Eye tracking - how?

[g-coded]

Yes, an extra port. Considering they seem to cut corners and shoot themselves in the foot(usb 2.0/incompatible cowling) I doubt this will happen.

[mol]

Edit: Ok I was wrong…
60/120Hz isnt needed to make the Eye Tracker work. The act of unplugging the top usb-c connector gave the cables connecting it to the 2 glasses/sensor units enough slack to reseat it properly. Either the cables are cut short to fit 8KX who dont have the top usb-c connector to fixate the module, or it might just be manufacturing tolerances. My eye tracker is unfit for 8K use anyhow unless I use an external cable and fixate it somehow since it isn’t held in place by the usb-c any longer.

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Interesting!
I managed to get the eye tracking to work on my 8K. ONLY if I pull out the ET out of the top usb-c port and connect a verified bona fide usb 3 cable to an usb 3 port on the motherboard. If you have both connected you can get groundplane hum in the speaker, it might hurt the hardware + it will default to usb 2 port and 30Hz tracking… A bit fiddly but works at the moment.

With the Usb 3 connection the non-working calibration suddenly tracks at 60 or 120Hz and sees my eyes! Finished the calibration albeit the tracking isnt supersmooth and it wobbles a bit.

[zuiquan1]

Well good news I got the eye tracker to work! Turns out there was something in my windows security settings that was disabling apps from being able to access the camera. Turned that off and everything works.

Unfortunately accuracy is just terrible, even when I move the headset further away from my eyes. Not only that the actual movement of the pixelated portions of the screen is so damn slow. Even casually moving my eyes around the screen(not trying to dart around like crazy) I can clearly see the lower resolution parts for an unacceptable amount of time. At this point FFR is far less noticeable.

Still not sure if I want to keep this thing.

[Teigue]

is it connected to pc directly? can you test & report how bad the lag is if possible

[zuiquan1]

I dont have a cable long enough to connect it directly to my pc and use the headset at the same time lol

[destraudo]

pick up a 5m superspeed usb cable and some usb to usb c connectors for max flexibility. will run you maybe 20 bucks on amazon.

[zuiquan1]

I’m not running tons of cables across my living room, my pc is on the other end of the room. I have my eye tracker plugged into the headset just like Pimax advertised and has said throughout the campaign to be how the eye tracker functions. Its on them to make it work correctly. Its asinine that we are forced to try tons of cables and methods just to get it functioning in a semi-acceptable way.

[bubbleball]

Can you specific the funtion in windows security which you turn off?

[IG88]

system settings, data protection, camera, activate slider to allow desktop app’s to use the camera
runtime.exe will be listed there if it used the camera

[TimoLimo]

This was what I needed to get the calibration working… not optimal yet as looking to the right is not precise enough. But thanks for the tip!

[mintus55]

The red dot just stays in one place and doesn’t move for me.

So I can’t complete calibration.

[destraudo]

As odd at it sounds, try tilting the angle of the headset upwards a little.

[mintus55]

Thanks!

I have tried that and it didn’t make a difference. Also tried removing the foam and that didn’t help either.

[Navi_8K]

Just finished installing the 7invensun Eyetracking module. Cutting the cowling was easy but it was a pretty fiddly experience. The eyetracking sits very loose on the fragile support pegs and constantly falls off when reinstalling the cowling. With enough patience, it did finally fit, but is on precariously due to weak magnets as others have pointed out previously.

I haven’t built my new PC yet as am awaiting new parts so have never actually tested my 8K-X or Eyetracking but have noticed two things I wanted to share:

1. One 8K-X lens has a small scratch on it, despite me never using it and keeping it in a soft bag. It’s addmitedly hard to see unless you look very close and have the correct light reflection. I’m guessing quality control missed it.

2. One Eyetracking lens has what looks like a coating defect, meaning a tiny mark is also visible.

I’m not confident what it’ll all look like once I power it up in a week or so. I was planning on writing a detailed revie, but if the visual experience is going to be spoilt it’s probably not worth it as I don’t want to be unfairly negative as it might be a freak event.

Below is image of little mark on Eyetracking glass - slightly right of centre.

And on the headset left lens with Eyetracking removed a tiny scratch is visible (slightly above centre of the image), everything else is dust, fabric particles from cleaning cloth.

As someone new to VR, I’m not sure if these tiny marks will be visible once my eyes are pressed right up to the lenses. Has anyone experienced this with their newly delivered headset/eyetracking?

Thanks.

[destraudo]

I also have some of the first defect. I was hoping it was some kind of pull off coating as the issue looks the same as when you have a speck of dirt under a phone glass protector but i dont think it can be removed. Manufacturing definitely was not in a cleanroom of the level it needed to be.