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I had the Tobii Eye Tracker 5 and FaceTrackNoIR with the Tobii plugin working perfectly in DCS as recently as a week ago. But today it is suddenly glitching back and forth between my head tracking movement and looking straight ahead, like 8 times per second or more. It is as if DCS is now seeing a second head tracker input that isn’t moving, and trying to obey both of them. But I didn’t change anything in the control bindings recently, and from what I can tell, the only updates in the past week were to DCS itself, and some sort of a Windows 10 update. Today, in efforts to fix this, I’ve tried setting FaceTrackNoIR to only send TrackIR data, or to only send FreeTrack data, and it makes no difference … I always have the same glitching. I’ve tried deleting the TrackIR control bindings in DCS, and verified that head and eye tracking are not enabled for DCS in the Tobii Game Hub (so that it doesn’t conflict with FaceTrackNoIR). The only thing that changes any of this new misbehavior is if I delete the axis bindings for absolute camera views, which are bound in the HeadTracker column, but that only removes all attempted head tracking and locks me to a fixed forward view. Yes, the HeadTracker.DLL from Tobii has been copied into the DCS bin folders already … did that months ago. (I don’t think that would be playing a part here anyway, since I’m not using the Tobii software directly, just the hardware driver.) EDIT: I seem to have found a solution, sort of, although who knows if it will still work the next time I power up the PC. Specifically, I’d started using FaceTrackNoIR as a workaround for the Tobii Game Hub not being able to connect to the DCS window. It now appears Tobii may have pushed an update to the Game Hub that resolves this (or at least it seems to have done so today, knock on wood), but which also prevents me from disabling the DCS support … instead it just doesn’t send any data changes from head movement to DCS when I have the axes disabled, but for some reason still tells DCS that it is providing tracking data … data which is always looking straight ahead. So taking FaceTrackNoIR completely out of the equation and then re-defaulting the Tobii Game Hub’s DCS support (which was otherwise all out of whack) is allowing the default Tobii support to work for me … again, at least for today. For all I know, tomorrow it will be broken again, but my fingers are crossed.

Hello all, I've just bought myself a Tobii eyetracker 5 and have run through the setup process which is super simple, but have noticed that when i try it in sim i get really bad micro stutters. I wondered if it was something i had changed in the Nvidia control panel when dialling in settings for VR, but having restored them to default...no dice. I went back and retried my poor mans track ir just to see if i was going crazy, but that's smooth, so no issues on the graphics settings side. Does anyone have any suggestions? I've been googling but really haven't found much to help, the new version of Tobii Game Hub seems to have far fewer tweaking options than it used to based on screenshots online. Any advice would be very welcome. Have a good one guys! O7 Jamie

Do you play DCS but you don’t have an IR Tracker or VR headset? have you thought about buying an IR Tracker or VR but you are hesitating because of their cost? Then we are on the same page. I’m in the same situation. I kept searching for alternative and found finally a very good one that is very comparable (if not even better than) IR Tracker. I presenting to you the Facial AI Tracking. I had my doubts at first until I tried it out myself on DCS. Yes, it is working just perfect. Here is how you need to set it up. it is totally free, yes, it is totally free and takes just about 5 minutes or even less to configure it. depending on how much do you want to reconfigure. Let’s start: Download the opentrack 2022.3.1 from Releases · opentrack/opentrack (github.com). Note, I tried the latest version opentrack 2022.3.2 but it contained a trojan, don’t use that one. The 2022.3.1 works just fine. Download the AI Track v0.7.01 from Releases · AIRLegend/aitrack (github.com) Run Setup and install opentracker. Unzip the AITrack and run AITrack.exe Follow the configuration instruction shown on this video (382) aitrackinstallsetup - YouTube Thant’s it, run DCS and enjoy. You might need to do some adjustment to that configuration/mapping in openTrack when you are in DCS until you are happy with it. Note: some Anti-Viruses have a webcam protection feature. I need to disable it on my machine before I started the AITrack and OpenTrack. You can re-enable the webcam protection when you don’t use them.

Hello Friends, i just wanted to share with you my thoughts about the main topic about VR and Head Tracking and wanted to see, what do you think about this topic too. I brought the fastest PC you can get, like RTX 4090, i9-13900K, DDR5-6000 MHz, M.2 7000 GB/S etc... But still VR seems not satisfied with it. I use the Quest 2 with LINK and just the optimization stuff took me more than 3–4 months and that was painful enough. Anyway, still after i got the best settings to run DCS very good, i noticed that the game looks very poor, the whole immersion was destroyed. My brother don't have VR, so i was looking for him for some tutorials how he could use Head Tracking in DCS. I found Opentrack and i just started my 30 FPS cheap webcam and tried it. I started DCS and i was like "whaaaat" "serious"... Then i turned all Settings in DCS to max/ultra and started the game again. Then i saw how incredible DCS graphics is and i felt in love with it. The Head Tracking feels 90% like VR and works perfectly and smooth. I just ordered a wide curved monitor 34" and i said to my Quest 2 "... bye bye, Mark Zucki..." My experience last 10 years: For some years i was using TrackIR, and i hated it and i hate it still today. I just hate the clip you have to wear, and i was not satisfied at all. These constantly interruptions drove me crazy. I just can't recommend TrackIR! Then i switched to Tobii 5 and this was good, you don't have to wear any clip or what ever. But in DCS it was going somehow "heavy" for what reason ever. I also noticed, there was a delay like 1 sec. when looking left/right. I played Star Citizen with it, DCS etc... Then i got my Meta Quest 2 and the first time i was like "i am in, i am sitting in a F-18..." then after 10 minutes i got motion sickness LOL... Then i realized, that even the fastest PC on the Market you can get, is not enough. I spend 3-4 months looking tutorials on YT, trying everything possible, and at least i was able to play but of the cost of the beautiful DCS graphics. This was not a good choice at all. Finally, i installed Opentrack with AITrack and a webcam. DCS Settings are maxed out, and the graphics is simply brilliant. Thank you, ED, for this. With my wide curved 34" screen it's hundred times better than VR. I will come back to VR, when i will be able to play DCS the same way and settings as in 2D. For now, VR seems not being made for "heavy" graphics games. TrackIR/Tobii 5 VS Free Head Tracking Software Because i used both, i am able to compare them. I was very surprised how good the free Head Tracking software works. You have not to believe me, but i can say this: TrackIR is the worst product i ever had, the tracking works not very well, and it was painful to look down or left/right because sometimes the clip was out of range. Tobii 5 was much better than TrackIR, but there was somehow a 1ms delay. The other thing, you have to stick the camera with adhesive strips and when you use the tobii 5 for some hours, it will go hot and the tobii just fall down. In DCS i was not satisfied. Imagine that, 250 bucks for such product. Opentrack + AITrack in comparison with TrackIR and Tobii 5 is way better and its free. You just use your webcam or even your smartphone. That's it! It does not matter how i look left/right and up/down, the software works perfect, no issues at all. And i don't have to fix something on my head, or monitor with tape. Just start the Head Tracking and play... Who ever buy TrackIR or Tobii 5 without trying the free webcam software, he is just fooling himself. If you may ask, how TrackIR and Tobii 5 feels, i can tell you this: The Opentrack + AITrack feels exactly the same like TrackIR and Tobii 5, but the free one works way more stable, and it cost you nothing. If you don't believe me, try it. there is no point to buy those expensive craps. By the way, I don't advertise here for Opentrack, i just want to help you save your money and have a better experience in DCS (Star Citizen, MFS 2020...). Conclusion: For those, who repeat the same phrase again and again "i can't play without VR any more..." i was saying the same phrase everywhere, but i was wrong. If you are mad about VR, just dust off your old webcam, install Opentrack and AITrack, set your DCS graphics to max and just enjoy the Game, you will never regret. DCS World has incredible graphics! And please don't buy those expensive TrackIR or Tobii 5 before you try the free Head Tracking software. I came back to 2D through coincidence, and i am just happy about this step "backward".

I am an alienware 17r4 user. This laptop has tobii tracking device built-in, and it was one of the main reasons why I got this laptop. Approximately two months ago, the head tracking stopped working. When I contacted the support they said they received the same complaint from multiple users and that they did inform the R&D team about it and will talk to me when they have information from R&D team. I was like, cool okay. Since then, headtracking does not work and no news from the support team. Yesterday I saw an article on the tobii website saying that “Unfortunately head tracking is no longer functioning in Alienware 17 R4, Acer V Nitro and Predator monitors therefore no longer have functional head tracking”. I mean what? What What kind of a conpany do that? Is it even legal? You sell your product and then you make them stop working and say sorry. It is like you buy a car and after 2-3 year they say sorry we made your engine stopped working and you won’t have a functional engine no longer. I was planning to buy Tobii 5 before this happened, but how can I know that they will or not take headtracking out of it after 1-2 years. Just like they did with these products. After I first used tobii I said I will never buy a laptop without built-in tobii. Now I say i will never buy any Tobii because I do not know if they will kill it or not after some time. I do not see any reason to trust to Tobii now. Stay away from it.

Hallo, ich habe das Problem das im Cockpit die Vor und Zurück Bewegungen vom VR Headset nicht erkannt werden, nur rechts und links gucken geht problemlos. Ich hatte das Problem schon mal in der TU25, jetzt in der F18. Irgendwie war dann wieder alles in Ordnung, jetzt kann ich es neu starten und trotzdem erkennt er die vor und zurück Bewegung nicht. HP reverb 1 steam VR Hab auch schon alles runter gefahren und neu gestartet, aktive Fenster gewechselt über alt+tab, über win+y auf Desktop Betrieb gestellt usw., nichts hilft und ich habe keine Ahnung. Wie gesagt, war schon mal, war dann wieder alles gut, es lässt sich nicht rekonstruieren, jedenfalls bin ich noch nicht dahinter gekommen wie.