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Relaxing Vibes
April 8, 2021 at 4:02 pm
Make this the top comment
Yee T
April 8, 2021 at 4:03 pm
Jesus Loves you
David Heller
April 10, 2021 at 12:19 am
Dont let technology threaten your god.
Daniel McDougall
April 8, 2021 at 4:16 pm
what if I don’t want my gays calibrated?
Mark 384
April 8, 2021 at 4:17 pm
That’s very cool
Chase Evans
April 8, 2021 at 7:03 pm
Yes it is, and it’s only getting better!
Galo Aguirre
April 8, 2021 at 4:22 pm
if you could look behind you while still pointing the gun in some direction…j
Chase Evans
April 8, 2021 at 7:00 pm
Yes, in Star Citizen you can. Different games that Tobii supports utilize different ranges of motion depending on the how the game developer wanted it utilized.
hudson berry
April 8, 2021 at 4:31 pm
the input lag would make me sick
David Giles
April 8, 2021 at 5:42 pm
I’ve been using FaceTrackNoIR on MSFS for a couple of months now. At first it was bit discombobulating, but you get used to it pretty fast. I would imagine it’s the same with this product.
Chase Evans
April 8, 2021 at 6:42 pm
The input lag honestly isn’t bad. I would say around a quarter of a second. It looks more exaggerated due to the camera shooting at 24fps while playing the game at 60fps.
Jeffrey Taylor
April 8, 2021 at 4:39 pm
Track IR 2.0?
Kavehpd
April 8, 2021 at 4:55 pm
Hah. Right? Don’t understand how a tech reviewer talking specifically about flight simulators and cockpit views doesn’t know about TrackIR that’s been around for nearly two decades.
Chase Evans
April 8, 2021 at 6:52 pm
I considered mentioning TrackIR, but ultimately this is a review on the Tobii, a device that can track both eye and head movement without requiring any additional hardware beyond the device itself. IMHO TrackIR isn’t for everyone, it requires hardware to be mounted on your monitor where a webcam would normally sit and you must wear a tracking device on your head making TrackIR a different beast in and of itself, so if that’s your thing then by all means go down the TrackIR route. Plus, it was released in 2009, so it makes little sense to do a review on something released 12 years ago.
MadStyle
April 8, 2021 at 8:42 pm
What about it? Tobii is beyond Track IR.. Eye and head tracking from the device itself, Track IR is only head movement with a contraption attached to your head.
iownu92
April 8, 2021 at 4:42 pm
4:35 “jagwire”? “JAGWIRE”? Dude it’s a Jaguar, lol. Where do you get “wire” from?
MadPropzBaller
April 8, 2021 at 5:14 pm
lmfao
Chase Evans
April 8, 2021 at 7:15 pm
Tomato tomatoe ????♂️????♂️
Kafui. xx
April 8, 2021 at 4:48 pm
The input lag is WILDDD!!!
Matt Lathrum
April 8, 2021 at 6:25 pm
That input lag looked pretty bad.
Chase Evans
April 8, 2021 at 6:40 pm
Input lag really is not bad. This looks visually bad due to shooting 24fps on a 60fps game.
Ross
April 8, 2021 at 5:10 pm
I wonder how it will do for someone who cant move their eyes
Jonathan Gibson
April 8, 2021 at 6:26 pm
How do the blind play?
Ross
April 8, 2021 at 7:49 pm
With narration on. Lol in all seriousness mine isnt a major disorder in that it doesnt impact much of my life so i am genuinely curious since its eye and head tracking if it would be of benefit to me. Though eye tracking us probably coming to vr soon so ill find out eventually.
MadPropzBaller
April 8, 2021 at 5:13 pm
If you want immersion just buy VR and never look back.
Chase Evans
April 8, 2021 at 6:57 pm
This is the way
Tyler Durden69
April 8, 2021 at 7:01 pm
Tobii is partnering with vive for their next gen visor
MadPropzBaller
April 8, 2021 at 7:04 pm
@Tyler Durden69 that’s great to hear. Hopefully there will be a solution for eye-tracking to work automatically for any game.
Tyler Durden69
April 8, 2021 at 7:13 pm
@MadPropzBaller bro its valve of course they will lol they know what they r doing, no but I understand, hopefully they do that as it will be a game changer
David Carlsson
April 9, 2021 at 9:03 am
But than you need a VR-set with eyetracking. Its not natural to look with your forehead…
Tyler Durden69
April 9, 2021 at 1:59 pm
@David Carlsson 0.o
Morry
April 8, 2021 at 5:29 pm
They are still a bit expensive tbh.
Cameron Blackmon
April 8, 2021 at 5:38 pm
I like this for handicap accessibility for those who can’t hold a controller or use a mouse and keyboard well
Jaén Cantor
April 9, 2021 at 12:58 pm
Tobii has a department called Tobii Dynavox that does just that. I work there.
David Giles
April 8, 2021 at 5:41 pm
How does it compare to FaceTrackNoIR? Seems like it would be quite a bit more accurate and less “twitchy.”
Chase Evans
April 8, 2021 at 7:24 pm
The “twitchy-ness” is entirely dependent on the settings that you use. I.e. how far you look left or right to turn your head. It does require some tweaking to getting the parameters that fit your needs. For example, Star Citizen will not be enjoyable straight out of the box and will require some fine tuning within the settings. Once you get it dialed-in though, it’s fantastic IMO.
nexus
April 9, 2021 at 10:08 am
You can use facetracknoir in combination with tobii for games that don’t natively support tobii as facetracknoir has a tobii plugin. Only loss is that it it supports head tracking only. You can find examples on YouTube.
Cody French
April 8, 2021 at 6:09 pm
Im looking to find an eye tracker for Arma 3 piloting. What are some other alternatives you would recommend?
Chase Evans
April 8, 2021 at 7:03 pm
Tobii is the only eye tracker on the market, they just happen to include head tracking. TrackIR is 12yo head tracking tech but still a viable option. Just don’t break the IR clip that you have to stick onto your head every time you want to use it…
Cody French
April 8, 2021 at 7:10 pm
@Chase Evans I went ahead and ordered the Tobii 5, time to wait now. Im excited to fly some Hueys in the upcoming Vietnam DLC for Arma 3
Chase Evans
April 8, 2021 at 7:28 pm
@Cody French right on man! Just keep in mind that you will need to spend some time tweaking the head tracking settings within ARMA but once you’ve got it dialed in, it’s the sauce ????
Matt Lathrum
April 8, 2021 at 6:26 pm
I’m surprised Elite: Dangerous wasn’t brought up.
Chase Evans
April 8, 2021 at 6:58 pm
I think one space game is enough, Tobii does support ED, for what it’s worth.
Chase Evans
April 8, 2021 at 6:58 pm
Tobii does support ED, for what it’s worth.
ryan gosling
April 8, 2021 at 7:11 pm
Seems gimmicky
Chase Evans
April 8, 2021 at 7:25 pm
People used to say that about VR, and look where that’s at now!
Not Andrew
April 8, 2021 at 7:26 pm
Top 10 pointless gadgets 2021. You have to move your eyes COUNTER to your head in order to still look at the screen. Wtf?
Elliott Smith
April 8, 2021 at 7:40 pm
I am a nerd too brother.
MrEvin
April 8, 2021 at 8:02 pm
All fung and “games” until you need to look behind of over the shoulder, or even anything close to 90°
Regis Herrmann
April 8, 2021 at 8:27 pm
Chase Evans, can we setup the language? It will follow the language of my PC? We want to use with Brazilian Portuguese.
8am
April 8, 2021 at 8:48 pm
Vr?
Chase Evans
April 8, 2021 at 9:08 pm
Hey guys, glad you found this review helpful! I also forgot to mention that people who wear glasses (for blue-light filtering or otherwise) will be happy to know this product works flawlessly with them. If you are having tracking issues while using this product while in-game then I highly recommend tweaking your settings within the respective game you are playing, many issues are resolved once you have the settings dialed-in. Star Citizen, for example, will not work well out of the box and does require some tweaking to get it just right.
Bigtruckseriesreview Motorsports
April 8, 2021 at 11:39 pm
I am gonna wait till Oculus Quest 3 before I buy a VR.
Quinton Crockett
April 9, 2021 at 12:24 am
So its VR without VR. This is gonna be awesome. Imaging playing shooters if this worked for them.
Blender Study
April 9, 2021 at 2:14 am
That’s amazing and brilliant. Thank you for the review..!!
mantiscity
April 9, 2021 at 2:17 pm
What does it do outside of games
Chase Evans
April 9, 2021 at 11:30 pm
Windows Hello support so you can login by just looking at your monitor, alt-tab window selection is controlled via your eyes, and Tobii Ghost for streamers so your audience can see where you’re looking — that is pretty much it at the moment outside of gaming.
Abd AlRhman yassin
April 10, 2021 at 8:36 am
am i the only person does not see any benfite from this device?
David Carlsson
April 10, 2021 at 9:26 pm
I guess if you are not looking for great immersion