Having directly compared my setup to TrackIR, I can honestly say that my version is just as good.įor anyone who doesn't have the necessary soldering skills, opentrack has an option to use an Aruco tracker which is just a small card square which you attach to your hat or headset.
I won’t make a full tutorial about how to remove the IR filter because there are many better online. This is what you see when you buy the camera. Note that it was before I realized that my webcam model has its IR filter between lenses and not (as expected) accessible from the back of the old PS3 Eye.
That said, FreeTrack does still have the best instructions for making your own LED clip: and. Chunk3ym0nk3y, i would like to use the PS3-eye and alex’s great drivers with IL2 and other tracking compatable games just like TrackIR, did you get it to work ok, cheers Daytrader to make it work you MUST set resolution to 320x240. The PS3 eye with the round lens is perfect for this kind of hacking, the one with the flat lens (see the difference below) cannot be hacked without breaking the lens. Thanks G.T for this guide, it has been very helpful and Im using FaceTrackNoIR with great results Ive always been a FreeTrack user but for some reason my setup glitches the HUD in Elite: Dangerous, so for that reason I bought a PS3 eye in the hope to solve that problem but I couldnt use it for FreeTrack because its IR-filtering was too much. Regarding the PS3 Eye webcam I damaged its lense when I was attempting to dig out the IR filter. Some people still use FreeTrack but I'd avoid it as it's less configurable and hasn't been updated for several years. I got the bad PS3Eye myself and you can easily adjust camera settings to compensate for the IR filter. Note that it was before I realized that my webcam model has its IR filter between lenses and not (as expected) accessible from the back of the old PS3 Eye. Another PS3Eye + FreeTrack user checking in. I have both opentrack and FaceTrackNoIR (both still actively being developed) but use opentrack most of the time because it seems to respond quicker but would recommend trying both. Regarding the PS3 Eye webcam I damaged its lense when I was attempting to dig out the IR filter. I used them with a PS3 Eye camera which only cost £3 at CEX in the UK. I built my own version of the TrackHat and also made a headset clip.