Tobii Eye Tracker Camera?

[737_800 434]

Hi,

what kind of camera does tobii eyetracker 5 have? You someone potentially hack the tracker to get inside to your private space or is it just a camera that does work differently?

[Twenty6 693]

There website has lots of information: https://gaming.tobii.com/product/eye-tracker-5/

And it's on sale now (for about another hour as of this writing.) 15% off.

[bobcat999 8,480]

11 minutes ago, 737_800 said:

Hi,

what kind of camera does tobii eyetracker 5 have? You someone potentially hack the tracker to get inside to your private space or is it just a camera that does work differently?

Looks like purely infra red or around this type of wavelength to me. 

[UKflyer 630]

haha don't think the hackers are interested in watching you eating your cornflakes!! it' just as secure as any standard integrated camera on a laptop which they all have nowadays.

I just got the tobii this weekend and its amazing, really good if you don't like the trackir hat and wires. For some reason tho (maybe MSFS not supported yet) it doesn't move when leaning forward or back. But the head tracking is really good adding extra immersion.

[Bobsk8 12,722]

15 minutes ago, UKflyer said:

haha don't think the hackers are interested in watching you eating your cornflakes!! it' just as secure as any standard integrated camera on a laptop which they all have nowadays.

I just got the tobii this weekend and its amazing, really good if you don't like the trackir hat and wires. For some reason tho (maybe MSFS not supported yet) it doesn't move when leaning forward or back. But the head tracking is really good adding extra immersion.

Been  using Track IR for over a decade. I never had wires attached to anything. Used a visor and the clip it comes standard with. 

[bobcat999 8,480]

1 hour ago, UKflyer said:

haha don't think the hackers are interested in watching you eating your cornflakes!! it' just as secure as any standard integrated camera on a laptop which they all have nowadays.

I just got the tobii this weekend and its amazing, really good if you don't like the trackir hat and wires. For some reason tho (maybe MSFS not supported yet) it doesn't move when leaning forward or back. But the head tracking is really good adding extra immersion.

It does, and it works really well if you need to take a closer look at an instrument. 

You need to set one of the settings to 1 or above in the Eye tracker settings menu inside MSFS.  I can't remember which one, but I think it is the last one at the bottom of the list.
You can google it as well, and there is guidance on YouTube.

I set the head / eye tracking ratio to 95% and I find it quite good at that setting.  The other sensitivities are around 1.5.
All good, and the best hardware / software of its type.  The TrackIR is now in the bin, and I don't have to wear anything on my head!  

Edited March 6, 2023 by bobcat999

[UKflyer 630]

13 minutes ago, bobcat999 said:

It does, and it works really well if you need to take a closer look at an instrument. 

You need to set one of the settings to 1 or above in the Eye tracker settings menu inside MSFS.  I can't remember which one, but I think it is the last one at the bottom of the list.
You can google it as well, and there is guidance on YouTube.

I set the head / eye tracking ratio to 95% and I find it quite good at that setting.  The other sensitivities are around 1.5.
All good, and the best hardware / software of its type.  The TrackIR is now in the bin, and I don't have to waer anything on my head!  

ah nice cheers i'll take a look, just using plug and play options for now except eye tracking

really is a great bit of kit

Edited March 6, 2023 by UKflyer

[UKflyer 630]

16 minutes ago, Bobsk8 said:

Been  using Track IR for over a decade. I never had wires attached to anything. Used a visor and the clip it comes standard with. 

ok even visors can mess with my nice hair style 😂

[Paul K 1,327]

1 hour ago, 737_800 said:

Hi,

what kind of camera does tobii eyetracker 5 have? You someone potentially hack the tracker to get inside to your private space or is it just a camera that does work differently?

It's just IR emitters and sensors. It's not a camera in the normal sense, like, say, a web-cam.

[UKflyer 630]

10 minutes ago, Paul K said:

It's just IR emitters and sensors. It's not a camera in the normal sense, like, say, a web-cam.

must be some sort of conventional webcam in there also as i used it to setup windows hello using facial recognition

Edited March 6, 2023 by UKflyer

[Paul K 1,327]

Just now, UKflyer said:

pretty sure i saw my picture in the setup so must be some sort of conventional camera in there also

Okay, well, I don't remember that myself. When setting it up, all I had to do was to match the white marks on top of the bar, and then look at the three dots until they exploded.

[UKflyer 630]

2 minutes ago, Paul K said:

Okay, well, I don't remember that myself. When setting it up, all I had to do was to match the white marks on top of the bar, and then look at the three dots until they exploded.

yeh just edited that Paul... it was the windows hello setup using the tobii where i saw myself... pretty cool not having to log in with a password anymore!