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General Category => Unofficial F/A-18 Acceleration Pack board => Topic started by: fael097 on January 26, 2011, 12:38:28 am

Title: trackIR with webcam
Post by: fael097 on January 26, 2011, 12:38:28 am: hey peeps, im running short on controls, and panning the view with hat switch sucks, so i was considering buying trackIR, but its expensive for something like that, you're only gonna use for fsx anyways, so i tried freetrack, wich you can use a webcam for head tracking, but didnt work quite well with my 2 webcams...

do you know any other softwares that can do that?
Title: Re: trackIR with webcam
Post by: Paddles on January 26, 2011, 05:40:59 am: I happened to read some threads about FaceTrack software. Pros - no LEDs, no hats required. Cons - more CPU and camera demanding.

FYI: I use FreeTrack 2.2 in both 2DOF and 6DOF modes w/o any problems...
Title: Re: trackIR with webcam
Post by: fael097 on January 26, 2011, 12:27:52 pm: oh yeah? nice...
is the camera supposed to appear as gray/black or red/black? i didnt test it properly yet, because i have no led lights nor know the model i should buy lol, trying to figure out
but i thought the camera should look normal

any advices?
Title: Re: trackIR with webcam
Post by: fael097 on January 26, 2011, 06:54:32 pm: i just made a 3 point clip device with 3 red led lights, should work, goinna test it when i get home
really hope it works lol
Title: Re: trackIR with webcam
Post by: fael097 on January 26, 2011, 10:01:50 pm: works... but low FPS, i have to play in a dark room, and often freetrack loses one of the points... :(
Title: Re: trackIR with webcam
Post by: fael097 on January 27, 2011, 12:08:43 pm: is it possible to assign a button to disable/enable freetrack from inside FSX?
Title: Re: trackIR with webcam
Post by: fael097 on February 02, 2011, 02:04:45 pm: bump
Title: Re: trackIR with webcam
Post by: Paddles on February 02, 2011, 04:14:05 pm: There is a pause button assignment in FreeTrack already. Just make sure that key is unassigned in FSX.