Tobii EyeX

[NastyDog]

Afaik Squad will support TrackIr in the future. Perhaps than also the eye tracker

 

Yes i know of trackir gone be fore squad, because you can play sqaud already i love to know if you get it play whit eye traking now

Edited March 9, 2017 by NastyDog

[IvanDolvich]

Don't know about if eye tracking is yet supported or ever will be. It is a small team of developers. I don't play Squad activ as it is still early access and I don't want to get burned out by bug etc. I prefer to wait until it is released. 

Perhaps you could look at the forums or subreddit of Squad for more information.

 

Sry for off topic

[GrendelsDad]

Ivan just so you know it is supported by their software and there is a profile that comes with, specific for IL2.

[IvanDolvich]

Aha, ok. Interesting to know. thx

[GrendelsDad]

Okay well here goes my first impressions of the Tobii 4C.  First thing is this thing is really cool.  Moving the screen around with your eyes is surprisingly easy to do and you really do not have to "think" about it after a while...no more than you think of turning your head with Track IR.  Which leads me to the direct comparison for our game.  The head tracking in the 4C is very good side to side.  Just as good as the Track IR with minimal lag(maybe a bit more than Track IR but not noticeable)  The one major issue I have with the 4C is looking up and down.  The software has a limited field of view built in and it only goes 45degrees up and 45 degrees down.  I tried to contact customer support and they were very prompt in their response.  Unfortunately the software is programmed to only go that far...Now in DCS i had no problem looking around as the software has a much larger FOV curve for DCS.  Must be something to do with the game...I requested to Tobii that they increase the FOV and as of yet nothing has been done...I found the Vjoy profile but I cannot figure out how to manually adjust the curves.

So my verdict is this...The item is awesome it just has a major flaw for this game.  I fly bombers a lot so looking up is not as imperative as it is for a fighter pilot but it is an issue no matter how you look at it...If flying  the 111 or Pe2 or JU52 it would work perfect but for fast over the shoulder looking it just falls short as the limits are too tight.  This does give me hope for an update to the software to make this problem go away.  Please ask if you have any questions.

to be fair I am using this on a 40inch screen and they say it is only good for 30 inch and under...pretty sure this issue would persist on a smaller screen as everything is working fine its just looking up cannot be done comfortably or reliably.   I will keep mine and hope for an update in the near future...another option would be to try to use the eye tracking and the DOF of the Track IR at the same time which I will try very soon and update here if I have any luck.

 

EDIT: I will continue to mess with the curves and settings that are adjustable and see if I cannot fix my perceived issue.  If it would work in the looking up scenario I would give serious thought to ditching Track Ir and use a hat for sliding around the cockpit which was fine when I was trying it out.  Dont get me wrong I do understand the importance of 6dof but eye tracking is that cool and I am sure 6dof would be next step in the evolution.

Edited March 11, 2017 by II./ZG1_GrendelsDad