FREE headtracking in DCS with any webcam! (AITrack & OpenTrack Setup)

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DOWNLOAD HERE: github.com/AIRLegend/aitrack#...
My OpenTrack config file: github.com/Rampage-ZA/opentra...
Been thinking of picking up a TrackIR for a while, but it's just so hard to find one where I am. Thanks to the guys at AITrack and Opentrack we can have the experience with any old webcam. I bought a Chinese webcam online for a couple dollars to use for this.

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@TheJakesBlake Жыл бұрын

Great explanation. I've been struggling with this for a long time and just gave up trying to figure it out until I came by this one. Thanks to this it is now working and just needs some adjustments. Keep up the good work!

@miendude 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for this! Brand new to DCS, was using VR at first but the quality/fps downgrade was too much. Switched to head tracking using the neuralnet tracker, but it was so jittery. This is SO much smoother, solved all my problems!

@HoshRampageZA 2 жыл бұрын

I had the same experience with VR, my PC wasn't good enough to enjoy it. Glad to hear this helped! See you online

@spencerrichard2393 Жыл бұрын

You can have VR look the same as the normal version. I think this might help: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/b7lpkruBnZ60ink.html&ab_channel=EGGROVR

@eltecladistadeloeste Жыл бұрын

This is nuts, i got working my PS3 camera with the software and its genius! So many thanxs man. Greetings from Argentina

@EvilAcidUK Жыл бұрын

just stumbled over this video... I used opentrack without AITrack so far, but it seems with AITrack it works better and is less "jittery"... many thanks for the tutorial!

@uhN0id 2 күн бұрын

Thank you for this! This is a game changer compared to using the joystick on my flight stick! I definitely have a lot of tuning to do but man this really enhances the game and now I don't feel the need to get TrackIR so soon! Also that Steam chat notification at 9:03 messed with me haha. I was checking my Steam wondering where the message went lmao.

@krosonmilik8875 2 жыл бұрын

Great video, extremely helpful, I was looking for a face tracking souloution with a Z axis option for over a month.

@Nullllify Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this, very well made video that helped me a lot!

@crshedyt Жыл бұрын

Found the problem! Such a good video, love it! U gained a new sub. Keep doing what u are doing!

@onyx.95 2 жыл бұрын

tysm im kinda new to dcs so this helps a lot. im still trying to work out the sensitivity but its working great

@foxtrotoscar5095 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for taking the time to produce this content, its really appreciated as i am new to DCS. I downloaded your config and used without making any adjustments, itsreally super sensitive in comparison to what clearly demonstrate in the video. I wondered if there was a setting somewhere that i may have missed in DCS?

@HoshRampageZA 2 жыл бұрын

Everyone's webcam is different, you will need to tune the curve sensitivity to your webcam

@foxtrotoscar5095 2 жыл бұрын

@@HoshRampageZA Thanks for the reply, yer i kind of figured that, but just wanted to check there wasnt anything that i may have missed. Thanks again!

@HoshRampageZA 2 жыл бұрын

@@foxtrotoscar5095 no problem, try changing the "Max input" degrees (above the curves)

@indigokid6060 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely amazing! Made it work without complications and it's doing a good-ish job with a pretty old webcam so i assume it would be much better with a good webcam :D Also i dont know if anyone had mentioned it but the X Y Z are i think for moving closer and further from the camera and something else along those lines...

@user-zh3mv7ln1i 4 ай бұрын

Not sure about that. x= left and right. Y is up and down and z is in out or further and closer. Sometimes in 3D z and y will be switched. I think the 3D program Blender is like that. Maybe pitch, roll and yaw settings are general settings and the x,y,z, settings are more precise settings or they could be fine tuning settings for the pitch, roll and yaw. I have some self taught knowledge on 3D graphics but this is a guess on those controls. I have fooled around with both these programs and have never fooled with these controls either. I am 100% sure there is an answer out there if someone wants to take the time to research it. I most likely will research it sometime, but doubtful it will be today!

@jjhilldodger Жыл бұрын

I had trouble with Open Track, I have a decent enough webcam but AI Track seems much much better. thanks for the tip.

@techaa7480 Жыл бұрын

Hey so i am having trouble with AiTrack and it doesnt seem to be connecting to the game, is there any reason for that?

@cmona2772 2 жыл бұрын

tysm tysm tysm now I can use headtrack for dcs ty for the config u gain a sub today

@HoshRampageZA 2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome, thanks for the sub!

@Deathblow43 2 жыл бұрын

Now this is something 🔥

@minkyneets4768 Жыл бұрын

This is incredible!

@goju050207 Жыл бұрын

AI Track...the most underrated facetracker. It Rocks !!!!

@5k1_ 2 жыл бұрын

You helped me a lot, thanks!

@nutillion9334 2 жыл бұрын

woah this is amazing!!! Thanks a lot:D

@andreilarazboi Жыл бұрын

Man i don't know how to thank you!, i am a ps4 controller player in dcs with the f 16 viper and it was a pain to shot with the aim 9x in bore , now, i always lock my aim 9 ! Edit: Yes this works, but after a while you get frustrated because it's not perfect, i eventualy bought the TIR 5 and i can say beats opentrack 100 to 1. I ddin't buy the Trackclip pro but i will soon since it gives you more freedom of head movement.

@emre30489 Жыл бұрын

very helpful. Thank you!

@grupa2119 2 жыл бұрын

Difference between Yaw and x is that Yaw reacts to head rotation horizontally, X reacts to moving aside (can be useful in motorbike sims), you can see the difference when disabling everything and leaving only Yaw, then leaving only X

@HoshRampageZA 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing, I didn't even know motorbike sims were a thing!

@adamrupsis3390 Жыл бұрын

does this mean you could technically use z axis for zoom?

@aaponiemela6521 Жыл бұрын

@@adamrupsis3390 yes it does i use it as zoom

@josefsilhavy Жыл бұрын

@@aaponiemela6521 How big it is zooming in your DCS. I have setting Z axe - imput 10cm - output 300 cm and zooming in DCS is just few. Zoom with keynoard is much more.

@mahela1993 2 жыл бұрын

X Y Z is for translation..is moving your head linearly from left to righ, up and down and forward and back.

@zsavage1820 2 жыл бұрын

USE X,Y and Z in settings.. then you can just lean forward instead of zoom with key.. but you can still use key if you need to...

@CommunistHydra 10 күн бұрын

With some tweaking, this performs pretty good!

@Majima_Nowhere Жыл бұрын

Pretty cool. Seems to absolutely hate my glasses. Not a huge issue for me since I only plan to play DCS on flat screen while learning the modules, I have VR for more serious play.

@AdityaKumar-wq3nb 2 жыл бұрын

every thing is working fine but it doesn't connect to dcs please help

@AdityaKumar-wq3nb 2 жыл бұрын

Now i know the problem iwas running update.exe and selected DCS.exe

@Voidwalker093 2 жыл бұрын

Hey there, great video. Just one question, perhaps you know: how well does it work with one screen? I imagine turning your head to the other monitor with this is great, but is it all that useful with just one screen?

@HoshRampageZA 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, it is still quite useful with one screen -- the biggest benefit is having a hand free which you would otherwise need to adjust your view

@lI_Simo_Hayha_Il Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the information, although most of them I managed to find out on my own. What I haven't been able to find, and nobody explains on their video, is how to setup DCS to accept input from Open Track! Hundreds of settings and menus, why everybody think it is so easy? And if it is, why is so hard to add 10 seconds video with the guide?

@yusufbozkurt6878 10 ай бұрын

Hi i could missed some details. With it's setting capacity am i able to see my 48inch tv screen if i try full turn back while flying ? Can i adjust this sensivity easily ?

@capitancairlblandford5785 2 жыл бұрын

what's your sensitivity setting/mapping for smooth movement

@georgekolliopoulos5874 2 жыл бұрын

i have it set up like you showed but when I get to dcs my pov does not turn. Do I have to select anything from the options?

@robphillips4714 Жыл бұрын

Please help. Mine Wont Work and I was wondering if i needed to press stuff in the settings or options

@mahela1993 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the vid! Do you have a problem with AI track not recognizing your face is you tilt your head too far in the roll axis? It happens in my set up and it makes the view jump around horribly

@mahela1993 2 жыл бұрын

Also thank you for posting your curves setup in another comment

@HoshRampageZA 2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure -- yes that does happen to me. I found disabling the roll axis to be the best way around it (not really needed in DCS)

@mahela1993 2 жыл бұрын

@@HoshRampageZA thanks. I'm flying IL2 sturmovik. Will try disabling roll

@sergioesamayoa 2 ай бұрын

I wish I had this when I was poor. Now I have a Quest 3 🤣 On the other hand I may use this to test missions, thanks.

@luiytheninja3655 Жыл бұрын

XYZ will change the actual position of your head in the cockpit. For example if you shift your head to the left, your pilots head will be touching the canopy. Z, conversely is for if you lean closer to the camera, it's like zooming into the instrument panels, etc.

@HoshRampageZA Жыл бұрын

That makes a lot of sense! Thanks for clarifying

@Omar-df3uk Жыл бұрын

@@HoshRampageZA Can you try smooth track and tell us the difference

@pgchem Жыл бұрын

I waiting for your setup :)

@Knowkneegrowsheer 2 ай бұрын

How do you get the webcam tracking windows over the DCS image. I can’t figure out how to open an app without exiting DCS.

@afuturesoldier 2 жыл бұрын

does anybody have a picture or guide to the mapping for dcs? im been messing with it for days now but nothing is working well

@TomcatTailspin 2 жыл бұрын

Is this possible with a GoPro? Considering the GoPro can be adapted into a Webcam. New sub, btw!

@HoshRampageZA 2 жыл бұрын

I don't see any reason it shouldn't work. If it is detected, I imagine the headtracking will be more accurate than a regular webcam. Give it a go and let us know! (P.S. thanks for the sub!)

@discordmemes6924 2 жыл бұрын

With AI Track my DCS doesnt detect it at all and while im tracking

@prowelddynamics Жыл бұрын

how do you get the screen with the octopus up i downloaded the aitrack but only pops up with start tracking

@sam8742 Жыл бұрын

Hey I've been having issues with ai track being very, very laggy and jittery? any idea on how to fix it?

@panickal Жыл бұрын

Tracking only works well when not focused on DCS application, otherwise it freezes at times. Please help?

@olalvlien7664 Жыл бұрын

how do u set it up in dcs?

@rogerstalder7184 Жыл бұрын

Any idea why it doesent respond to my Game (Elite Dangerous) It works in theorie, i could make all the settings, and the Squid is moving how i want to. but i somehow cant make it run ingame. 🤔

@swisscheese8955 Жыл бұрын

What do you do if it's super sensitive and will move way too fast? I don't know to control the speed.

@dashram2035 Жыл бұрын

The entire video is about controlling the speed lol

@ros6859 Жыл бұрын

Do I need to purchase a cam camera separately to use this program?

@Exmortis369 2 жыл бұрын

Can we work on this to make 3d games like new nintendo 3ds ?

@Cereal_Killr Жыл бұрын

setting this up its so twitchy...any tips? playing with graphs dont seem to help. frustrated lol

@nortsgo3771 2 жыл бұрын

Just a question when i'm lokking up, it's looking down and vice versa how can adjust them to whan i'm lokking up it will looking up ?

@HoshRampageZA 2 жыл бұрын

hey dude, Opentrack -> Options -> Output -> check "invert"

@terrysharpe23 Жыл бұрын

How to you open up OpenTrack while in the game cockpit so you can tune it properly

@theisleofgamers4713 6 ай бұрын

how do I disable the track. because I disabled it and I can't go back to mouse view it's just stuck-centered

@pierreaveline7867 6 ай бұрын

Hi, how to save parameters (x,y,z,…) ? Everytime I close and reopen the app, I have to redo all the setting, thanks a lot

@faithtlgamer915 Жыл бұрын

when i am looking slowly up it goes fast up but idk why can anybody help. On the first use everything worked fine but now its like this

@IgoByaGo Жыл бұрын

How do I download your .ini? it just shows the configuration and if I copy and paste into mine, it doesn't work.

@brunasy_tv Жыл бұрын

So… my pitch axe is invertet… when i look up he looks down and when i look down he looks up

@itsShiftyYT Жыл бұрын

At about two minutes of flight any usb-connected device to my PC shuts down, including my webcam, and resets. Doesn't happen any other time unless I run AITrack and OpenTrack.

@crshedyt Жыл бұрын

great video! problem for me is when i look up, my camera faces down, and when i look down, my camera goes up. This is kinda annoying so i look up and down at the moment. Any fixes?

@daendrokos Жыл бұрын

In opentrack click options go to ouput tab and click the checkbox under invert next to pitch and that will fix it. was also going nuts trying to figure it out

@MarkRobinson-zy4ou Жыл бұрын

Saved me £150 thanks mate

@HoshRampageZA Жыл бұрын

glad to hear that buddy, the best things in life are free!

@TheLufkins 11 ай бұрын

Has anyone had issues with AITrack crashing windows when you launch DCS? The application runs fine until I launch DCS. Can launch DCS and as soon as AITrack is open it crashes windows.

@stinkyfish.1508 2 жыл бұрын

how to turn on the headtracking on dcs?

@giabaonguyen6083 6 ай бұрын

where do you even click download on the latest release aitrack page.

@janandreasmeier Жыл бұрын

it works fine but when i look up it goes down and when i look down it goes up, and i cant find out how to invert it

@pilotjimbo4971 10 ай бұрын

What facecam are you using?, and does it matter.

@grupa2119 2 жыл бұрын

For me it does not work at all. I installed C++ libraries Then both programs I see the software tracking properly on preview. In game, when I click rescan devices I see TrackIR plugged and immediately TrackIR unplugged. Is there an option to assign this software to be the input device?

@HoshRampageZA 2 жыл бұрын

sorry to hear that -- I didn't need to touch anything in game for it to work. If the preview is fine, maybe you should post this on the DCS forum to see how to do that in-game

@stevenlondon743 Жыл бұрын

Wat too many people are having issues with their cameras not being recognized. I was one of them. Many forums are filled with people having the same problem. Logitech seems to be one that this software can't handle, and it's a very common camera. I went with Steam's ViewTracker and it works very well all on it's own. Yes it's $15 but at least it works.

@MatiasAimone Жыл бұрын

Can you do it in War Thunder?

@MrJohnnz 2 жыл бұрын

Ill try facetracknoir and it sucks, its too slow but worse its unstable, is this soft better or same? Or problem is my low framerate laptop webcam?

@HoshRampageZA 2 жыл бұрын

I haven't tried that software, but 30fps on a decent resolution is the minimum

@S1lverspike 2 жыл бұрын

This is probably the best free open source facetrzcking software. Open track also supports a ps eye camera for thermals

@jacery 2 ай бұрын

Guys you shouldn't need to do all of this. You don't even need AITrack. Just set your input to "neuralnet Tracker" and choose the correct camera. Output setting is the same and re-map as necessary. Your welcome :)

@ElijahSamsonWiltonChen 3 ай бұрын

youre a gamer

@latesleaves6759 Жыл бұрын

hey my z axis goes backwards any help?

@MatiasAimone Жыл бұрын

It messed up I ended up looking at the sky even though I uninstalled it what do I do?

@cookacounty 2 жыл бұрын

Does it work well if you sit close to the camera?

@HoshRampageZA 2 жыл бұрын

For my camera not very well, it probably depends on your setup though

@user-dg4vl6dd9g 2 жыл бұрын

Can you please upload your opentrack profile settings to gethub or somewhere else im really struggling to make a good profile and ty

@HoshRampageZA 2 жыл бұрын

here you go buddy, but take note that settings differ for each webcam and setup github.com/Rampage-ZA/opentrackconfig/tree/main

@user-dg4vl6dd9g 2 жыл бұрын

@@HoshRampageZA Tysm

@TomcatTailspin Жыл бұрын

When I move my head down, my pilot looks up for some reason, is there any fix to this?

@HoshRampageZA Жыл бұрын

you need to invert the axis -- should be in opentrack settings

@franciscoheyde7934 Жыл бұрын

could you upload his opentrack profile?

@bigbubba0439 Жыл бұрын

For me it is kind of jittery. How to fix?

@LuckyDuke-fd7te Жыл бұрын

Can you use your internal standart pc Webcam?

@HoshRampageZA Жыл бұрын

it should work, but if the quality is not good it might have trouble tracking

@johnfagerland4923 Жыл бұрын

My opentrack stopped working on DCS, anyone experinced this?

@GamingAmbienceLive 6 ай бұрын

is there a software that would use two webcams as stereo for more accuracy it looks like these only use one camera i have two i could use

@jimmyjameswright2236 Жыл бұрын

how do i get it to work in dcs

@Shraga899 Жыл бұрын

Does it work with glasses?

@christianchristiansen1471 6 ай бұрын

Does this work for Warthunder?

@muhammadikhwanharis9232 9 ай бұрын

how do i delete it if i wanted to?

@randomuser5443 10 ай бұрын

Where is the .exe file? Im looking and cant find it

@i3lackflo 2 жыл бұрын

For me it is just really jumpy and stuttery. No matter how I try to adjust the curves, I just can't get it right.

@HoshRampageZA 2 жыл бұрын

It could be your webcam, or try sitting further away from the camera as I mentioned. If none of those work, it is still very early access software so some issues can't be helped at this stage

@S1lverspike 2 жыл бұрын

Giving it some more distant I found fixes a lot of issues. Also make sure you have the right amount of light too much or too little will cause issues.

@MethodMan-tb2fh 11 ай бұрын

How many degree of freedom does it give 3 or 6?

@HoshRampageZA 11 ай бұрын

6, but I generally disabled the other axis and used 3 as it feels more stable

@irfanfajarpradana4259 2 жыл бұрын

Can i use laptop camera for IRtracking?

@HoshRampageZA 2 жыл бұрын

I don't know, I would think so. Give it a try and let us know

@numbred7462 Жыл бұрын

For me it is working really badly with a laptop camera...

@Naez693 2 жыл бұрын

How i can use and downlaod your preset ?

@HoshRampageZA 2 жыл бұрын

link to my preset in the video description. You need to download it and put it in the folder called "opentrack" usually it's in "my documents"

@progoku196 2 жыл бұрын

Which webcam do you have??

@HoshRampageZA 2 жыл бұрын

It's a generic AliExpress $10 webcam

@progoku196 2 жыл бұрын

@@HoshRampageZA nice im going to buy a 15$ one from aliexpress too i hope it wont lag

@ARandomHumanBein Жыл бұрын

Does it work if i have glasses?

@HoshRampageZA Жыл бұрын

As far as I know it works with glasses and/or headphones

@iamkakako 3 күн бұрын

Mine is very sensitive can anyone help

@falcon_viper2924 6 ай бұрын

So it works with any webcam?

@morach7085 Жыл бұрын

how do i enable it on dcs???

@painrl8365 Жыл бұрын

you know alteady because i dont know too

@cash.skateparks 9 ай бұрын

mine is just jumpoing around and looking behind me

@everythinggaming7938 2 жыл бұрын

you didnt tell us how to link ai track to open track

@HoshRampageZA 2 жыл бұрын

If you follow the video steps, they should link automatically. If you have trouble, make sure you run both as admin / allow through AV and UAC

@everythinggaming7938 2 жыл бұрын

@@HoshRampageZA not true i had to type in the ip and port manually

@i3lackflo 2 жыл бұрын

@@everythinggaming7938 I didn't.

@markgadsby5568 Жыл бұрын

I wear glasses, will this work?

@radarluv67 2 жыл бұрын

Opentrack frozen my Puter up

@HoshRampageZA 2 жыл бұрын

You may need to allow it through your anti-virus and run it as an administrator

@EbbotAlmstrom Ай бұрын

where the fuck is ai track

@reyaadparker2392 2 жыл бұрын

face cam Kreygasm

@HoshRampageZA 2 жыл бұрын

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