like twice your est. price.

In any case, if you want a cheap alternative to TrackIR go for Freetrack, $10 in components plus the money you want to expend on the webcam, it has working (free) software and supports many titles.

[Zoom2136]

I think you guys are missing the point... its not about what "system" to use for head tracking.... but mostly to show of the 3D effect induced by headtracking in a 3D environment...

I guess BoB will be awsome... as TIR used in conjuction with a better 3D engine will probably rock our socks off...

[Oktoberfest]

Originally Posted by Roy

All valid points but afaik there's no software available.

The remote is 40€ in the official nintendo website, the googles something like 10-15€, the LEDs with the pin around 5€ (both) so it's more like twice your est. price.

In any case, if you want a cheap alternative to TrackIR go for Freetrack, $10 in components plus the money you want to expend on the webcam, it has working (free) software and supports many titles.

Does it work with IL2?

I could afford 10 $ !

[Roy]

Does it work with IL2?

I could afford 10 $ !

You bet it does!

[Blackdog_kt]

Oktoberfest, you can also try nuView. It's a TrackIR emulation program that uses the hat switch, but it moves just like using your mouse. It also starts slow and speeds up while you hold the hat switch pressed, so you can pan almost 360 degrees from 5 to 7 o'clock in a few seconds.

It's still harder to use than the TrackIR, even though it's a massive improvement over the stock game, so i think i might take the plunge a get TrackIR. It's a good time now, because as of yesterday 1Euro=1.5 US Dollars. The bundle offer on the naturalpoint site (TrackIR plus 3 IR emitting LEDs on a clip attached to your headset) is listed at 199 USD, which converts to roughly 130 Euros.

[Urufu_Shinjiro]

The innovative part here is instead of changing the view according to where your eyes would be looking if your head was in a fixed position it is changing the view according to where your head is relative to the screen. The 3D effect is very convincing even on youtube.

[Roy]

Originally Posted by Urufu_Shinjiro

The innovative part here is instead of changing the view according to where your eyes would be looking if your head was in a fixed position it is changing the view according to where your head is relative to the screen. The 3D effect is very convincing even on youtube.

There is zero innovation in that video. All head tracking utilities with 5 or 6 DOF track your HEAD (it would be a real innovation if they tracked your eyes!) and its position/rotation relative to an initial point in space. Since in aircraft sims you are cramped in a cockpit and generally have at least a joystick and you need to be sit down, the effect is not as obvious; the principle, however, is the same.

[Oktoberfest]

Originally Posted by Blackdog_kt

Oktoberfest, you can also try nuView. It's a TrackIR emulation program that uses the hat switch, but it moves just like using your mouse. It also starts slow and speeds up while you hold the hat switch pressed, so you can pan almost 360 degrees from 5 to 7 o'clock in a few seconds.

It's still harder to use than the TrackIR, even though it's a massive improvement over the stock game, so i think i might take the plunge a get TrackIR. It's a good time now, because as of yesterday 1Euro=1.5 US Dollars. The bundle offer on the naturalpoint site (TrackIR plus 3 IR emitting LEDs on a clip attached to your headset) is listed at 199 USD, which converts to roughly 130 Euros.

Yeah, I'm thinking about that too. But you know, 130 € is still 1 month of food for me I have to eat less!

[nearmiss]

I noticed on the free-track.org site under the webcams there is a reference that soon free-track will be available for use with the Nintendo WiiRemote. That means the WiiRemote will be used similar to the above, because the remote has a camera in it (a sturdy one at that).

Therefore, it should me 6DOF will be possible with a better camera.

So, in my case I'm going to drop in on freetrack every now and then.

The WiiRemote can be purchased pretty cheap off ebay and used

http://www.free-track.net/english/ha...37c95115eb3711

Also, I've not seen any discussion about the 3D rendering like the above with freetrack.

I get the idea that is more a Wii thing. It is awesome the way those circle project out of the screen.