Head Tracking with Cliffs of Dover

[norulz]

Originally Posted by Blackdog_kt

... W-R has calmed down and it seems he's not opposed to having a free head tracking alternative, he's just opposed to using the hacked NP dll...

The same NP says... but not before making that dll the only one devs use so the alternatives have no alternative.

Some in face of monopoly don't give a darn about "meanings" of fighting it... Is not "ethical"? Monopoly is not ethical either.

That dll was used cause it was available... NP seeing their position attacked induced the idea that the "gate", the interface the programs give headtracking solutions to the game is the main problem... and since their dll was in used at that time they locked it then convinced devs to use only their own encrypted "gate". Thus... forcing the others to take "other" route. Then complaining...

If a game is including all the interfaces available... and adds them as they are getting born by necessity then NP knows they have no chance. No one would give them 180$ on some fancy webcam with a chip when they could do the same with a 20$ webcam and the enormous (by the day) CPU power they already have.

Especially... when the alternative does not lock the client into a money milking product line, gives more options to the user and works better in general.


The problem is not that darn dll... As it is neither that darn "tracking clip". NP could still sell their 3point clip that works ok with FT but they know they cannot have a bussiness with just that 2$ clip sold to 40$ when that can be made if necessary by "Chinese" for 1$. Sure it can be made in house also... but it is meaningless to the issue.

Isn't it nice that you don't have to buy a mouse from just one manufacturer? Would you like to have same discussion about the "huge" effort went into developing the pathetic mouse interface? How about Joysticks? Or audiocards...


So...

NP TIR does their calculations by a chip and software
FT does its calculations only by software and is different, more complex in options and free.... opened also.

The interfaces

NP locked theirs
FT is free
(other interfaces exists)

Devs use only NP interface...


problem.


That is the issue of this thread.