not sure if many of you ever heard of FaceTrackNoIR, but IMHO its an awesome program, don't take me wrong.
it works pretty much like trackIR, but you don't need a IR camera, nor lights, reflectors, nothing, you can use your webcam, and well, your face! the main idea is just awesome, and as far as i can see, it works, except for some flaws, that are rather annoying. i tested it for several hours, and heres what i think:
while facetracknoir works as its supposed to (i believe so), its a little bad to use along with your mouse, if you use it to turn switches, etc. on your VC. even the slightest movements that FTNoIR captures from a static head can be enough to move the camera, and take away the knob you're pointing with your mouse, making cold/dark startup procedures a pain. the smooth filter is bad aswell, because the more smooth i add, the less response time i get, it takes 10 times more for fsx to reproduce my head movement, and smooth movements isnt exactly what you want when you're turning switches, you want the camera to stand still, freeze. that doesnt happen since the only deadzone is located in the eyepoint's center. i believe what we want is some sort of head movement treshold. if your head isnt moving more than X speed, camera should stand, otherwise it moves. i believe facetrack has no such feature.
so heres a question for TrackIR users: does TIR and maybe freetrack have such thing, or the camera keeps moving at the smallest head movement?
also, if you ever used facetracknoIR, please share your thoughts.
thanks in advance.