Can the TrackIR Pro be used with MAYA 3D

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vipermesh
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Can the TrackIR Pro be used with MAYA 3D

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Im an animation artist using a program called Maya and would like to know if you can use your TrackerIR USB device with programes such as Autodesk Maya 7 or 3D Studio? This program has the same princeables of FlightSim 2004. Such as X.Y.Z rotate zoom and pan.

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VincentG
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Re: Can the TrackIR Pro be used with MAYA 3D

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The TrackIR coding has not been Incorporated into these applications, which is what would need to happen for it to work in the 3D environment that these applications create.
JimB
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Re: Can the TrackIR Pro be used with MAYA 3D

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I asked a similar question ages ago, for XSI use. You need to use the SDK to develop your own solution apparently:
http://forum.naturalpoint.com/forum/ubb ... mber=22873

I had some success using the device to drive mouse movements as a capture, but that's only X and Y rotation. The results were promising, and definitely more natural than the usual ways, but I'd need to pay someone to make a TrackIR driver that could use all channels to give it the full potential.
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