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Hi all.
Yesterday I was chatting with garyw about FaceTrackNoIR (FTNOIR)...
Now I've just read in the "bugs, feature requests, & feedback" subforum that a user would like to see implemented something like TrackIR in the game, and Martin replied that Orbiter already has it.
So, here's my heads-up to FTNOIR.
In short, it is a free application that lets you control a game's view system much like a TrackIR, or FreeTrack, but WITHOUT the hassle of mounting LEDs on your head/cap/headphones.
It just uses a webcam, which tracks your face movements.
I have a standard TrackIR4, so I don't know much else about FTNOIR, but in the flightsim community (also some FPS shooter, like ArmA) it is being tested and it is reported working.
It incorporates several protocols (FlightGear, Free-track, PPJoy, fake TrackIR), and here is a youtube video showing it somehow works with Orbiter!
Yesterday I've PMed FTNOIR creator (Wim, aka V4Friend) and I told him about Orbiter and this forum. Maybe there's room for some collaboration between him and Martin for integrating FTNOIR into Orbiter, like it was done for FlightGear free flight simulator and FreeFalcon.
FTNOIR website
http://facetracknoir.sourceforge.net/home/default.htm
V4Friend is actively participating on various forums, maybe we could get him over here as well!
ArmA2
http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=100530
FlightGear
http://www.flightgear.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=8499
SAS IL-2 1946
http://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php/topic,7689.0.html
FreeFalcon
http://www.freefalcon.com/forum/showthread.php?t=17850
Anyway, let's share our findings in this thread.
Yesterday I was chatting with garyw about FaceTrackNoIR (FTNOIR)...
Now I've just read in the "bugs, feature requests, & feedback" subforum that a user would like to see implemented something like TrackIR in the game, and Martin replied that Orbiter already has it.
So, here's my heads-up to FTNOIR.
In short, it is a free application that lets you control a game's view system much like a TrackIR, or FreeTrack, but WITHOUT the hassle of mounting LEDs on your head/cap/headphones.
It just uses a webcam, which tracks your face movements.
I have a standard TrackIR4, so I don't know much else about FTNOIR, but in the flightsim community (also some FPS shooter, like ArmA) it is being tested and it is reported working.
It incorporates several protocols (FlightGear, Free-track, PPJoy, fake TrackIR), and here is a youtube video showing it somehow works with Orbiter!
Yesterday I've PMed FTNOIR creator (Wim, aka V4Friend) and I told him about Orbiter and this forum. Maybe there's room for some collaboration between him and Martin for integrating FTNOIR into Orbiter, like it was done for FlightGear free flight simulator and FreeFalcon.
FTNOIR website
http://facetracknoir.sourceforge.net/home/default.htm
V4Friend is actively participating on various forums, maybe we could get him over here as well!
ArmA2
http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=100530
FlightGear
http://www.flightgear.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=8499
SAS IL-2 1946
http://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php/topic,7689.0.html
FreeFalcon
http://www.freefalcon.com/forum/showthread.php?t=17850
Anyway, let's share our findings in this thread.
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