HeadTrack

This app allows using your phone as a head tracking device for games on your PC. Works with games which support FreeTrack protocol but can also connect directly with Opentrack.

Many flight or racing simulation games support head tracking. HeadTrack on your phone can be your head tracking device, no additional hardware is required. HeadTrack tracks your head movement and rotation which is sent to your games.

The HeadTrack app on your phone supports Gyroscope or Camera as input. The Gyroscope input has very little latency which makes it good for quick movements. The Camera input supports full 6DoF tracking.

Supported Inputs

• HeadTrack (recommended) — Available for Android & iOS with Gyroscope, Camera, or AirPods/Beats as input.

• Camera — Use your webcam as input directly in the PC app.

• AirPods / Beats — Use your headphones as head tracker when connected to iOS or macOS.

• UDP / Opentrack App — Connect any app which is compatible with Opentrack.

• Live Link App — Another alternative iOS app with camera input.

• Combine inputs — Use different inputs for rotation and position. For example, use gyroscope for (low latency) rotation and camera for position.

Supported Outputs

• FreeTrack (recommended) — Head tracking data is sent to Windows games which support FreeTrack. This should work with most games which support head trackers. On Linux/macOS this can send head tracking data to Windows games running under Wine, Proton, CrossOver, and Parallels.

• Mouse — Useful for games which do not support head tracking but do support mouse input.

• UDP / Opentrack App — Head tracking data is sent to Opentrack on this PC. This is useful if you already have Opentrack set up.

• FlightGear — Plugin for FlightGear.

• X-Plane — Plugin for X-Plane 9 and later. The X-Camera plugin is also supported.

Supported Games

Most games which support head tracking should work with HeadTrack. Some games we can confirm are working: American Truck Simulator, Arma 3, Assetto Corsa, Assetto Corsa Competizione, BeamNG.drive, DayZ, Digital Combat Simulator World (DCS World), Elite Dangerous, Euro Truck Simulator 2 (ETS2), F1® 25, Farming Simulator 22, FlightGear, Grand Theft Auto V (GTA V), IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 (MSFS2020), RaceRoom Racing Experience, Star Citizen, War Thunder, X-Plane 11, X-Plane 12.

In your game, look into the settings if there is any support for FreeTrack or similar head tracking devices.

If there is any input or output you would like to see added, let us know!