Returning player with Opentrack problems

[FTC_JustAWhisper]

Hello all,

 

I am a returning player with a DelanClip/PS3Eye headtracking setup that I dusted off. I had a setup that used to work but it was a few years ago and with a different desk, monitor, and room than what I have now.

 

Currently I'm having enormous problems because I can't get Opentrack to properly read head pitch movement to save my life (the remaining 5 DOF seem to work just fine). I have the PS3 eye camera perched on top of a 34" Ultrawide (same height has a 27" standard widescreen) whereas before I was using a 24" monitor, so I think it might be an angle problem, but it's weird.

 

If I tilt my head up even a tiny a bit Opentrack's measurement of the bottom LED drops from ~13px down to ~1px instantly, causing it to lose track. And if I tilt my head down, it loses the top LED instantly as well. However, looking at the tracking image, the LEDs still appear very distinct and bright. 

 

I've been moving the camera, the clip, and myself around to test, but the only thing that seems to improve the situation is if I sit way farther back from my desk. That's not a solution as I can't hold my controls naturally when I do that. One suggestion I saw on another forum was to tape the camera to the bottom of the monitor and invert the camera output to put it closer to dead-on from your face, but I can't figure out how to get the software to do that. 

 

Any suggestions or thoughts?

[No_85_Gramps]

What height and width do you have the camera set for? Also, make sure the camera lens is turned to the left, where the red dot is. If I turn the lens to the blue dot I get similar responses as the leds tend to obstruct each other.

[FTC_JustAWhisper]

It turns out it was a weird shadow/reflection/lighting issue for the positive pitch axis. It went away on it's own. I'll just have to be aware of lighting in the room.

 

Negative pitch axis appears to be camera placement, but I can't find a better camera place that doesn't compromise something else. I'll just have to make sure I keep the instrument panel camera view button bound and accessible. 

 

 

[GO63]

Opentrack has a great alternative for PointTracker. This is a neuralnet tracker. Works well in different lighting conditions and without additional clips on the head.
Try it!

 

[czech693]

I have almost the same setup.  Have you checked your mapping?  Since negitive pitch is now the problem, do you have an assymetrical map for pitch?