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This device turns your head into a controller (Tobii Eye Tracker 5 review)

This eye tracking device brings you into your games without having to wear a headset. It’s built to be played with games like Star Citizen and Shadow of the Tomb Raider for extra immersion, and even helps you become a better player in League of Legends through data analytics. Interested in buying the Tobii Eye…

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This eye tracking device brings you into your games without having to wear a headset. It’s built to be played with games like Star Citizen and Shadow of the Tomb Raider for extra immersion, and even helps you become a better player in League of Legends through data analytics.

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0:00 Intro
0:58 Setting it up
1:20 Gaming on the Eye Tracker 5
2:51 Tobii Eye Tracker 5 & eSports Interview with Tobii Director of Gaming
4:20 Blockbuster games that use Tobii
5:45 Tobii Ghost for twitch streaming
6:55 Head & Eye tracking in Star Citizen
7:04 Final conclusion

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59 Comments

  1. Relaxing Vibes

    April 8, 2021 at 4:02 pm

    Make this the top comment

  2. 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.

  3. Daniel McDougall

    April 8, 2021 at 4:16 pm

    what if I don’t want my gays calibrated?

  4. 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!

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

  9. 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.

  10. 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.

  11. 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

  12. Morry

    April 8, 2021 at 5:29 pm

    They are still a bit expensive tbh.

  13. 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.

  14. 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.

  15. 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 👌

  16. 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.

  17. 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!

  18. 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?

  19. Elliott Smith

    April 8, 2021 at 7:40 pm

    I am a nerd too brother.

  20. 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°

  21. 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.

  22. 8am

    April 8, 2021 at 8:48 pm

    Vr?

  23. 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.

  24. Bigtruckseriesreview Motorsports

    April 8, 2021 at 11:39 pm

    I am gonna wait till Oculus Quest 3 before I buy a VR.

  25. 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.

  26. Blender Study

    April 9, 2021 at 2:14 am

    That’s amazing and brilliant. Thank you for the review..!!

  27. 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.

  28. 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

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