djzentar @ 26/01/2009 - 12h04 a dit:
I'm also interested in the playstation eye's preformance, can't make a decision between the wiimote or ps eye.
(I've bolded the important bits to save you from my wall of text)
Hi! New to the forum (first post)- I felt compelled to answer this question.
I just bought a Playstation (3) Eye specifically for use with FreeTrack. I'm overall positive about its performance:
Free Track clocks it between 28-30 FPS with an occasional jitter of up to 3JPS, though you might want to bear in mind that I'm using the drivers sixooo posted above. I should also mention that FreeTrack clocked my Logitech Quickcam Messenger at the same numbers, and that the PS3 Eye is much more responsive.
If you decide to use the PS3 eye, I cannot recommend sixooo's drivers enough (especially because they're the only ones I can find that work). I installed them before I opened my camera to modify it, and from the looks of it, I don't need to remove its IR filter at all.
I tested the camera with Alex Popovich's drivers and found that they picked up the light from my 3-point cap very well. You should note that these drivers are NOT compatible with FreeTrack: for some reason, FreeTrack will only process the bottom 1/4 of the screen with them. Use the drivers posted here.
The fact that the camera seems to be sensitive to IR light already (which makes sense- I believe that Eye of Judgement recognizes cards by IR markers) is awesome, but sixooo's drivers are either monochrome or focus on IR light. FreeTrack works immaculately with these drivers and my headset (3LEDs at 100ma). This has left me with the decision to not modify my camera at all: the drivers combined with the camera's sensitivity seems to be as responsive as the technology can get.
In terms of the camera's performance in FreeTrack, the only comparison I can make is to the Logitech QuickCam Messenger (priced CDN$8-10 lower than the PS3 Eye). The PS3 Eye performs much smoother than the Logitech camera does, and it also seems to have a wider angle lens for a better field of view.
I've found that it has made FreeTrack a much better mouse replacement than with the Logitech camera- specifically in how it has stopped random movements from affecting the cursor. I haven't tried it yet, but I assume that the smoothness will translate into Insurgency as well.
I'm not certain how to measure the difference in CPU usage, but
I opened Task Manager and checked the memory that FreeTrack.exe was drawing. With the Logitech QuickCam, it came out to 31,xxx k. With the PS3 Eye, it came to 27,xxx k. Again, I can't compare this to other cameras, but the PS3 Eye's CPU draw seems to be low enough that it isn't an issue for me (note: I have a dual-core processor)
One final note:
when you use the drivers that sixooo's posted, you will NOT be able to use the Playstation Eye's microphone. Sadly, the drivers do not seem to be compatible with any audio driver I can find (I've tried to force install different drivers for the mic but to no avail). If your expectation of this product's use with FreeTrack includes being able to use the microphone, you will be disappointed. Fortunately, I bought this because it's a smooth running camera.
EDIT: The PS3 Eye's auto-focus is a nice feature too, though I've heard that FreeTrack performs better with the LED points slightly out of focus. I cannot verify this.
