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Sony headphones repurposed as free PC game head trackers

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An enthusiast developer named Nicholas Slattery has created an open-source application called "Sony Head Tracker" that repurposes the sensors in compatible Sony headphones and earbuds to function as a real-time head tracker for PC games. This app bridges the gap between the headphones' spatial audio sensor data and the OpenTrack software, which supports over 200 games. The head tracking functionality enhances immersion in racing and flight simulators by allowing in-game cameras to respond to the user's head movements, similar to a VR headset experience. AI

IMPACT Enhances immersion in simulation games by enabling head tracking via existing audio hardware.

RANK_REASON Third-party software leveraging existing hardware for a new use case.

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Sony headphones repurposed as free PC game head trackers

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COVERAGE [3]

  1. Tom's Hardware TIER_1 English(EN) · Hassam Nasir ·

    You can now use your Sony headphones as a free real-time head tracker for race and flight simulators on PC, several hundred games already supported — enthusiast creates open-source app that translates live sensor data into in-game camera controls

    A new open-source app called Sony Head Tracker, developed by Nicholas Slattery, reads raw sensor data from Sony headphones and earbuds and converts them into something OpenTrack can understand. From there, it can be used for head tracking in over 200 PC games.

  2. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    🎮 This free software aims to turn Sony headphones into a head tracker for '200+ PC games' Your audio device may have just gotten much more useful. 📰 Source: Lat

    🎮 This free software aims to turn Sony headphones into a head tracker for '200+ PC games' Your audio device may have just gotten much more useful. 📰 Source: Latest from PC Gamer 🔗 Link: https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/gaming-headsets/this-free-software-aims-to-turn-sony-headphon…

    LINKS pcgamer.com/…/this-free-software-aims-to-…
  3. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    You can now use your Sony headphones as a free real-time head tracker for race and flight simulators on P… A new open-source app called Sony Head Tracker, devel

    You can now use your Sony headphones as a free real-time head tracker for race and flight simulators on P… A new open-source app called Sony Head Tracker, developed by Nicholas Slattery, reads raw sensor data from Sony headphones and earbuds and converts them into something OpenT…

    LINKS tomshardware.com/…/you-can-now-use-your-s…

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