LookPilot is an app that provides head and eye tracking for games, using nothing but your webcam and it looks pretty slick with a new Steam release. It even has Linux support right out of the box and there's a demo available to see if it works for you before buying it.
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Highlights:
- 6DoF Tracking: Head yaw, pitch, roll, plus forward/back, left/right, up/down translation.
- Head + Eye Blend: Combine head and eye rotation with adjustable influence to match your preference.
- High-Rate Output: Responsive output at high refresh rates for smooth camera control—even from low-FPS webcams.
- Quick Start: Install → Start tracking → Launch the game. Most titles work instantly; some need a one-time in-game toggle.
- Low Overhead: Runs on CPU—no dedicated hardware or GPU required.
- Cross-Platform: Windows and Linux support, including titles launched through Wine.
- Wide Compatibility: Works with 700+ games via standard head-tracking interfaces.
- Keybinds: Recenter, toggle tracking, and switch presets on the fly.
Since it's on the newer side, there's not many guides for games up on this yet, and especially so for the Linux side with most guides missing - but nice to see it release to give Linux gamers more options like it.
Check it out on Steam.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Pinguino 4 hours ago
Super excited over this, but it sounds too good to be true. Can anyone confirm it's that dum-dum proof, at least for ETS2? No in-game setup required?
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Eike 4 hours ago
That does sound interesting.
Only...
... sounds to me like "All your super-duper GPU circuits will remain unused, we're hogging the CPU instead!"
Only...
Low Overhead: Runs on CPU—no dedicated hardware or GPU required.
... sounds to me like "All your super-duper GPU circuits will remain unused, we're hogging the CPU instead!"
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tfk 3 hours ago
I'm a sucker for this kind of stuff. I like to tinker with these kinds of tech. Just like lossless scaling.
Let's see what it can do.
Let's see what it can do.
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hardpenguin 3 hours ago
To be fair, this Euro Truck Simulator 2 proof of concept is all I need 😄
... sounds to me like "All your super-duper GPU circuits will remain unused, we're hogging the CPU instead!"But it says LOW overhead so I assume the strain on CPU is rather small 😉
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Linas 3 hours ago
I have played around with eViacam (https://eviacam.crea-si.com/index.php) and Euro Truck Simulator 2 back in the day. It did work pretty well, because it simply simulates mouse input. Unfortunately did not get to try it for a longer period of time, because my main gaming setup did not have a webcam.
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tuubi 54 minutes ago
I'm not sure I'd care enough to pay for this, but I might give the demo a try. I should have an old webcam somewhere. If not, I should be able to use a DSLR as a substitute.
It would be cool to see an open source implementation, seeing as there's a lot of code available for eye and face tracking already. Nothing gaming-focused though, as far as I know. Maybe a well designed library with a suitable license so that game and engine devs could integrate the functionality directly, with the reference implementation working a bit like this app, as an external provider with a configuration UI.
It would be cool to see an open source implementation, seeing as there's a lot of code available for eye and face tracking already. Nothing gaming-focused though, as far as I know. Maybe a well designed library with a suitable license so that game and engine devs could integrate the functionality directly, with the reference implementation working a bit like this app, as an external provider with a configuration UI.
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