On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 10:34 AM, <wjp.vri...@quicknet.nl> wrote: > > Hello FlightGear developers, > > In the FlightGear forum I stumbled upon a request from users, to enable > head tracking in FlightGear (head tracking that is i.e. provided by > Freetrack or TrackIR). Until now, I found no evidence that someone has > embraced this request, so I would like to jump in... > > As you may know, the mentioned 'head trackers' have one great disadvantage: > they require the user to wear a hat (or something similar) with Infrared > LED's attached to it, to enable tracking. Recently I have made a head > tracking program, based on the FaceAPI from SeeingMachines, which ONLY > requires a simple web cam. By now, we only support the Freetrack-protocol > (which is open-source) and are seriously testing it with ArmA 2 (actually, > the first attempt gives really promising results). > > ...
> > P.S.: The FaceAPI version I use, requires the software to be 'open source' > (i.e. non-commercial). I am planning on publishing FaceTrackNoIR eventually, > when beta-testing is done... > > Not to start a big flame, but their non-commercial terms are the complete opposite of "open source." Also, in general, "open source" does not mean "non-commercial." Tim
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