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How to build a DIY Head Tracking System for UNDER $20

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Head Tracking systems can be a great way to add additional immersion to your gaming, sim racing and flight simulators and are particularly appealing to those who don’t get along well with Virtual Reality headsets. But they can be quite expensive to purchase, so today I’ll show you how you can make your own for under $20USD.

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All equipment and components required are available in this kit:
https://kit.co/BoostedMedia/diy-head-tracking-system

You’ll need the following equipment:
3D Printer
Soldering Iron & Solder
Heatshrink
Side Cutters
Jeweller’s Screwdrivers
An unwanted Floppy Disk or VHS Cassette
Cotton Tips

I used the following Components:
3D Printed Head Tracking Clip – https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2008756
3 x 5mm Infrared LEDs
3 x 36Ohm 0.5W Metal Film Resistors
Kit Wiring
PS3 Eye

Software:
OpenTrack – https://github.com/opentrack/opentrack
PS Eye (CL Eye) Driver – https://codelaboratories.com/downloads/

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About The Author

  • Will Ford

    Will Ford operates Boosted Media with his brother Tom and is the on-camera host and technical lead behind the channel’s sim racing hardware reviews.

    With a background in electrical engineering, adult education, and automotives, he combines hands-on product evaluation with practical technical analysis and a passion for motorsport and sim racing to explain how sim racing hardware performs in the real world, and is one of the most experienced people on the planet when it comes to reviewing Sim Racing Hardware.