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How Head Tracking for Gaming Works
What is head tracking?
Head tracking is a technology that detects the position and movement of a player's head and translates it into in-game motion. A head tracker uses sensors to determine where you're looking, enabling you to control the camera view or interface in real time without touching a controller or mouse.
The history of head trackers
Around 2005, the first head tracking for PC gaming was released. It used a clip, or hat, with three infrared LEDs built in. The position of these LEDs were tracked by a camera or sensor to figure out where your head is in 3D space.
Since then, IR point tracking has been the most popular form of head tracking, even though it is based on outdated technology.
How does modern head tracking work?
In 2020, new AI made advances in head tracking technology possible, and with it, TrackHat created the
Trackhat sensor V2.
This is the first infrared head tracker that requires no headset clips, hats, or reflectors to work, instead using a custom build machine learning model, and infrared illumination to detect the position of the user's head and put that movement into the game or simulator.
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