Nameless Voice on 13/12/2017 at 13:44
My previous headphones were Audio-Technica, the Bose don't sound any worse and their noise-cancelling is significantly better.
One thing I noticed was that I tried plugging my headset directly into the audio jack on my new motherboard, and I was shocked to hear audio problems, especially breakup when the CPU was under load.
Seriously, in 2017?
I switched back to my keyboard-soundcard very quickly.
Thirith on 13/12/2017 at 14:43
Quote Posted by Malf
I think I did, but it wasn't working. Mind you, having to wear a baseball cap with the IR tracking points on it, while a minor impediment, is enough to prevent me from firing it up regularly.
I was surprised by how well the Tobii Eye Tracker 4c does the job of a TrackIR without the need for external sensors, and you can set it up to use head tracking but not eye tracking, though I've found that eye tracking is pretty neat for finetuning. It doesn't do all the degrees of freedom that TrackIR offers, and I wouldn't go so far as to say that the 4c is absolutely worth the price (finding settings that work for you can be a hassle, I've had minor issues with bugs and conflicts and in the end I don't play games using it often enough), but I think that if I didn't have an Oculus Rift and played
Elite more often, or any cockpit sim that supports it, I'd be very happy with the 4c.
Malf on 13/12/2017 at 14:54
Interestingly, The Division has Tobii support.
I've been eyeing (GEDDIT?!) it for a while now, but it's still too pricey to justify the spend on.
Judith on 13/12/2017 at 14:56
Audio-Technica series I use don't have noise cancelling, they're just closed headphones, mostly used in sound/sample recording; DT990Pro are open and for studio mixing. All of them have great natural sound and very nice instrument and frequencies separation. Bose sound is colored (muddy bass, too aggressive highs) and noticeably worse with noise cancelling on. But if you don't hear the difference, then you might not need it. Still, Beyers cost around $180, AT is $80. That's nowhere near $320 for Bose.
Thirith on 13/12/2017 at 15:02
Ubisoft seems to be quite good at supporting it. Watch_dogs 2 works with it; the guys at Tobii gave me a Steam code for it just because I got in touch with them and gave some feedback, though I haven't played it much yet. There's something not immediately intuitive about head and eye tracking in a third-person game.
One thing that's tricky about the Tobii 4c is that if my experience with it is anything to go by, your first impressions won't be great. It's weird to have both your head and eye movements tracked with no external frame of reference and it requires finetuning, and after the first hour or so I thought, well, that's GBP200 thrown out the window. Now I prefer it to TrackIR, though, exactly because I don't have to wear anything for it to work, and I don't really miss the degrees of freedom it lacks. If you do get one at some point, make sure to take your initial reactions with a few grains of salt.
Zerker on 15/12/2017 at 20:28
So I've actually been keeping a collection of all the peripherals and systems I have, complete with photographs. I figured it was time to upload this to my web site. Enjoy.
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http://games.zerker.ca/GameHardware/)
No VR stuff yet, though. Or even PS move.
