Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => Hardware and Software => Topic started by: twistedtechmike on June 21, 2018, 01:26:13 PM
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Pro Clip or Standard Hat Clip?
Ive read horror stories about the pro clip, but it looks to be more accurate. Anyone using TrackIR have some feedback on the matter?
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Pro clip is better
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+2 for the pro clip.
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I've used both, the Pro Clip is much better.
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This is a good alternative to the Pro Clip. It's compatible with any version of the TrackIR software and others like OpenTrack and Free-Track.
DelanClip (https://delanengineering.com/)
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Why not go VR?
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Why not go VR?
Cost?
And Puma says the definition is not as good.
- oldman
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VR isnt an option for me due to inner ear imbalance. I puked watching Blair Witch. Sounds like pro clip is the clear winner though!
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Blair witch made me puke because it was kak and broke back mountain which is a cowboy film that won a Oscar
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I have used both and I would like to give my reason for preferring the hat clip over the pro version.
I prefer not to have heavy gear attached to my head along with cables attached. I use a sun visor to attach the clip.
While the pro version is a bit more "accurate", the hat clip works just fine when you have eliminated the unwanted light sources from behind which do cause problems.
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If you are not using a headphones for audio, the hat clip has its appeal. The later revisions of the hat clip have much more curved reflectors to allow tracking of more extreme angles. But every time I try to go back to the hat clip, I find the tracking ability is so much degraded by ambient light and worse yet, my glasses, that I very quickly go back to using headphones and the pro clip.
I used TrackIR 3 for quite a long time before getting the TrackIR 4 Pro with the pro clip, so I know you can get it to work well enough. But the pro clip with its active source, provides a much better target.
To be fair, Oculus Rift is a much better value. You get a hell of a lot more for $350-$400 than what you get buying TrackIR 5 Pro. The precision/consistency of Oculus Rift tracking puts TrackIR to shame. If Track IR kept the same price but went to dual sensors to get the precision/consistency of the Oculus Rift, it would be a much better product. With TrackIR, I always have to have a button on the HOTAS mapped for re-centering since it will drift whenever I exceed its effective tracking angles. Oculus Rift usually needs one calibration when you first start playing, then stays perfectly aligned.
I like flying with VR. The 1:1 tracking is incredibly immersive, but the low resolution kills me. So I alternate as required by the sim and mission I am flying. The TrackIR annoys me with the constant need to be re-centered and the jerkiness resulting from having to use response curves and/or deadband zones to make up for the need to allow 180 degree horizontal look angles and 90+ degree vertical angles without having your eyes look past the monitor. But it is very hard to go back to VR after seeing normal 2d graphics quality.