Sony HMZ-T1 VR Headset

[klem]

One solution to full headtracking could be something like the magnetic flux detection system that was used on some military simulator visuals back in th 80's. It was used to track the pilots eye vector or 'Area of Interest' for projecting high difinition display only where it was needed against a lower resolution 360' background - a remedy to the processing power needed and the limited technology of the day. The magnetic source was carried on the top of the helmet (read headset strap for us) and a detector fixed to the canopy overhead. It could perhaps be done with LEDs similar to TrackIR but allowing much more rotation of the head.

For that to be useful you would need these goggles or perhaps three or more displays because you would not be facing forward when "looking over your shoulder", something TrackIR currently manages to do on one screen.

[Jamir]

Well i did quick test with TIR5. There absolutely no issue with non 1:1 tracking and this HMD but there is a bit lag even in TIR5 and it really is bad with HMD so i think close to zero lag is needed. TIR5 is ok with slow movement and it feels so good and natural even without 1:1 but fast movement is something you do not want to do with latency high as this(even it's quite low with TIR5). There is also NO issue with screen go of focus when moving head, i did not get it out of focus no matter how fast i moved my head and did sudden stops, it will not move when fitted correctly. I will do some more testing and try to adjust TIR5 to see if it helps(maybe lower smoothness give faster response?)...Image quality is very good but pixelgrid is visible sometimes. It does not fit my head too well

[MACADEMIC]

Any update on how it's going with the HMD Jamir? You've had it for a week now. Better than your previous screen? Can you recommend it?

MAC

[recoilfx]

Originally Posted by klem

One solution to full headtracking could be something like the magnetic flux detection system that was used on some military simulator visuals back in th 80's. It was used to track the pilots eye vector or 'Area of Interest' for projecting high difinition display only where it was needed against a lower resolution 360' background - a remedy to the processing power needed and the limited technology of the day. The magnetic source was carried on the top of the helmet (read headset strap for us) and a detector fixed to the canopy overhead. It could perhaps be done with LEDs similar to TrackIR but allowing much more rotation of the head.

For that to be useful you would need these goggles or perhaps three or more displays because you would not be facing forward when "looking over your shoulder", something TrackIR currently manages to do on one screen.

Klem,
Have you seen this? http://store.razerzone.com/store/raz...ctID.228849000

Razer Hydra uses magnetic positioning (from the base) and claims to be super accurate. Not sure how it can be hooked into one of the head tracker protocols since it defaults to mouse movements.

There is scripting capability, but I am not sure if it can be outputted as a joystick. If it's possible we maybe able to use glovepie and go from hydra->joystick->glovepie->fakektrackir

[klem]

Originally Posted by recoilfx

Klem,
Have you seen this? http://store.razerzone.com/store/raz...ctID.228849000

Razer Hydra uses magnetic positioning (from the base) and claims to be super accurate. Not sure how it can be hooked into one of the head tracker protocols since it defaults to mouse movements.

There is scripting capability, but I am not sure if it can be outputted as a joystick. If it's possible we maybe able to use glovepie and go from hydra->joystick->glovepie->fakektrackir

I'd like to see a Youtube of it in action although it looks like only hand controllers.

I was thinking more of perhaps LEDs on top of the headset pointing up to a camera somehow fixed above the head although for that to work we may have to strap ourselves into a flightseat to keep reasonably centrally located !

[Mage_016]

Any new on this, is there any owners who have played flight games with this? How did it feel? Was it so good that you can recommend it? Or shall we wait upcoming models.

I guess that there will be new models coming even in this year, hopefully with better mounting. Read about really bad difficulties with mounting this on your head.

But imagine

this

and full hd hmd with head tracking...

Thanks for the video Mac!