{"id":8157,"date":"2003-12-03T16:33:02","date_gmt":"2003-12-03T16:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/streettech.dreamhosters.com\/?p=8157"},"modified":"2003-12-03T16:33:02","modified_gmt":"2003-12-03T16:33:02","slug":"virtual-environment-control-on-the-cheap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/?p=8157","title":{"rendered":"Virtual Environment Control On The Cheap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/streettech.com\/storypics\/trackIR.jpg\" align=\"left\">The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.naturalpoint.com\">TrackIR2<\/a> is an infrared head-motion tracking system. It can be used with any first-person game that uses the mouse for looking around (i.e. my favorite, Thief II) and will translate any head movement into a mouse movement. You may be thinking (as I did) that moving your head while watching the screen is uncomfortable or impractical, but apparently the TrackIR only requires a modest head movement to work, so you can look at the screen while your mind is tricked into thinking you&#8217;ve made a more substantial rotation, and essentially simulating the effect of a much more expensive head-mounted display. The device works by tracking the movement of a reflective dot on the user&#8217;s forehead, so there&#8217;s no need to strap a big bukly device to your cranium. Sounds dizzying, but fun. Price is around $130.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The TrackIR2 is an infrared head-motion tracking system. It can be used with any first-person game that uses the mouse for looking around (i.e. my favorite, Thief II) and will translate any head movement into a mouse movement. You may be thinking (as I did) that moving your head while watching the screen is uncomfortable &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/streettech.com\/?p=8157\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Virtual Environment Control On The Cheap&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gadgetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8157\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/streettech.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}