Potential New Customer researching TrackIR5 b4 purchase
Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2012 8:59 am
I tried searching the forum and did not find the information I was looking for, so here it goes:
1. Can the TrackIR 5 be mounted upside down at the bottom Bezel of a LED monitor? see pic
2. Does the TrackIR 5 work without the TrackClip Pro?
3. How's the accuracy of TrackIR 5 without the TrackClip Pro?
4. Can the TrackIR 5 detect minor head movements, small movement enough to AIM targets instead of POV (point of view) ?
I'm considering TrackIR vs. Oculus Rift, and depending on the information provided it'll swing me over to either gadget.
I'm going to be mostly using it with MechWarrior Online & Star Citizen, MWO is confirmed to support TrackIR in the future, and Star Citizen is confirmed to support Oculus Rift out of the box.
IMO TrackIR fits my purpose better in regards I don't need to wear it on me, I'm not a fan of headsets for VoIP it annoys my head after several hours, so the Oculus Rift is definitely not my 1st choice in that regard, also with the Oculus Rift it'll most definitely fog up, and things will become blurry and that will break game immersion for me.
So these minor things is what TrackIR seems to be winning me over and it has the advantage over the Oculus Rift from my point of view:
- I can enjoy the use of my 6 screens (5760x2160) without using an annoying Ski goggle (Oculus Rift)
- I don't need to worry about the vision getting fogged up and sweaty by wearing a Ski goggle
- I might not even need to wear the TrackClip Pro, depending on how I configure the TrackIR to do.
- No annoying wires (I hate wires)
- Oculus Rift is low resolution (visual)
Rig Spec:
i7 3960x, Corsair H80, 32GB G.SKILL, ASUS RAMPAGE4 Formula, 256GB OCZ Vertex4(x2), 3TB Seagate(x5), OCZ ZX 1250W, ASUS HD7970-DC2T-3GD5 1000Mhz(x2) in Xfire on 5760�2160, ASUS VS247H-P(x6LED), Logitech Z-560 5.1 THX, Logitech G15 & MX Performance, THRUSTMASTER T.Flight Hotas X, Antec LanBoyAir
1. Can the TrackIR 5 be mounted upside down at the bottom Bezel of a LED monitor? see pic
2. Does the TrackIR 5 work without the TrackClip Pro?
3. How's the accuracy of TrackIR 5 without the TrackClip Pro?
4. Can the TrackIR 5 detect minor head movements, small movement enough to AIM targets instead of POV (point of view) ?
I'm considering TrackIR vs. Oculus Rift, and depending on the information provided it'll swing me over to either gadget.
I'm going to be mostly using it with MechWarrior Online & Star Citizen, MWO is confirmed to support TrackIR in the future, and Star Citizen is confirmed to support Oculus Rift out of the box.
IMO TrackIR fits my purpose better in regards I don't need to wear it on me, I'm not a fan of headsets for VoIP it annoys my head after several hours, so the Oculus Rift is definitely not my 1st choice in that regard, also with the Oculus Rift it'll most definitely fog up, and things will become blurry and that will break game immersion for me.
So these minor things is what TrackIR seems to be winning me over and it has the advantage over the Oculus Rift from my point of view:
- I can enjoy the use of my 6 screens (5760x2160) without using an annoying Ski goggle (Oculus Rift)
- I don't need to worry about the vision getting fogged up and sweaty by wearing a Ski goggle
- I might not even need to wear the TrackClip Pro, depending on how I configure the TrackIR to do.
- No annoying wires (I hate wires)
- Oculus Rift is low resolution (visual)
Rig Spec:
i7 3960x, Corsair H80, 32GB G.SKILL, ASUS RAMPAGE4 Formula, 256GB OCZ Vertex4(x2), 3TB Seagate(x5), OCZ ZX 1250W, ASUS HD7970-DC2T-3GD5 1000Mhz(x2) in Xfire on 5760�2160, ASUS VS247H-P(x6LED), Logitech Z-560 5.1 THX, Logitech G15 & MX Performance, THRUSTMASTER T.Flight Hotas X, Antec LanBoyAir