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Ignoble

TrackIR: head tracking to allow looking around in game

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Hi,

 

does anyone in EL use TrackIR in other games? I think that it would be a amazing addition to the EL client.

 

http://www.naturalpoint.com/trackir/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31-8eOk6r1A

 

It is quite expensive to buy as a commercial product, but there is the option of a much cheaper homemade solution using opensource software FTnoIR or OpenTrack (the last one works in Linux/Mac too), and a fast framerate webcam (such as the PS3 eye)

 

http://sourceforge.net/projects/facetracknoir/

https://github.com/opentrack/opentrack

http://www.free-track.net/english/

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I'm quite surprised that there is no interest in this. I first started thinking about it when I was trying to keep track of white tigers in Irin ..it's a real pain to use cursors to look around trees whilst trying to track the tiger. Other than that type of situation, I think it would be lovely to simply look around.... I think that we often miss a lot of the beauty in this game.

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Most people use minimap as well as press & hold middle mouse button then move mouse sideways to spin the view.

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Most people use minimap as well as press & hold middle mouse button then move mouse sideways to spin the view.

 

Sure, but a head movement is much more intuitive .... and immersive.

 

Anyhow, I will leave people to their keyboards/mice :-)

 

...or possibly ..... Oculus Rift anybody? ..... I really am joking this time :-D, but if you haven't heard of it have a look here:

 

http://www.oculusvr.com/

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