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TrackIR Support

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by Tobbe, Sep 3, 2010.

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  1. Tobbe

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    Hello,
    I've been playing around with the TrackIR SDK and have gotten Unity running with Track IR Support. There is support for full 6DOF as can be seen in the little clip. When Natural Point has given their ok on the implementation I'll post the plugin for download. Until then here's a small clip so I can claim bragging rights :p

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oA_e_XcoQhM

    Tobias Boogh
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  2. JRavey

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    There must be something in the Nordic water, as there appears to be a higher than average concentration of skilled programmers in the region.
     
  3. pakfront

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    Any word from Natural Point on this? TrackIR is great... and Unity support for it would be awesome.
     
  4. Tobbe

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    Word from them is that it's in, I'll be uploading the source and a little tutorial to implement on monday when i'm back at the office.
     
  5. elias_t

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    Cool! That will be useful.
     
  6. Vectrex

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    Brilliant, can't wait to play with it. Thanks
     
  7. GusZaxistools

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    Fantastic news!! Can´t wait to test it!!
     
  8. Carwash

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    Really interested in this. What's the latest?
     
  9. the_gnoblin

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    what is TrackIR?
     
  10. Carwash

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  11. Carwash

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    So is this project dead? I see in the updated game profiles for Track IR that a 'Unity 3D plugin' is now supported but as yet there's nowhere to get said plugin... Anyone?
     
  12. Germy76

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    Hey,

    Any updates on this?
     
  13. Altitude

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    I've been doing some heavy looking into the Track IR and other 3D/ Virtual reality/ Immersion hardware and it's great to see development in Unity towards this area. We have the skills and technology for the total immersion that was so ambitiously striven towards in the 80's; even as they lacked the ability to do it. And yet it seems like there is no longer a heavy focus towards it.
     
  14. dlaurindo

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    Hi, Tobbe.

    Did you succeded in developing the unity3d trackIR plugin?
     
  15. Carwash

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    Gah sooo frustrating, the plugin appears in the TrackIR software as "Unity 3D Plugin" so as far as naturalpoint are concerned it works enough for them to test and support it, but the plugin itself is nowhere to be seen...

    Anyone at UT know anything about this? After all this time I'm sure it's dead like disco, but it seems daft to have to get the SDK from naturalpoint, write a trackR plugin for unity and go through their submission process to get it accepted when they already have one on there that HAS been accepted.
     
  16. Tobbe

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    Hello guys, sorry for being so secret about this.The plugin with a demo scene is available here at github for download. Usage is pretty straight forward and it shouldn't be any problem.

    /Tobbe
     
  17. Carwash

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    Yay!

    Glad this saw the light of day after all, thanks Tobbe, are there any conditions for using this commercially?
     
  18. VIC20

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    Does it require pro?
     
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  19. unity_sg

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    Hi, ,nice work !
    I've downloaded the package and open it in a new project but it doesn't seems to work.
    What should we do ? Maybe some quick explications will be usefull for everyone.
     
  20. Carwash

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    Works for me. What are you trying to do, what isnt working?
     
  21. unity_sg

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    Hi, thanks for answering.
    I've downloaded the package and open it in a new project.
    After this I've loaded the scene and connected my cam and then ... nothing ...
    What should I do exactly ?
     
  22. VIC20

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    As usual you also need to start the TrackIR software before.

    "my cam", I hope you mean your TrackIR Device.
     
  23. Carwash

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    As above, you need to make sure your TIR software is running before you hit play in Unity. It might be that you just haven't hit the "Init" button in the scene (which is what calls the StartCamera function in the default TrackIRCamera script...
     
  24. mscerri

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    Hi all,
    I have just stumbled upon this plugin which is precisely what I have been searching for; however I have a few questions for the creator of this plugin. I noticed that there is a structure called LPTRACKIRDATA which encloses the data being obtained however there are a few properties which are not being populated for example fNPRawX, fNPRawY etc.. may I ask why? I'm asking this because i have been trying to compare the data being generated by the TrackIR software and that being sent to the plugin and it seems to be way off. May i also ask which units are being used example for x, y, z are then in mm or cm and the roll, pitch and yaw are they in degrees. Thanks in advance.
     
  25. fabio1955

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    Unity3d (Version 3.5.2f2) failed to decompress the package (Unitytrackir) could you check it?
     
  26. Joe-Robins

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    Seems to decompress fine for me in 3.5.2f2
    It could potentially be down to the way in which it is being downloaded.. I got hold of the package etc by downloading the entire zip here: https://github.com/byBrick/Unity-TrackIR-Plugin/zipball/master

    Downloading a unity package file directly can cause problems so downloading the zip and extracting the entire folder locally before attempting to import the package could help
     
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  27. fabio1955

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    Thanks a lot
    PS
    What a quick response!
     
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  29. edadez

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    hey, can you explain me step to step as your implement it in your game. please!
    i create a simple first-person game, and i try move the camera with trackir 4, but don't works for me.
    thanks a lot :)
     
  30. Kesian

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    Darn, this looked promising but it's not working. Anyone ever write a step by step to get this working? Someone above says you have to push the "init" button. Button where? On keyboard, in Track IR? I read the script and don't see a get key command.
     
  31. Han Min

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    Hi, it's really a nice work!
    I've downloaded the package and open it in a new project.
    After this I've connected my cam and loaded the scene, and then inited . but got two problems!
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    so what should I do now??
    Looking forword your reply soon.
     
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    Long winters, warm cabins, deep snow and no cableTV.
     
  33. fabio1955

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    tnaseem and ZJP like this.
  34. Mikyjax

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    Hi,
    I've got the same problem than Han Min's having... null exception and the camera doesn't move.
    So I downloaded the 64 dll and it works in the TrackIr Demo provided in the rar, but in my game, I still have those null exception error and no response from camera. I m using unity 5.2.3

    In the demo project, it works but axis behave weirdly like if there was some bad adjustement, my TIr is correctly centered but when I launch the demo i m inside the cube, and I have to lean forward to go backward...

    Is there some new stuff about unity 5 and track ir that i m not familiar with?

    Thanks a lot for the help.
    Mike
     
  35. Fmonjef

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    I am really new with unity, I'm very interested in this plugin, i dont even know how to install the plugin, could you help me?
     
  36. elxlab

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    Same problem as Han Min.
    Can somebody shed some ideas?
     
  37. elxlab

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    I downloaded Unity 4.6.2 version and it worked (with old 32-bit dll).
    But not the 64-bit dll with Unity 2017.2.0f3.
     
  38. elxlab

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    It's inside Unity demo scene ("init" button).
     
  39. TheSaltyDog

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    I hate to resurrect an old thread, but has anyone looked at TrackIR support for 2020.1.0b4?
     
  40. zombiegorilla

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    The OP has posted in nearly a decade. Closing.
     
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