TrackClip Pro motion tracking accessory

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Natural Point, manufacturers of the excellent TrackIR head tracking device, have released the following announcement regarding their new TrackClip Pro:

HEADPHONES BECOME VIDEO GAME INPUT - CREATIVE LABS, NATURALPOINT ANNOUNCE CO-OPERATION, AND NEW TRACKCLIP PRO MOTION TRACKING ACCESSORY

Corvallis, OR – November 28, 2006. NaturalPoint® announces TrackClip PRO™, a new accessory which can easily attach to any of Creative Labs’ popular headsets to offer intuitive new forms of game play in a wide variety of PC games and simulations.

With TrackClip PRO attached, a Creative Labs headset is recognized by NaturalPoint’s TrackIR™, an industry leading head tracking system, and all of your head movement is put into a game. TrackIR uses proprietary optical motion tracking technology to capture your head’s position in 3D space, with the speed and precision of a mouse. Popular examples include leaning forward to zoom in, or turning mere inches to twist the game view 180 degrees. Motion is captured with all 6 degrees of freedom (6DOF), which means you can lean up/down, forward/back, left/right, while rotating freely with yaw, pitch, and roll.

Since TrackIR runs at 120 frames per second, and processes the complicated motion capture data before sending it to the computer, your Creative Labs headset will become the most advanced and precise controller you’ve ever plugged in. Over 65 PC titles have built in special support for the TrackIR system over the past 5 years, and a loyal community has amassed around the popular genres of Flight Simulation, Racing, and First Person Shooters.

Jim Richardson, NaturalPoint CTO, says, “With TrackClip PRO, anyone who owns a Creative Labs headset can enjoy the long desired virtual reality experience with the monitor they already own. Rather than strap tiny screens to your face, your head motion gives the same amazing effect on monitors of any size and resolution.�

Doug Balfour, Creative Labs Sensaura Group’s Managing Director, says “We were happy to let NaturalPoint base their development of TrackClip PRO around our extensive  product range. We’re thrilled that gamers can now enjoy increased realism through this cutting edge technology that is greatly enhanced by using Creative’s headphones and X-Fi range of sound cards which deliver faster audio performance and intense, realistic sound.â€?

For more information on the TrackClip PRO, visit www.TrackIR.com , or call 1-888-865-5535.

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