Significant TrackIR price drop

[dotted 0]

My TrackIR.

Overhyped gimick. Waste of money.

[odjob 0]

I love the offer, but tragically enough I can't find anywhere close to Sweden that sells it, and the freight from US is as much as the TrackIR itself. Sad situation for a poor student  

I bought mine from: http://www.flightsimshop.se/ a year ago. Delivery within a week, very good service.

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There is only a clean* towel in the box.

*Guess it isnt that clean anymore laying side by side with computer parts

[SWAT_BigBear 0]

dotted, you should give yours to someone whom can use it.

The old thread about the differences between Freetrack and TrackIR, if I remember it correctly, showed a few capabilities of TrackIR.....that Freetrack can not do.

Maybe NaturalPoint - Vincent will reply here and remind us.

I personally wish all games supported it.

[Tankbuster 1746]

Purely in terms of value for money, Track-IR is still better but the gap has certainly closed.

For the uninitiated, Track-IR software with Track Clip Pro hardware is certainly a very good compromise.

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Anybody know of a place in the UK that stocks TrackIR?

[kklownboy 43]

Anybody know of a place in the UK that stocks TrackIR?

http://www.rcsimulations.com/

I guess you would have to go to NaturalPoint and look at there dealer list... your welcome.

[Tankbuster 1746]

Yes, they are down in Bristol. Good guys. You can drop in by appointment.

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Thanks for the link.

[Pirin 0]

Got my coworker to order one and he loves it! Shipping was way way faster this time, two day shipping only took two days.

[CharveL 0]

judging from the manufacturers page it looks like track ir is using a webcam with ir lights and passive reflectors at the point model. With track clip pro being an active point model.

A very sensible solution for people who don't want to work on a point model could be to buy only the track clip pro, and use it with a random webcam and open source tracking software. Even if buying a good webcam it would cost about the same as the track ir, with the advantage of having a webcam that can be used for something else also. And the even bigger advantage of not paying money for the software (i always have a bad conscience if i do).

I haven't tried it however, and i don't have experience. Better ask the lads at freetrack etc if it would work.

Unfortunately that is not the case.

TrackIR uses a special IR receiver running at much higher polling rates than a webcam. Additionally the field of view is larger than a webcam and there is less cpu overhead.

Still, a software/webcam based solution can give you the idea - although framerates and proper tracking/resolution might end up turning you off head-tracking altogether - and you can at a later point upgrade to the better alternative when you can afford it.

I can't bring myself to bother firing up ArmA without it to be honest. Being able to run and look over your shoulder or drive and look into the turn like a real vehicle is too much of a sense to lose.

[TWCRASH 0]

yeah I built The same thing for less than 20 Bucks using Free Track as well. It works really well for those on a Budget and probably 2 hours worth of serious tinkering on making the stuff (wasn't hard really). A great project to do on the side if you like this kind of stuff