hegykc Member



Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Croatia Posts: 734

Professional and affordable TrackIR alternative



As I shifted my research & development from designing a product, to designing machinery needed to manufacture it, I needed to go back, and design more products in order to justify developing and building the machinery. Quite soon you realize that no machinery can survive without multiple products to keep it busy, and no product can be, without the multiple machines it takes to make it.



This is the answer to all the questions of "why so long", "why not just the grips" etc. I will not go down the road of (many) projects and small manufacturers by "putting all my eggs in a single basket". That is the double death sentence of being stuck delivering that single product, and not having time nor energy to develop any other that are supposed to fuel your growth. I currently have a couple projects presented here (which I stopped updating once I moved my focus to machinery), and I will add quite a few more because that is the only way to succeed. Many eggs, many baskets.



My grips, bases and instruments have gone quite far ahead and I will show you the progress in due time. But first, let me introduce you to my latest little gizmo, that will probably be the first thing to hit the shelves.



A few weeks ago I decided to get some kind of head tracking device. After searching the net, I became familiar with the desperate situation that exists. A professional solution that is way too expensive and has many problems on one hand, and a great open source software accompanied by not so great hardware. So, I decided to develop my own.



I will fill in the details a bit later, but here are just a few:

- completely wireless with 10h battery life. Can be extended to 30h with a slightly larger case.

- magnetically attached mounting arm with 5 degrees of freedom of movement so you can attach it to any headset out there.

-IR device is both left and right side compatible with the same mounting arm. The device itself also has a magnetic quick connect/disconnect

-auto on/off switch. Snap it on and LEDs turn on, snap it off and LEDs turn off

-custom made lens and IR-filter that should deliver unparalleled performance

-120 degree LEDs, instead of 80° used by all the competitors

-120fps IR sensor that comes with a monitor mount, that also doubles as a charging dock for the clip



This will go to the machines in the first weeks of the new year, so you can expect product pictures real soon, along with comparisons to competitors. You won't be expected to fork out any doe until I show you that this is the best one by a mile. Much research, development and component searching went into this, so worst case scenario, it'll be slightly better then the best one out there.



Oh, almost forgot the best part about it. 35.00$ for the whole set (minus the headset of course). Yep, that's right, 300% cheaper then the next best thing, and more than 5x cheaper than trackIR. I will also dedicate much of the profits to the current open source software development and improvement.



I started this after reading a blog about TrackIR, you will find it if you google "TrackIR Anticompetition", it's the first result. I was appalled, shocked and disgusted after an hour of reading there. So I think it's time head tracking goes to everyone, not just the ones that have 200$ to spare. No pre-orders, no kickstarters, no waiting lists. News, tests and reviews as soon as we get the hollydays behind us.



Merry Christmas!

Hi everyone. You might know some of my projects here, like the TM compatible F-18 grips and A-10 usb instruments. Those started as a hobby experiment, but have since grown into a full consumer product project, at least that is the plan.As I shifted my research & development from designing a product, to designing machinery needed to manufacture it, I needed to go back, and design more products in order to justify developing and building the machinery. Quite soon you realize that no machinery can survive without multiple products to keep it busy, and no product can be, without the multiple machines it takes to make it.This is the answer to all the questions of "why so long", "why not just the grips" etc. I will not go down the road of () projects and small manufacturers by "putting all my eggs in a single basket". That is the double death sentence of being stuck delivering that single product, and not having time nor energy to develop any other that are supposed to fuel your growth. I currently have a couple projects presented here (which I stopped updating once I moved my focus to machinery), and I will add quite a few more because that is the only way to succeed. Many eggs, many baskets.My grips, bases and instruments have gone quite far ahead and I will show you the progress in due time. But first, let me introduce you to my latest little gizmo, that will probably be the first thing to hit the shelves.A few weeks ago I decided to get some kind of head tracking device. After searching the net, I became familiar with the desperate situation that exists. A professional solution that is way too expensive and has many problems on one hand, and a great open source software accompanied by not so great hardware. So, I decided to develop my own.I will fill in the details a bit later, but here are just a few:- completely wireless with 10h battery life. Can be extended to 30h with a slightly larger case.- magnetically attached mounting arm with 5 degrees of freedom of movement so you can attach it to any headset out there.-IR device is both left and right side compatible with the same mounting arm. The device itself also has a magnetic quick connect/disconnect-auto on/off switch. Snap it on and LEDs turn on, snap it off and LEDs turn off-custom made lens and IR-filter that should deliver unparalleled performance-120 degree LEDs, instead of 80° used by all the competitors-120fps IR sensor that comes with a monitor mount, that also doubles as a charging dock for the clipThis will go to the machines in the first weeks of the new year, so you can expect product pictures real soon, along with comparisons to competitors. You won't be expected to fork out any doe until I show you that this is the best one by a mile. Much research, development and component searching went into this, so worst case scenario, it'll be slightly better then the best one out there.Oh, almost forgot the best part about it.(minus the headset of course). Yep, that's right, 300% cheaper then the next best thing, and more than 5x cheaper than trackIR. I will also dedicate much of the profits to the current open source software development and improvement.I started this after reading a blog about TrackIR, you will find it if you google "TrackIR Anticompetition", it's the first result. I was appalled, shocked and disgusted after an hour of reading there. So I think it's time head tracking goes to everyone, not just the ones that have 200$ to spare. No pre-orders, no kickstarters, no waiting lists.Merry Christmas! Attached Thumbnails





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