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Head Tracking in Games
"Control the game using your own head movements!"
The following software is a modified version of the
Source engine - the one behind the critically acclaimed
Half-Life 2. Developed as part of my PhD,
it allows the player to use a number of
head gestures to control the game, including the ability
to...
questions: me@torbensko.com
Frequently Asked Questions
The program doesn't run or it launches but I can't load the map... Here are a few tips:
Ensure the that program has been installed to the correct
directory. In particular, Valve at one stage changed where
Steam was installed (from
If it seems that the IPP Runtime did not install properly
(meanings it is probably not listed under your
The game starts, the map loads, I can hear sounds but the screen is
black... Unfortunately that version of the system occasionally suffers
from a bug that results in the screen blacking out. To resolve it,
turn off all the techniques and restart the game
(by either typing The program runs slowly... Try the following:
Part of the tracking performance is determined by the web camera, so try to make sure it is running at least at 640x480 at 30 frames per second, which cannot be achieved using a USB 1.1 camera. Some of the web cameras come with software that will try to automatically adjust the exposure, brightness, contrast, etc, of the image. This often kills the tracking performance, so try to use manual settings instead. As long as your lighting conditions do not dramatically change, the tracking should improve.
Ensure your computer has at least a I want to put head tracking in my application.
How do I do it? Follow my integration guide.
Once you have something going,
let us know what you are doing so we share it with the rest of
the community! We really appreciate hearing about what
you are doing with this technology. Can I use it on Windows 7? Now that Windows 7 is officially released, it seems that the
issues that people were facing in the past have disappeared - so
yes, you can use Windows 7. If you're still having issues,
try setting the hl2.exe (in the Can I use this with a different game, such as Half-Life 2 or
Call of Duty 4? Unfortunately not, unless you have the source for those
games (which unless you're the game developer, you won't) Technically, it is possible to copy the content of other Source games (such as HL2) into the headtracking game, but legally I cannot distribute that content pre-bundled in. The program seems slow to quit. Am I doing something wrong? No, it's just that
the system still suffers from a few teething problems.
Either give the system time to shutdown or
just kill it using the I cannot download the file. Why do I get a 404? The link changes every day to avoid people hard linking to it.
As such, if you don't download the file soon after
receiving the email, you'll get a 404. Furthermore,
if you're timing is unlucky, you may only get a
few minutes to download it (an oversight on my part, which
I plan to correct at some stage). In this case,
just request the download again. problems: support@torbensko.com
Download.
A new version is to be released in the very near future. To assist with this transition, this download
has been temporarily disabled. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
-Torb
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regarding your thoughts on this software.
It shall not be used for any other purpose.
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