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I returned a tobii and went back to trackIR5 pro, which, imo, just works better. 

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20 minutes ago, Ianrivaldosmith said:

I returned a tobii and went back to trackIR5 pro, which, imo, just works better. 

For you.  From what the folks that like it said it should be perfect for me.

sp

Edited by Sky_Pilot071

TrackIR can be a PITA to get right. There is a lot more to it than sticking the camera some where and off you go.

Once you get a good setup it is unbeatable but for some people that never happens.

10 minutes ago, Glenn Fitzpatrick said:

TrackIR can be a PITA to get right. There is a lot more to it than sticking the camera some where and off you go.

Once you get a good setup it is unbeatable but for some people that never happens.

You hit the nail on the head.

You also need to adapt yourself to the tracker.  Being able to use eyes and head together is a game changer IMO.

sp

Edited by Sky_Pilot071

24 minutes ago, Sky_Pilot071 said:

You hit the nail on the head.

You also need to adapt yourself to the tracker.  Being able to use eyes and head together is a game changer IMO.

sp

Doesn’t work on a large screen (eye tracking), and a large screen is more of a game changer than eye tracking. 

36 minutes ago, Sky_Pilot071 said:

For you.

Of course for me, it’s me commenting. Who else? 😵💫🙃

2 hours ago, Sky_Pilot071 said:

Just ordered my Tobii 5 from Amazon for $260.  The 5 version is supposed to be much better than 4.ant wait to give it a go in the HJET.

Great! I hope you like it as much as I do - I might even sell my TrackIR gear. Be sure to download Tobii Game Hub too - you don't need it for MSFS, because MSFS has native support of Tobii built in - but for other games, you'll need to set up the sensitivity curves and such like from within Tobii Game Hub. It took me a while to find that out. 😉

Surely not everybody was kung fu fighting.

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21 hours ago, ark said:

I wear glasses and have used that TIR hat clip for many years -- never had a problem. Maybe my glasses have an anti-reflection coating, can't remember now.

Al

Thanks for pointing that out.  I was using 'drug store' grade readers that gave me the problematic IR reflections...wish I known a coated lense would have helped, always thought using the Pro Clip was a PITA. 

Edited by TheFamilyMan

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One work around to improve the hat clip I read about, but have not tried myself, is buy industrial reflective tape (used to make things hi viz ) and create your own large super reflective replacements.

18 hours ago, Ianrivaldosmith said:

I returned a tobii and went back to trackIR5 pro, which, imo, just works better. 

A friend of mine did the same thing, he found Tobii to be a PIA after using Track IR for years. 

 

 

 

16 hours ago, TheFamilyMan said:

Thanks for pointing that out.  I was using 'drug store' grade readers that gave me the problematic IR reflections...wish I known a coated lense would have helped, always thought using the Pro Clip was a PITA. 

I had one pair of glasses years ago that had a steel like frame, which reflected light. I had to stop using that pair when I flew. 

 

 

 

Better than TrackIR...

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I gave my TrackIR away eventually tried it occasionally, but could never get on with it....the action of turning your head in one direction whilst moving your eyes in the opposite direction to maintain your viewpoint is completely unnatural and has to be learned, It never clicked for me .

I mention this not as a criticism of TrackIR but as a caveat to consider if thinking of buying any form of head tracker, many love them but its not a given.

Edited by Pathfinder633

i  just  focus  my  eyes  on the  screen  and  only  need  to move  my head  a little  bit,  depends  on  how  you  got  your  tr  set  up i guess

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Peter kelberg

On 1/22/2023 at 8:25 PM, MarkDH said:

And yet,

NaturalPoint TrackIR 5 - FlightsimWebshopTrackIR 5 + TrackClip Pro – Pagnian Advanced Simulation

He mentions not using the roll axis and probably doesnt realize that you can't have a working roll axis using just one dot

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