GPL now supports head tracking via Track IR units and it rocks

*JSJ* has released his first GPLShift utility update that includes support for Track IR so you can now control your view L & R using your head just as in real life. GPL just became so much more real. Its still in beta format and doesnt seem to work too well under WinXP but its pretty cool under Win98se using my Track IR unit to pan my view L & R, its still needs some work yet though. Heres all the info you need If your not sure what Track IR is you can read a review here http://www.frugalsworld.com/reviews/edimensional-trackir.shtml Find the product info here (Follow the Track IR GX links) http://www.naturalpoint.com/ Track Ir Forums here (only just opened) http://forums.naturalpoint.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi Info on the *JSJ* GplShift support for Track IR here http://home.worldonline.dk/7471000/ *JSJ* GPLShift Forums http://jsj.proboards.com/index.cgi?pbuser=jsj&board=1 Hotdognz Hotdog

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> *JSJ* has released his first GPLShift utility update that includes > support for Track IR so you can now control your view L & R using your > head just as in real life. GPL just became so much more real. Its > still in beta format and doesnt seem to work too well under WinXP but > its pretty cool under Win98se using my Track IR unit to pan my view L > & R, its still needs some work yet though. > > Heres all the info you need > > If your not sure what Track IR is you can read a review here > http://www.frugalsworld.com/reviews/edimensional-trackir.shtml > > Find the product info here (Follow the Track IR GX links) > http://www.naturalpoint.com/ > > Track Ir Forums here (only just opened) > http://forums.naturalpoint.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi > > Info on the *JSJ* GplShift support for Track IR here > http://home.worldonline.dk/7471000/ > > *JSJ* GPLShift Forums > http://jsj.proboards.com/index.cgi?pbuser=jsj&board=1 > > Hotdognz > Hotdog >

I'm not sure what you mean by this but are you saying by turning your head left the view in gpl turns left? Wouldn't that mean you're turning your head away from your monitor when you turn left? The only way I could see it being of any use would be if you had some sort of googles attatched to your head so your view of the monitor would move in relation with head movements.

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>"John Pickett" <[email hidden]> wrote > I'm not sure what you mean by this but are you saying by turning your head > left the view in gpl turns left? Wouldn't that mean you're turning your > head away from your monitor when you turn left? The only way I could see > it being of any use would be if you had some sort of googles attatched to > your head so your view of the monitor would move in relation with head > movements.

John, read the website URL's he had in his post. It explains it all :) -- -- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard> -- http://ymenard.cjb.net/ -- This announcement is brought to you by the Shimago-Dominguez Corporation - helping America into the New World...

On 15 Oct 2002 02:47:28 GMT, John Pickett <[email hidden]> wrote: >I'm not sure what you mean by this but are you saying by turning your head >left the view in gpl turns left? Wouldn't that mean you're turning your >head away from your monitor when you turn left? The only way I could see >it being of any use would be if you had some sort of googles attatched to >your head so your view of the monitor would move in relation with head >movements. Hi john you are correct in saying that you turn your head left and your view in GPL turns left depending how much you move your head, however its on a bigger scale than in real life so in fact with a Track IR unit you only slightly move your head and the view on your computer can move to the 90 degress so you are allways really still looking at your moniter, with the softwear that comes with Track Ir this can be set up to more or less movment depending on how much you like. The tracking is done via a infered unit placed on top of the moniter and it tracks reflective dots placed on a mike boom or some where else in front of it, I have my dot placed on the bridge of some old glasses i took the lens's out off. To get a idea of what the unit looks like and how it works the review i posted alink to explains tit better. Hotdog Hotdog

Even if you only have a monitor, I'd say it's pretty cool, because considering that in a real racecar, most of the time you'd only use moderate head-turn angles, you can easily keep your eyes on the monitor. But of course, 3d glasses would be best. Achim "John Pickett" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... ... > head away from your monitor when you turn left? The only way I could see > it being of any use would be if you had some sort of googles attatched to > your head so your view of the monitor would move in relation with head > movements.

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> > >"John Pickett" <[email hidden]> wrote > > I'm not sure what you mean by this but are you saying by turning your head > > left the view in gpl turns left? Wouldn't that mean you're turning your > > head away from your monitor when you turn left? The only way I could see > > it being of any use would be if you had some sort of googles attatched to > > your head so your view of the monitor would move in relation with head > > movements. > > John, read the website URL's he had in his post. It explains it all :)

Why bother going to the trouble of reading the links? I'm sure if John asks nicely enough, someone with chisel the information onto stone tablets and deliver them to his house. :)

I don't know what is actually being tracked, but I wonder if it would turn the view if you moved your head horizontally without any rotational movement. If this is the case, that would allow you to keep your eyes on the screen, but it also might make for some odd calibration problems (sitting in a different position) and make the view change when you do a natural head tilt through a corner. Just some things to think about. Jesse

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> > I don't know what is actually being tracked, but I wonder if it would turn > the view if you moved your head horizontally without any rotational > movement. If this is the case, that would allow you to keep your eyes on > the screen, but it also might make for some odd calibration problems > (sitting in a different position) and make the view change when you do a > natural head tilt through a corner.

The dead zone can be adjusted. Gerry

Achim, Have you tried the eDimensional 3D glasses? They really work! Not terribly convincing (yes, objects appear to be near, mid, or far...but they look like cardboard "flats"), but tons o' fun. They work best--for me--in Mobil 1 Rally C'ship, where the foliage is quite close to the road...and in some cases, actually brushes the windshield as you hurtle past. (Surprisingly, it does almost nothing for creeping around in the bushes in Ghost Recon.) --Steve "Joachim Trensz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:aogcdr$m6u8i$[email hidden]... > Even if you only have a monitor, I'd say it's pretty cool, because > considering that in a real racecar, most of the time you'd only usemoderate

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> head-turn angles, you can easily keep your eyes on the monitor. > > But of course, 3d glasses would be best. > > Achim > > > "John Pickett" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > ... > > head away from your monitor when you turn left? The only way I could

see > > it being of any use would be if you had some sort of googles attatchedto > > your head so your view of the monitor would move in relation with head > > movements. > >

Hi Steve, no, I haven't tried any 3d glasses on a computer. Several friends have commented favourable regarding the eDimensional glasses, but whenever I have some money, I need to spend it on something Silvia can't detect - and have you ever tried hiding 3d glasses from a wife? ;-) Achim "Steve Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:YKcr9.39386$[email hidden]... > Achim, > > Have you tried the eDimensional 3D glasses? They really work! Notterribly > convincing (yes, objects appear to be near, mid, or far...but they looklike

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> cardboard "flats"), but tons o' fun. They work best--for me--in Mobil 1 > Rally C'ship, where the foliage is quite close to the road...and in some > cases, actually brushes the windshield as you hurtle past. (Surprisingly, > it does almost nothing for creeping around in the bushes in Ghost Recon.) > > --Steve > > "Joachim Trensz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:aogcdr$m6u8i$[email hidden]... > > Even if you only have a monitor, I'd say it's pretty cool, because > > considering that in a real racecar, most of the time you'd only use > moderate > > head-turn angles, you can easily keep your eyes on the monitor. > > > > But of course, 3d glasses would be best. > > > > Achim > > > > > > "John Pickett" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:[email hidden]... > > ... > > > head away from your monitor when you turn left? The only way I could > see > > > it being of any use would be if you had some sort of googles attatched > to > > > your head so your view of the monitor would move in relation with head > > > movements. > > > > > >

LOL! You could claim you've suddenly gone nearsighted.... "Joachim Trensz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:aojtqv$mpnmg$[email hidden]... > Hi Steve, > > no, I haven't tried any 3d glasses on a computer. Several friends have > commented favourable regarding the eDimensional glasses, but whenever Ihave

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> some money, I need to spend it on something Silvia can't detect - and have > you ever tried hiding 3d glasses from a wife? ;-) > > Achim > > > "Steve Smith" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:YKcr9.39386$[email hidden]... > > Achim, > > > > Have you tried the eDimensional 3D glasses? They really work! Not > terribly > > convincing (yes, objects appear to be near, mid, or far...but they look > like > > cardboard "flats"), but tons o' fun. They work best--for me--in Mobil 1 > > Rally C'ship, where the foliage is quite close to the road...and in some > > cases, actually brushes the windshield as you hurtle past.

(Surprisingly, > > it does almost nothing for creeping around in the bushes in GhostRecon.)

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> > > > --Steve > > > > "Joachim Trensz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:aogcdr$m6u8i$[email hidden]... > > > Even if you only have a monitor, I'd say it's pretty cool, because > > > considering that in a real racecar, most of the time you'd only use > > moderate > > > head-turn angles, you can easily keep your eyes on the monitor. > > > > > > But of course, 3d glasses would be best. > > > > > > Achim > > > > > > > > > "John Pickett" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > > news:[email hidden]... > > > ... > > > > head away from your monitor when you turn left? The only way I

could > > see > > > > it being of any use would be if you had some sort of googlesattatched > > to > > > > your head so your view of the monitor would move in relation withhead

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