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| ErikRuud:
--- Quote from: Fozzy The Bear on February 06, 2006, 11:33:24 am --- --- Quote from: RandyT on February 06, 2006, 11:12:00 am ---So, what I am wondering is: How do these numbers compare to what everyone else is seeing? --- End quote --- Hi Randy, I'm seeing about the same as far as distance goes. Which to be honest is not ideal. I think it was Silver who said it was possible to mount the stands above and below the monitor instead, thus reducing the distance required. I havn't had chance to try that yet. But I'd guess it could help a lot in getting the stands closer together. Effectively on a ratio of 4:3 hence 3/4 of the current distance. Best Regards, Julian (Fozzy The Bear) --- End quote --- Actually, I was the one that actually tested my gun this way. Put the left hand stand on the top so that the top group is at the upper right corner. Personally, I think that arcade lightgun games let you stand too close! What challenge is there when the gun is a foot away from the screen? |
| roylazarovich:
--- Quote from: RandyT on February 06, 2006, 12:05:30 pm ---I would really like to see a utility that painted an accurate picture of the view of the LEDs from the perspective of the sensor. That would aid incredibly in the trouble shooting and setup of the device. --- End quote --- I used to own a Track IR 3, which I believe was mentioned in this thread, the software that came with the product allowed you to view what the camera of the Track IR was seeing, that way you could get a crystal clear idea of how you should position the camera or yourself so that the tracking is optimal. I don't know much about the TopGun as I did not recieve mine yet, but if it works somewhat similar, than perhaps someone could write such a program and this way we'll be able to see not only the distance that we should be at, but also if there is an interference from a light source. Perhaps some programmers could approach the manufactorer and request an SDK to be able to develop such a program or other utilities. |
| Silver:
--- Quote from: roylazarovich on February 06, 2006, 02:11:19 pm ---I used to own a Track IR 3, which I believe was mentioned in this thread, the software that came with the product allowed you to view what the camera of the Track IR was seeing, that way you could get a crystal clear idea of how you should position the camera or yourself so that the tracking is optimal. --- End quote --- Out of curiosity does it work well, and can you use it in mame? I always thought the best solution possible for this would be to use TrackIR3, there "Vector" addition for the 6degrees of freedom, and mounting the vector unit onto an arcade gun. In the end I quit because they informed me they could not get it to work with units (think 2 guns) and was also very expensive.... Looked like it worked well though... |
| roylazarovich:
--- Quote from: Silver on February 06, 2006, 02:17:41 pm ---Out of curiosity does it work well, and can you use it in mame? I always thought the best solution possible for this would be to use TrackIR3, there "Vector" addition for the 6degrees of freedom, and mounting the vector unit onto an arcade gun. In the end I quit because they informed me they could not get it to work with units (think 2 guns) and was also very expensive.... Looked like it worked well though... --- End quote --- The Track IR is not a gun system, it is used by Simulator players and allows for hands free head tracking, I'm not sure if it can be used as a gun system, but even if it was, it would be a pretty expensive solution, the Track IR 3 is $99 and Track IR 3 PRO is $129 As a head tracking device it works flawlessly |
| RandyT:
--- Quote from: ChodTheWacko on February 06, 2006, 12:12:15 pm ---I was also thinking, where is the LED camera? Is it inside that little hole in the gun? What happened if you drilled that hole a little bigger? Wouldn't that give the camera a wider viewing angle? --- End quote --- This is kind of like saying "maybe I could see better if I drilled holes in my eyeballs to make my pupils bigger" Like your eye, this thing has an optical system. There is a lense and a sensor. Messing with any part of it, particularly destruction of the lense, will only render it inoperable. The only thing one might be able to do is adjust the angle in relation to the barrel of the gun, but even that seems a little doubtful. RandyT |
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