[FONT=Verdana, Arial, sans-serif]After I first got Elite, and seeing some streams of folks using TrackIR and the Rift, I decided I had to get in on that more immersive action. So I got my PS3 camera working, and installed FaceTrackNoIR. When it works, it's amazing, but between my glasses, my beard, and the changing lighting conditions over the course of a day, things will either work great or my view will judder around like it's tracking a butterfly with a palsy.[/FONT]
So after dealing with FaceTrackNoIR alternately working wonderfully and being unusably cantankerous with both facial and QR Code tracking, I decided to bite the bullet and build myself an IR tracking rig.
I'll have the IR LEDs and resistors and whatnot tomorrow, but my co-worker happens to have a 3D printer, so he's making me one of these tonight for me.
Meanwhile, I decided my PS3 camera is a good enough camera not to want to destroy, so I snagged a used one at GameStop to crack open, for to remove the IR filtering lens. After watching a vew videos all talking about how it takes 10 minutes of prying to get it open and a further 15 minutes of laborious scraping of glue to get the lens out, I was all prepared for it to take a while, but most of the time was actually taken finding a screwdriver small enough for the last two screws. Long story short(er), I now have a PS3 camera that only sees IR at 120 Hz ready for my IR LED clip to be kitted out.
I got the oddest looks at the pharmacy/photo shop on the corner, first when I asked for cheap film (as in 2014 there is no film on the shelves to be had), and then again when I immediately exposed the film, reeled it up, and asked for it to please be developed (no prints).
Modifying the PS3 camera was actually quite easy, and if if I knew there was a market for it, I'd sell IR-tracking-ready PS3 cameras to people. I know there are a couple UK companies that do so, but I didn't see any here in the States.
So after dealing with FaceTrackNoIR alternately working wonderfully and being unusably cantankerous with both facial and QR Code tracking, I decided to bite the bullet and build myself an IR tracking rig.
I'll have the IR LEDs and resistors and whatnot tomorrow, but my co-worker happens to have a 3D printer, so he's making me one of these tonight for me.
Meanwhile, I decided my PS3 camera is a good enough camera not to want to destroy, so I snagged a used one at GameStop to crack open, for to remove the IR filtering lens. After watching a vew videos all talking about how it takes 10 minutes of prying to get it open and a further 15 minutes of laborious scraping of glue to get the lens out, I was all prepared for it to take a while, but most of the time was actually taken finding a screwdriver small enough for the last two screws. Long story short(er), I now have a PS3 camera that only sees IR at 120 Hz ready for my IR LED clip to be kitted out.
I got the oddest looks at the pharmacy/photo shop on the corner, first when I asked for cheap film (as in 2014 there is no film on the shelves to be had), and then again when I immediately exposed the film, reeled it up, and asked for it to please be developed (no prints).
Modifying the PS3 camera was actually quite easy, and if if I knew there was a market for it, I'd sell IR-tracking-ready PS3 cameras to people. I know there are a couple UK companies that do so, but I didn't see any here in the States.