Anyone using head tracking devices for gaming

Phil2008 · 24 Feb 2020 at 13:31

I have a 49" ultrawide screen but it would be nice to see stuff wider when playing my racing games, and I cant really get along with vr headsets as mine makes me feel sick after a few mins of using it. So Im thinking head tracking. What do you think guys?

Mr Mcgoo · 24 Feb 2020 at 23:13

I can personally recommend natural point trackIR. It's expensive in the UK (£180) but worked fantastically on my 2600k GTX1070 setup. However I don't play racing games that much anymore so I didn't need it. so sold it. I played dirt, dirt rally rfactor 2, raceroom experience and assetto corsa but did have problems with assetto as it's not fully supported.

EssexBoy · 24 Feb 2020 at 23:22

I almost got edtracker when i was into flight sims and arma 3.

drakulton · 24 Feb 2020 at 23:29

TrackIR is a decent system of head tracking as long as your game supports it. There are other workarounds even if it doesn't.
You'll have to learn how to move your head to get the best out of the experience, but it doesn't take too long.

drakulton · 24 Feb 2020 at 23:42

TrackIR with NV3D glasses can also be a step up too. Sadly nvidia have ditched driver support for 3D glasses in the latest drivers, so older drivers may have to be used.

RevBillyG · 25 Feb 2020 at 07:26

Back in the day I used FaceTrackNoIR with a cap I made with IR LEDS in. Worked a treat and cost peanuts.

Terminal_Boy · 25 Feb 2020 at 07:57

TrackIR5 with the powered LED clipped onto my headphones worked perfectly during my ArmA 2/3 days for X and Y axis tracking.

Never quite mastered using Z axis and leaning forward/back to zoom in/out.

Bob Skidmore · 26 Feb 2020 at 22:20

RevBillyG said:
Back in the day I used FaceTrackNoIR with a cap I made with IR LEDS in. Worked a treat and cost peanuts.

yep, can confirm, it was a very good setup as I did the same.

Phil2008 · 26 Feb 2020 at 23:52

Terminal_Boy said:
TrackIR5 with the powered LED clipped onto my headphones worked perfectly during my ArmA 2/3 days for X and Y axis tracking.

Never quite mastered using Z axis and leaning forward/back to zoom in/out.

Sounds very similar to the DelanClip I was looking at a few days ago https://delanengineering.com/shop/DELANCLiP-Gamer-p43397050 Apparently these work really well and they have made a wireless version aswel, but its more expensive.