Any way to combine keyboard for head translation and TrackIR for head rotation? My TrackIR IMU can only do rotation :(

[moeburn]

I built an Arduino IMU for head tracking since I got tired of all the camera-based systems losing track of my head sometimes. The IMU is flawless, it never loses track, but it can only do rotation. It is not possible for an IMU to track position.

 

This means that when I turn around 180 degrees in game to check my six, I get a nice view of my head rest and nothing else. There is no way for me to lean around the head rest.

It would be great if I could combine this with a key or button to just make my pilot lean a little bit. Is there such a key? Or a way of doing this only via rotation?

 

As it stands now, as soon as you have TrackIR turned on at all, even if it isn't actively tracking, the game ignores all pilot head movement keys.

 

I have tried FaceTrackNoIR, Aruco paper markers, and I even built an infrared tracking hat of my own, but all 3 systems were "glitchy" and would occasionally lose track and make my in-game head jump around which was annoying and immersion-breaking. They also required having all the lights on in my room, and having line of sight with my head. My Arduino IMU acts as a USB joystick, which gets converted into TrackIR info by OpenTrack software.

[LLv34_Temuri]

11 hours ago, moeburn said:

I built an Arduino IMU for head tracking since I got tired of all the camera-based systems losing track of my head sometimes.

PS3 Eye, OpenTrack, and Aruco tracker. The best head tracker combination I've ever used.

 

It's stylish too!

(The L is for "winner")

11 hours ago, moeburn said:

It would be great if I could combine this with a key or button to just make my pilot lean a little bit. Is there such a key? Or a way of doing this only via rotation?

 

11 hours ago, moeburn said:

OpenTrack software

You can map the rotation axis also to the X axis in OpenTrack, and then set the desired curve for the X axis, so that you get enough lean.

[Soilworker]

12 hours ago, moeburn said:

I got tired of all the camera-based systems losing track of my head sometimes. 

 

I'm just going to mention that the only problem I had with TrackIR was when I had sunlight coming in the room (due to infrared interference). 

 

I don't know your full situation but it sounds you're putting a lot of effort into something that could potentially be fixed by closing the blinds. 

 

(Have you considered VR as an option?) 

 

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[Ojeda]

https://youtu.be/As3yV_wREFU

[Gambit21]

No issues with Track IR.