1 hour ago, KAS said:

I’m having the same exact issue no matter what plane I use…the viewpoint is in the cargo hold, back in the cabin, or outside the a/c. I’m using eyeware beam as the input in opentrack and have a keybind to “center” the view and still no luck. Did you figure it out?

Are you putting the output as Simconnect?  The input should be eyeware beam, output should be freeware 2.0 enhanced then make sure you have a button set to center and I also set a button to toggle tracking as that allows me to shut it off with a joystick button altogether.  

Finally, for those experience jerky movements have you looked at the filters tab under options.  There are instructions to set all sliders to zero and then which order to increase them and what the filters do.  Playing with those now... 

Edit1:

Wow, played with the filters and dropped them down immensely.

Responsiveness:

Position: 0.0

Rotation  2.0

Drift Speed

Position 10.10

Rotation  2.2/s

 

I also changed the mapping.  Now when I turn my head 45 degrees which is about the max I scan still see the monitor it translates to ~ 160 degrees in sim so it's the equivalent of looking over my shoulder.  

Going to do a full flight now but this seems to give me the experience I am looking for and almost mimics my POV hat perfectly.

 

Edit 2:  Now in flight and I have to say having a joystick button set to toggle it on and off and how seamless it integrates into the MSFS view presets is really lovely.  When I change my preset view the head tracking is completely unobtrusive and seamless.   I can easily see this replacing TIR on my racing sim rig as well as it does what TIR does seamlessly without the need for a hat 🙂  No feedback on lighting conditions having any impact yet.  

Edited April 5, 20242 yr by psolk

1 hour ago, psolk said:

Are you putting the output as Simconnect?  The input should be eyeware beam, output should be freeware 2.0 enhanced then make sure you have a button set to center and I also set a button to toggle tracking as that allows me to shut it off with a joystick button altogether.  

Thanks! Switching output from simconnect to freeware 2.0 fixed it!

1 minute ago, KAS said:

Thanks! Switching output from simconnect to freeware 2.0 fixed it!

You are very welcome and thank YOU for coming back and letting us know it fixed the issue.  Now we can help others whereas so often people fix their issue but never let anyone know and then no one else gets help.  Greatly appreciated and glad it is working.  

Now play with the mapping and filters and I am really impressed how natural this feels once it's set up correctly... 

Well I currently have Tobii 5 and just purchased the BEAM software and ordered a webcam. Looking forward to doing some testing myself... 🤠👍

2 hours ago, Ron Lefebvre said:

He means he needs a webcam. Same for me. Someone said 30fps made it stagger.

Haven't you got a mobile phone you can test it with first? No need to buy anything if you have

7 minutes ago, MarcG said:

Haven't you got a mobile phone you can test it with first? No need to buy anything if you have

How can you connect the phone to the PC in order to make it a fake webcam...?

Just now, tup61 said:

How can you connect the phone to the PC in order to make it a fake webcam...?

https://reincubate.com/camo/

App that turns your phone into a webcam.

Happy to report I just did a full flight in the PMDG 737 and it was flawless.  The best way I could describe it with the modifications I made about was that it seemed completely seamless and natural from both a head movement perspective but also the interaction with MSFS and view presets...  There was no unexpected behavior, just change the preset, it goes to your saved view and you start looking around naturally, switch back to saved cockpit view and pick right back up.  The MSFS saved views almost work like a centering mechanism so all I did was toggle it on/off with my yoke when I didn't want my head movements tracked.  I may tick up the responsiveness a tad but this was perfectly smooth the equivalent of my POV hat switch... 

I'm so happy I AM replacing my TIR with this on my racing sim rig downstairs as well... 

11 hours ago, s0cks said:

The latest version of Opentrack has an input source called Eyeware Beam. That is the one you should use. Under Options in Opentrack you will also need to bind a key for "Center". You press this once the software has a lock on your face and that will recenter the camera in MSFS.

Thanks s0cks,

The input source and keybind for “centre” were all set. It’s the output that is the issue.  I only get the Eyewear beam to move if I select FSX sim connect as the output. Unfortunately my 180 min trial finished before I got it sorted. Even though it’s only $30 I’d like to know that it’s going to work correctly for me. Is it the Eyewear Beam tracker or Opentrack that might the issue with the longitudinal centering?

While I still need to do some tweaking of the settings, this is an excellent replacement for TrackIR. I was getting tired of the clunky LED apparatus on my headset, and when I didn't want to use my headset, TIR was off the table entirely. I'll have to set up a more responsive profile for DCS but this works phenomenally for MSFS, and I'm now looking into a better webcam as my current one is limited to 30fps, which is a little choppy. I disabled eye-tracking and used head-tracking only, which seems to help with the stability. This a very cool product for a great price!

I have a question for those currently using. Can you create specific profiles for each product you are using it with? (ie MSFS, XP, DCS, etc.)

3 hours ago, cowpatz said:

Thanks s0cks,

The input source and keybind for “centre” were all set. It’s the output that is the issue.  I only get the Eyewear beam to move if I select FSX sim connect as the output. Unfortunately my 180 min trial finished before I got it sorted. Even though it’s only $30 I’d like to know that it’s going to work correctly for me. Is it the Eyewear Beam tracker or Opentrack that might the issue with the longitudinal centering?

I'm sure it will work. You could try the free one I linked a couple of posts prior to my response to you. Install that. Run it. And in Opentrack set input to UDP over network. I'm certain the output should be freetrack enhanced. MSFS should then recognise it as a TrackIR device. 

Edited April 5, 20242 yr by s0cks

Do we need a 60 FPS camera for this or is a 4k 30 FPS camera enough?

5 hours ago, Alvega said:

Do we need a 60 FPS camera for this or is a 4k 30 FPS camera enough?

You don't need one, no.

9 hours ago, Pivot said:

I have a question for those currently using. Can you create specific profiles for each product you are using it with? (ie MSFS, XP, DCS, etc.)

You can via the OpenTrack software that you use alongside Beam, I've not ventured enough into the beam settings yet to see if you can in there though.