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GT5 Shows Off Head Tracking
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When in Rome.
Published: 0:30, 03/07/2010 by Alex C [nofi].
9We’ve known about head tracking in Gran Turismo 5 since last August, but this is the first time we’ve seen it in the flesh, so to speak. Equipped with nothing additional than an Eye-toy camera, Gran Turismo 5 appears to quite happily spin the internal view as quickly as you turn your head.
It does seem a little exagerated, but it’s pretty nippy at detecting your movement and I’m assuming if it’s used properly – you know, like looking for the apex rather than shaking your head furiously – it could be quite a neat little addition to the game.
Shame it’s only left and right though, you don’t appear to be able to look up and down.
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03/07/2010 at 00:37
Member since: Jan 2009
But if you look left or right… you aren’t looking at the damn screen!
03/07/2010 at 00:46
Member since: May 2009
turn your head, but keep your eyes on the screen… Simples.
I think it could be a neat little trick, but not a mega selling point… Though I’d expect Forza 4 to tout it endlessly.
03/07/2010 at 07:28
Member since: Jun 2010
I suspect it will be like TrackIR Pro whereby the movement of your head is taken in then exaggerated so a tiny movement could make you look 90 degrees on the system
03/07/2010 at 09:25
Member since: Jun 2010
I read somewhere that you just have to move your head left or right so you don’t have to turn it. I hope and think it must be true because otherwise it’s just stupid. Even if you look at the screen while turning your head it doesn’t feel right.
03/07/2010 at 16:09
Member since: Jul 2009
Sounds very unnatural to me. Still, if the game is good, sod the head tracking.
03/07/2010 at 17:35
Member since: Jun 2010
Yeah I agree. It is a nice feature if it works properly but it won’t make or break the game for me.
03/07/2010 at 00:56
Member since: Aug 2008
I am so bad at this game. But damn it’s on pre order!
03/07/2010 at 01:00
Member since: Aug 2009
Was it ever going to be anything other than ultra-subtle?
Might benefit hardcore players very slightly but for the rest of us … a beautiful but limited gimmick.
03/07/2010 at 01:02
Member since: Apr 2010
Up and down head tracking would be more of a ‘useless’ feature. That is to say, what are you looking at?
03/07/2010 at 01:23
Member since: Forever
He coulda shown it off a bit more, instead of you know, actually racing…selfish sod :P
03/07/2010 at 01:57
Member since: Oct 2008
Remember seeing a tweet from someone who’d tried this with 3D a few weeks back.
Said it was the most immersive thing they’d ever experienced in a game!
03/07/2010 at 02:37
Member since: Dec 2009
Great but can it do rubber-necking? :)
03/07/2010 at 02:38
Member since: Nov 2009
http://www.inquisitr.com/77776/video-drive-the-top-gear-track-in-gran-turismo-5/
03/07/2010 at 02:49
Member since: Nov 2009
Looks alright. Don’t know if I’ll even do that in game to be honest. What I will have to do however, is to buy a wheel.
03/07/2010 at 12:06
Member since: Apr 2010
I thought that! Watching this vid, I thought sod the head tracking, Ive got to get myself a wheel again!
03/07/2010 at 09:18
Member since: Jul 2009
how many eople will moan at the wife when she calling and u look away lol