TrackIR3 Pro Head-Tracking System For Gamers

simfan writes "Ars has a review of the TrackIR3 Pro up that's worth a look. Using the TrackIR cursor control system originally designed to help the disabled, the company made a device that tracks your head movements in games. It turns out that this works really well in flight sims and other games where you can replace mouse control. There's some video of the performance as well."

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Technology has multiple uses

[freedom_india]

According to the article In March 2001, NaturalPoint launched the TrackIR system as a control device for people with disabilities, but many in the flight simulation community saw a potential use in flight sim view control. How does it work? In simple terms, TrackIR is a webcam that transmits and detects infrared signals....

So, technology is always used where it's least expected. A technology for disabled people is used for flight simulation games. Typewriter was meant to help blind write letters. Now it has morphed into keyboard to write worms and viruses (virii if you want pure English).

So how many such different uses of technology have you come up with?

Freelook (alternative)

[FrenZon]

Although it doesn't claim quite the specs and ease-of-use of the TrackIR, and only works with games supporting mouselook (LOMAC and IL2 being the important ones), I wrote Freelook for people with a standard webcam who feel like trying this form of headtracking out.

PS It's free.