So cool, headtracking just with a smartphone

use a wood skin for the nexus and strap it on your forehead.

 

Another "new thing" that makes people look like complete tools when using it... hilarious.

Starting with the bulky VR sets strapped over your forehead and eyes to this thing wearing a phone on your head, people are going nuts.

Call me when there is nothing attached to/on my head and/or over my eyes and no cables also, then I'll be remotely interested. Until then I'll just laugh at how silly all these things are and say pass.

 

Don't use it then

On a more serious note - I've got this working straight away on AC but no joy in any other games - FSX, X-PLANE, PCARS. Has anyone tried with other games with success?

 

You'll need one of these

 

I don't know whether to be impressed by the ingenouity or just laugh like a cryzy person

 

So i tried it now and since i dont do this in public like @PAKFA, who probably also has a fancy racing suit and gloves on while playing on a simulator(nerd , i am at no risk at looking funny. I hide the phone in a whool hat

First impression is pretty nice. i tweaked the curves alot though.
The best thing about a headtracker is certainly that you still look in the same direction even if the back of the car steps out and you can follow the corners better. wether that leads to better times remains to be seen for me, but it certainly is alot of fun. I also reduced the amount of apps visible and it looks better that way too

 

@Epocx: Yes, I also weak a racing helmet with iridium visor while sim racing... I am my own helmet cam, so I won't be using that in PCars, that is for amateurs.

 

'Technically' speaking, that EDTracker could be built into a set of headphones, no? I was googling and came across a "DIY" kit. I guess you could cut out part of the headband, mount it in that, and run another USB cable, bundled together and then not look like a complete tit (if that's what's bothering some people).

Me, I'll just continue wearing my Mario Hat that I got with my Wii U. Everyone know that makes you faster anyway...

 

I had a play around with it last night, like you say have to tweak it quite a bit but was able to set it up pretty well in the end - although it was all smooth and great looking around in the stationary car with large and small movements, when the car was moving it would seemed a bit "sticky" in its movement - as a result I was unable to drive properly as I lost the sense of what the car was doing

stuck a bit of 3m velcro to my headset (phone cover already had opposite side of velcro for car mounts)

was cool though

 

Have some time to try EdTracker (it really works without additional software in pCars), where can i get this tir4free software?

 

here you go

http://www.mediafire.com/download/cql8yzke722jda0/Tir4Fun.rar

its actually TIR4FUN not FREE lol

 

Thanks Chris, will try it tonight if there'll be any spare time left.

 

Man I cannot connect my phone to the Windows (8.1 64, wifi connection). I opened the UDP port 5555 in the windows firewall but still no connection.

 

Did you put the correct ip address in?

 

Yes. Do I have anything wrong in the setup?

My pc's local ip:


Opentrack settings (I used both 2.3 beta and 2.2 stable release)


The firewall rule:


Keep in mind that both devices are in the same LAN (I can see it from my router's admin page) and I've successfully connected my mobile to the pc with airdroid in the past.
What's happening there?

PS I tried connecting the pc with another phone (windows phone 8.1) and still got the same results..

 

I was able to get it working off the bat and had some fun (after getting pretty bad motionsickness).
My question, not that I need some time to recover, is, "How do I re-enable my look left/right controls?"
~Bailey
EDIT: The Glance buttons work for every F1 camera except the driver head cam.

 

Does it work with real head motion?

 

Nice idea! Gonna try it asap

 

Correct ip in the Android app?

 

Yes, 192.168.0.12 but still no go..