Easy Head tracking . . .seriously Easy

Game Discussion Simulator Battle
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Howdy folks old and new,
Hope you guys have been having as much fun as I have had over the years.

So I was introducing my Kids who are now pimply teenagers to Air sim, they were little babes when I got my beta invite.

I used to use a LED and hat setup for head tracking and building it took a bit of time, being a lazy guy, I decide to give the Aruco Marker a try.

Whooo ho ho ho . . .it works perfectly. All you need is:

  1. OpenTrack software . .free
  1. Download and print this exact marker, 3 x 3 inches is good enough
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Stick it on a piece of cardboard and attach it to an elastic head band so you can wear it

  1. vid guide https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajoUzwe1bT0

Seriously . .15 minutes tops, make sure the marker is illuminated well, ordinary webcam and you are done.

Works perfectly 100%.

Head tracking will change your sim experience and is a must have.

Good luck

Yes Giggles . . .I will always love you

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Wait till you try VR… = )

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Yeah . . .I am holding off on that, don’t want to mess the kids eyes up and dont want them totally addicted. I think I have them hooked

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You can simplify this if you are using webcam method. Just need “decent” lighting.

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Binds you must have

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Recommended axis for WT

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Mapping : Adjust this according to your setup.

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Some get motion sickness, headsets I can use is costly - rest makes me sick. Also got tired of TrackIR LEDs dying the whole time. This was actually a good shift. Now I just need to get a HOTAS & Pedals again.

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That’s of course a valid and very sensible point. Even Meta themselves for example strongly advise against use of VR equipment under the age of 12. But then I assume your kids are already 12, no? Otherwise also WT would be a clear no go for them.

Still, good decision to regulate stepping into VR for children! My little ones also have no contact with it, and I make sure not to use it in front of them.

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By the way . . . If you could share your experience

What would you recommend as a VR solution for WT and what do you use?

Thanks

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This’d be nice. If they bothered to bring the Linux build to parity with this, especially given they advertise it as a system it works for. And we’ve plenty of means to sort VR for Linux. They just don’t let us.

For some, this is the best they’ll get until the devs take their thumb out.

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How about wine HQ and Wine Tricks, does that not work?

Maybe KVM, its pretty slick on unbuntu

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The issue is they hide the settings to even try to get it running, and assuming you add the thing necessary for VR on Linux, EAC screws you. Then if you try it through proton, EAC still screws you.

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I have used Reverb, Quest 2, and Quest 3, quite happy now with Quest 3 and the pancake lenses.

Reverb was maybe a little sharper in the center, they broke, I missed them when I had to play WT in Quest 2, but I don’t miss them anymore now with Quest 3.

If money it’s not an issue, Big Screen Beyond and Varjo VR3 are good options.

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Face tracking is starting to get good enough you wont even need to wear one of these soon, or even now if you dont want to (its still a bit wonky).

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I had a problem with Opentrack and EAC

It would not let it run on an older processor and 32 bit. It got fixed when I moved onto a Ryzen3600.

Gaming is the only thing that keeps me off Linux

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Facetrack is no longer free and it requires a high end camera with a high frame rate. This works fine with just any old camera and its FWEEEEE!!!

I was of the LED and hat group, building that thing was a bit of a bother . . .but this is just print glue and hit it.

So I just shared it as a quick and easy place to start with minimum effort and zero cost, for anybody who was struggling with SIM.

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I can only recommend the Meta Quest 3 (ans 2), as that’s all I ever owned and used.

I think you get a good VR set there for a moderately low price, easy to set up and use.

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Check your PMs please. I need an unban

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AITrack is a free face-tracking (i.e. no need for funny headgear) and doesn’t require a high end webcam (well, depending on your definition of high end… 30fps and 480p I think it says is good enough. It can even use a smart-phone camera with a bit of extra set up).

Internet search it up … plenty of hits on getting it working with OpenTrack too.

I only tried it a little bit, but it seemed to work well. I just never really liked the moving-your-head-while-keeping-your-eyes-on-screen thing.

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Thanks . .I will keep that in mind

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Thanks . .will keep that in mind

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I used to call my TrackIR “poor man’s VR” - it worked great, I’m sure others work too.

I thought OP has VR but doens’t want to give it to his kids which I agree with (the PSVR came with a warning, not sure if PSVR2 does too). I’m not sure if that was this post or another one…

I’m also looking forward to Aces of Thunder.

Does anyone here use a PSVR2 with their PC?