Why Head Tracking?

[Letum]

Originally Posted by swiss

Has anyone tried both, FT and TIR?

What's the verdict?

Yup.

Tried TIR 4 and am currently running freetrack.
The pros and cons run something like this:

Freetrack

++ Cheep (~£6 + the cost of a cheep webcam)
+ Slightly more customizable software
+ Tracks great when set up right! As good as TIR4 for me

-- You need to build a LED device
- Software profiles are a lot of hassle to get right
- Webcams use some processing power that make it unsuitable for single core machines (you can get around this by using a wii remote. Not a problem on medium-high end machines)
- Software has occasional bugs

Track IR

++ Almost plug and play, little hassle
+ Tracks great!
+ Minimal CPU usage

-- Quite expensive
- Sometimes sensitive to sunlight (TIR4, dunno about TIR5. I had this problem with freetrack to, but it was easy to fix with a stronger light filter)

[kimosabi]

Originally Posted by LukeFF

I couldn't go back to flying without TrackIR once I got used to it. It's that good of a piece of hardware.

QFT

I tried using hatswitch once after I got used to the TiR but I'm useless without TiR now. I can't believe why some people keep stalling getting a TiR for no other reason than scepticism.

[KG26_Alpha]

Originally Posted by kimosabi

QFT

I can't believe why some people keep stalling getting a TiR for no other reason than scepticism.

And the fact TiR 5 is $170.00

[Artist]

Sunlight *is* a problem, when the window is at one's back (=the wii or camera pointing at the window...)