April 29, 20197 yr I've tried TrackIR a couple times and just never could make the leap. I never got used to the need to keep my head position fixed and motionless if I didn't want my eyepoint wobbling around, or having to push a button or key to freeze/unfreeze the tracking motion. The view was pretty unstable at large off-center head position angles, and would frequently snap abruptly to weird vertical positions, requiring a button or key to reset to center. On a large-format display like my 48-inch wide and 27 inch tall (55 inch diagonal) 4K TV at a 39" viewing distance, it's really difficult to place the camera into a usable position where it's not offset too far off-center to track effectively.. On small monitors, which I think were the original design target, you clip the IR camera to the top of the monitor where the camera can get a relatively straight-on view at the reflector targets on a headset or hat clip. I instead use OpusFSI's camera management to define a group of preset views (e.g. fwd left/right seat, 45/90/135 left and right, overhead panel, a couple oblique pedestal views, etc), and pan between those preset views with the 12 programmable side buttons on a Logitech G600 MMO gaming mouse and/or the 22 buttons on a Logitech G13 gaming keyboard. I also use mouse panning activated by holding down a button on my yoke. With my large format display, which is fairly close (~80%) to the actual size of a real panel, there's a tremendous amount of panel real estate up front, so the amount of view panning needed is reduced...even more so with the FMS heads and EFB units running remote on a few iPad tablets. I highly recommend trying to find a seller with a good return option so you can try it, decide for yourself, and have a return option if you don't care for it. Regards Bob Scott | President and CEO, AVSIM Inc ATP Gulfstream II-III-IV-V Sys1 (MSFS20+24/XPlane12+11): AMD 9800X3D, water 2x240mm, MSI MPG X670E Carbon, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, nVidia RTX4090FE Alienware AW3821DW 38" 21:9 GSync, 2x4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2x2TB Samsung 990 SSD, EVGA 1000P2 PSU, 12.9" iPad Pro Thrustmaster TCA Boeing Yoke, TCA Airbus Sidestick, Twin TCA Airbus Throttle quads, PFC Cirrus Pedals, Coolermaster HAF932 case Sys2 (P3Dv5/v4): i9-13900KS, water 2x360mm, ASUS Z790 Hero, 32GB GSkill 7800MHz CAS36, ASUS RTX4090 Samsung 55" JS8500 4K TV@60Hz, 3x 2TB WD SN850X 1x 4TB Crucial P3 M.2 NVME SSD, EVGA 1600T2 PSU Fiber link to Yamaha RX-V467 Home Theater Receiver, Polk/Klipsch 6" bookshelf speakers, Polk 12" subwoofer, 12.9" iPad Pro PFC yoke/throttle quad/pedals with custom Hall sensor retrofit, Thermaltake View 71 case, Stream Deck XL button box Sys3 (DCS/P3Dv4/ATS/ETS): AMD 7800X3D, MSI MPG X870E Carbon, Noctua NH-D15S, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, EVGA RTX3090 Alienware AW3420DW 34" 21:9 GSync, Corsair HX1000i PSU, 4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2TB Samsung 970Evo Plus, TM TCA Officer Pack, Saitek combat pedals, TM Warthog, TM RS300 FF wheel/pedals, Coolermaster HAF XB case
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