opentrack vs headtrack

opentrack

Head tracking software for MS Windows, Linux, and Apple OSX (by opentrack)

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Lightweight X-Plane plugin that uses SmoothTrack input to enables head tracking. (by amyinorbit)

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opentrack		headtrack
	Project
204	Mentions	2
3,298	Stars	19
3.3%	Growth	-
8.6	Activity	0.0
20 days ago	Latest Commit	6 months ago
C++	Language	C++
-	License	MIT License

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opentrack

Posts with mentions or reviews of opentrack. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-04.

TrackIR VS Cheaper alternatives
1 project | /r/dcsworld | 4 Oct 2023

I want to buy something like TrackIR (I don't know much about equivalent products). My friend told me about a DIY tracker that I could use (opentrack).
Preview: XREAL virtual display, no additional hardware
1 project | /r/SteamDeck | 28 Sep 2023

Out of curiosity, do you have a formed opinion on Opentrack for 6DOF support? It would be cool to have a little input plugin from your software for the XREAL into Opentrack! I usually play Il-2 1946 and other flight sims on a docked Steam Deck, and opentrack + android phone with AI recognition is a god send.
Best bang-for-the-buck head tracking solution?
1 project | /r/hoggit | 20 Jul 2023
Nobara 37 opentrack installation issues
1 project | /r/NobaraProject | 4 Jul 2023

I'm attempting to install on Nobara 37 and saw #1558.
Debian 12 doesn't have readproc.h
3 projects | /r/debian | 4 Jul 2023

Per https://github.com/opentrack/opentrack/issues/1453 , it looks as though bookworm is affected by the badly-thought-out https://gitlab.com/procps-ng/procps/-/commit/d974f064b5a269fe8bd009d1430d17218aaf07b7
Ps3 eyetoy for head tracking.
1 project | /r/hoggit | 25 Jun 2023

Use this tutorial: https://github.com/opentrack/opentrack/wiki/PS3-Eye-open-driver-instructions
[Tutorial] SteamVR with the Xreal Air on Windows
3 projects | /r/Xreal | 7 Jun 2023

Download the latest release of Opentrack. Install it, and when it launches change Input to "UDP over newtork" and Output to "freetrack 2.0 Enhanced".
AR/VR headset with Gyro?
1 project | /r/SteamDeck | 7 Jun 2023
Tips to pilot better in arma 3
1 project | /r/arma | 7 Jun 2023

FreePIE + OpenTrack.
Should I buy the IR5?
2 projects | /r/EyeTracking | 5 Jun 2023

I think you’ve got the wrong sub. But I thank you. I’ve learnt a load figuring out your acronyms! For anyone not following trackir is this https://www.trackir.com/trackir5/ (which looks remarkably similar to a head mouse extreme which you can’t buy). It’s head tracking. Not eyegaze. You may be interested in https://github.com/google/project-gameface and facetracknoir http://facetracknoir.sourceforge.net/home/default.htm freetrack http://www.free-track.net/english/ And opentrack https://github.com/opentrack/opentrack

headtrack

Posts with mentions or reviews of headtrack. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-03-15.

SDK 4.0.0 Beta 1 is out
1 project | /r/Xplane | 19 Sep 2022

This will allow you and/or the developers to compile plugins to arm64 for native Apple Silicon (M1 etc.) support. I recompiled the HeadTrack (https://github.com/amyinorbit/headtrack) plugin as a test and it now loads fine without having to run X-Plane through Rosetta on my M1 MacBrook Pro.
I got X-Plane 11 running well on Steam Deck! In fact, I even got it running along with my head tracking app SmoothTrack, thanks to an awesome X-Plane plugin...crazy stuff to have all this working so well without a full PC.
3 projects | /r/flightsim | 15 Mar 2022

To get head tracking, install the HeadTrack plugin found here: https://github.com/amyinorbit/headtrack and connect SmoothTrack to it (it runs on port 4242 once you activate it in X-Plane)

What are some alternatives?

When comparing opentrack and headtrack you can also consider the following projects:

aitrack - 6DoF Head tracking software

FOXTracker - Facial Head Pose Tracker for Gaming

librealsense - Intel® RealSense™ SDK

vJoy - Virtual Joystick

dcs_on_linux - Instructions for running DCS World on linux. Mostly extracted from https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/1722

FalconBMS-Alternative-Launcher - Configure and save FalconBMS setup per Joysticks.

reshade - A generic post-processing injector for games and video software.

FreeRTOS-Cpp - C++17 header-only interface to the FreeRTOS kernel API.

OpenVR-MotionCompensation - An OpenVR driver for motion compensation - a limited version of OpenVR-InputEmulator

littlenavmap - Little Navmap is a free flight planner, navigation tool, moving map, airport search and airport information system for Flight Simulator X, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020, Prepar3D and X-Plane.

VirtualDesktop - Connect wirelessly to your computer(s) to watch movies, browse the web, play games on a giant virtual screen or stream PCVR games. Virtual Desktop is a highly optimized, native application developed for low latency, high quality streaming.