NEW EYE TRACKER

[Stratocruiser1 134]

Has anyone seen an ad for a new eye/head tracker for the sim? It popped up in my Facebook, but now I cant find it. It uses any type of camara you may have on your monitor already and is very inexpensive. Anyone have a link to it?

Thanks

[737_800 466]

Is there a chance you mean Tobii Eye Tracker 5 but I won't consider it new, so maybe you mean something else?

[rutrA 327]

https://beam.eyeware.tech/

 

 

Edited April 3 by rutrA

[speedyTC 228]

If you have a webcam gathering dust somewhere, this might interest you:

Have not tried it so I can't say for certain that it works well but it looks quite interesting.

[Noell 131]

I was using  a webcam with the freeware apps AITrack and OpenTrack.

It was OK but I was never totally happy with it - calibration seemed to drift and I found myself constantly having to hit the re-center button.

This morning I came across a Beam Eye Tracker video by OverkillSimulations and decided to give it a try.

Works like a charm and well worth the 30 bucks IMO. 

 

Edited April 3 by Noell
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[Ron Lefebvre 155]

Anybody else tried this thing. Spent a fortune on TrackIR but I to find myself hitting the re center button.

Bean eye tracker. Seems a little hard to believe it works better then trackIR or Tobii

 

[mwilk 1,114]

I'm going to give it a try. My TrackIR is almost 14 years old and nothing lasts forever. I've tried Tobii twice and just didn't care for it so I returned it. Let's see what this can do.

[Noell 131]

I used a TrackIR for a while a few years ago and gave up on it. Recently I also tried the Tobii and ended up sending it back for a refund.

So far, and its only been a day, I'm liking the Beam Eye Tracker a lot and really looking forward to hearing what others  think.

 

 

[ryanbatc 13,264]

1 hour ago, mwilk said:

I'm going to give it a try. My TrackIR is almost 14 years old and nothing lasts forever. I've tried Tobii twice and just didn't care for it so I returned it. Let's see what this can do.

Ditto - I've had to repair my TCP more times than I can count hehe.  I've got a VR headset but the clarity just isn't there yet.

[verbal 111]

I tried Beam eye tracker with another (driving) sim, out of the box and with no tweaking it seems to work fine, I believe it can only get better with a deep dive into it and Opentrack's settings to do some fine tuning. 

The fact that the are giving out a free 2 hour or 14 day demo is absolute marketing genius, if you have a webcam then there's literally no reason to not give it a go if you are at all interested.

Unrelated - that Overkill guy on youtube certainly lives up to his name - I got 8+ minutes into that video before he even started getting down to the nuts and bolts of what I thought the video was meant to be about. Dude - get to the point already. 😵

Edited April 4 by verbal

[bobcat999 8,642]

There seems to be an issue with MSFS at the moment (SU15 beta) where the centered eye position drifts; I have to keep re-centering it.  (Press F12 twice - Tobii 5).  Not sure if it is happening with all eye trackers like the TrackIR also.

No major drama, but it never happened before.  I think the eye position is drifting up a little each time you come back from external view.

[vincentrouleau 71]

Tried it yesterday. It is much better the other freeway solution. very smooth and sensitive. The range at which I can turn my head is better that TrackIR. But... the small latency makes me nauseous. Maybe that I would have to get used to it. But, if you don't have a Trackir, $30 is a no brainer as it is now. 

[Stratocruiser1 134]

Yes. That's it. Beam Eye Tracker. Thanks.

[psolk 3,286]

25 minutes ago, vincentrouleau said:

Tried it yesterday. It is much better the other freeway solution. very smooth and sensitive. The range at which I can turn my head is better that TrackIR. But... the small latency makes me nauseous. Maybe that I would have to get used to it. But, if you don't have a Trackir, $30 is a no brainer as it is now. 

They do say if you want 60FPS fluidity to go with a few specific cameras including the Logi 4K webcam...  I tried it with my 720 and it was a bit laggy so have the 4K cam coming today... 

Edited April 4 by psolk

[B777ER 2,684]

Looks pretty good and something to finally replace my TrackIR. If anyone uses it on a large screen TV, lmk how it works.