My last post, you guys can argue all you like but just to clarify my penultimate contribution - from the public domain and there for all to access -
NaturalPoint have filed five patent applications for optical motion tracking as a means of view control in virtual environments since 2005, but as of 2008 none have been issued. [1
In October 2008 NaturalPoint changed the TrackIR interface and began encrypting the data stream sent to some new titles. Third party devices which had reverse-engineered the previous TrackIR interface were rendered incompatible with these new game titles due to the encryption.
Some larger gaming and simulation titles still do not support the TrackIR interface natively, such as Microsoft Flight Simulator X. Microsoft Flight Simulator X requires the TrackIR to send view control data to it using Microsoft's own SimConnect interface.
'reverse engineered' = punter could use a web cam or Wimote instead of the NP bespoke optics.
I suggest you all kiss and make up and badger the devs........
