What I don't understand is why the web cam manufacturers don't exploit the Freetrack bandwagon. I think there is money to be made for them and game developers like 1C. A large manufacturer like Logitech could simply take one of their existing cheap azz cameras, remove the IR filter, call it a "Freetrak Camera", and make some money on volume sale. A game developer like IC could approach Logitech and maybe pick up a royalty on the Logitech camera sales of those types of cameras by including the Freetrak functionality in CoD and advertising as such. Heck, 1C/Ubisoft could even sell it as a CoD/Logitech Cam bundle. Maybe even get RadioShack in on the deal to supply the infrared LEDs. And since the IR filter would be gone, it's not like Logitech would be displacing a future sale on another normal web cam.
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