android78 wrote:
genetic wrote:
I’m happy to hear about your work. It looks like the z800 will continue to be the best (yet obscure at this point) HMD under $14000 for at least another year or so as TD visor thinks head tracking is a perk rather than a necessity.
I believe that the way applications like freetrack are going, especially if you need to use a freetrack like application as well as the built in trackers to constantly re-calibrate them all the time, I feel that the inbuilt trackers are becoming obsolete. Therefore, I don't think in built head tracking would impact my decision to puchase a HMD. Other features I feel are far more important at this point.
Im always a bit surprised by head tracking opinions. Yes there are some interesting camera based options entering the market but very good and affordable options already exist. If TD visor wants to put out a product now, then they should have a head tracker that works now. Leave the future options for a future HMD.
Also I will beat a dead horse here but the Z800 head tracking is great! Pushing a “center view” button every 5 minutes may not be optimal but it is far from a hassle compared to what you are getting.
Apparently, I got the magic unit with wonderful tracking. That or the other product that others have tried and didn’t like did not use both gyros and a compass or was of poor quality.
This is what I know after hundreds of hours over the last few years.
If the headtraking with (my magic z800) is bad, it is because of fps issues or stereo driver issues.
Case in point: DOOM 3 with 93.xx stereo drivers has really bad tracking. Disable S-3D and it has great tracking. Install the 169.xx? stereo drivers and the tracking is now very good in S-3D.
Finally, the gyro + compass combo gives 360 degree freedom where as you would have to rig up more than one camera and have supporting software to do the same with a camera tracker.
I love new solutions but I also need a tracker for the here and now.
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