Tobii Eye Tracker 5 - Head & Eye Tracking Gaming Peripheral for Simulation Gaming

I'm an older gamer and bought Tobii specifically for use in Ghost Recon Breakpoint and Ghost Recon Wildlands. If you can afford it and want a more immersive experience in these games, I do recommend it. HOWEVER... let me give you my take on what really matters when Tobii is used in these games and what is somewhat a novelty. I'll discuss both types. The core feature - the single most important and immersion enhancing feature - is what the combination of what head and eye tracking does. It smoothly scrolls the screen depending on where you are looking. In "real life", you may turn your head or your eyes, or both. If you turn your head (say right) and then look even more right with your eyes, you are probably wanting to see the most you can peripherally. That's the heart of what Tobii does. It knows and interprets the COMBINATION of head and eye movement and knows when it needs to accelerate and exaggerate the screen scrolling. Just using an "Old School" head tracker can not do this. You can still scroll the screen with a head tracker like TrackIR, but you can duplicate the intelligent addition of eye tracking. Bottom line is that as your head and eyes work together, the flat screen world in front of you makes an honest attempt to simulate the real world. Please note: Breakpoint and Wildlands have built-in Tobii support. But you will have to fiddle with eye and head tracking sliders to get it to work best for you. Just FYI. As far as the other features from Tobii in these games, most of them in my opinion are more or less "novelty" items (with one exception listed below). They may suit you. For example, in Wildlands, you can set it up so that if you look at where you normally have the mini-map, the map appears while you are looking at it. Also you can use your eyes to select an item (e.g., grenade) off the weapon wheel. These and several other available features, to me, are cute but not worth the effort to integrate into my established game play routine. There is one feature (in addition to screen scolling) that I have found makes on-going sense. And that is automatically swinging your weapon to somewhere near where your eyes are looking by just clicking on the right mouse button. This works well in a 3rd person game. In real life, for example, if you are outside and scanning for baddies, if you see any, you're gonna keep your eyes on them while you swing the weapon around towards them. The "Aim at Gaze" feature simulates this. Again, works best in a 3rd person game. (IN a 1st person game, where you have a scope, and you apply this, it can be visually disorientating. I use iron sights more because of this. Speaking of 1st person, I generally run Breakpoint and Wildlands each with their First Person mods. So here's my conclusion for you players out there. For Breakpoint and Wildlands, it does enhance immersion. It feels more real. And maybe some of the novelty settings might please you. Overall, the game is more enjoyable. Whether it is $300 more enjoyable depends on your situation. Note that Tobii works on many games. See their website for the list of supported games. Hope this helps!

I discovered Tobii on the first Alienware laptops they were installed on. Loved it from the moment it worked, thanks but goodbye Track IR goofy hat-headed easily sunlight-smitten wandering tracker. Earl on Tobii usually worked and months of satisfying semi-hovering the Huey in DCS were ahead but Lockheed’s Prepar3d was never certain with any add-ons and Windows updates would stop it sometimes so I emailed or called tech support prepared to wait a day or two. They were on the solution minutes later and it was clear they’d figure it out. They are the most knowledgeable, effective and undefeated tech support I’ve had the pleasure of working with on anything related to computers. 100% success rate even early on if it took half an hour for them to check Prepar3D (yes they knew it and taught us which files had to be where) review the tracker logs. And I learned the technology is being used to enable those with MS and other accessibility needs to control their computers, for speech and even if I remember correctly used remotely or locally for robotic surgery. Using it on a new MSI desktop now with our first RTX 4090 GPU’s and it just works flawlessly driving my 460 HP Kenworth through LA or cruise in a Cessna 404 Titan high above the stunning Rockies. Very immersive and realistic as it is rock solid and effortless to read gauges or glass cockpits (love just leaning forward to see closer) yet instantly tracks at my realtime head turning or gaze rate and customizable any response ratio in as far as I want to customize the software. Which I rarely ever had to do or do now. Reliable and as easy as sticking the adapter with thin magnetic strip on to attach under the curved 38” ultrawide LG monitor - or our 30”Dell Ultra Sharp, ASUS monitors. Tracking has zero issues with curved monitors and is easily recalibrated if I want to by looking at fixed dots on the screen for a few seconds. Haven’t had to do it again once it’s calibrated. Tips Probably just my OCD but the strips of heavy duty plastic Velcro have a distracting whitish glue & rough look on the sides of the strips - easily solved with a black Sharpie going around the sides of the strips a few times before sticking on and never see them now. Also add a small stick-on cable clip under or on the back of the monitor to secure the cable coming out of the tracker going to your USB port. If you move your monitor position this will help the mount keep then tracking bar stable and centered. Hope you enjoy it as much as we have. Thanks Tobii for years of outstanding service and products!

Been using this for about 3 months in Flight Simulator. Mounted it below a fairly large screen TV as the main display. The setup and calibration went pretty easily, no issues. Expect to spend time playing around with the settings, such as the relative balance between head tracking and eye tracking. Be sure to set up two key bindings to control it: I use F12 for 'recenter the view' and shift-F12 for 'turn on / off'. I normally fly with it turned on while in the air; it's wonderful to be able to look around and not take your hands off the controls. SO much better than trying to use the mouse, etc. I turn it off when aircraft is not moving (or sometimes when I pause in midair) - it's pretty hard to keep your head still while you are twisting your head around to find a control in the cockpit and then hit it with the mouse. Much easier to turn off tracking, using convention mouse movement and clicking such as to flip switches and move stuff like tailwheel lock - it's a lot easier because they don't 'jump around' like they do when tracking is on. Watch the better YouTube videos, you'll get a lot of useful tips on making it work in a way that pleases you. Don't expect to plug in and fly - your experience will be less than great, maybe even miserable - so do the setup and prep properly. It's not cheap, but to me it has been very worthwhile - makes flying so much more immersive. Recommended!

I bought this for use with MSFS 2020, and it makes a huge difference in game/sim immersion. I had considered a TrackIR for years, but really didn't like the idea of having to mount reflectors on a headset or hat to make it work. The Tobii is quite accurate with both head, and eye movements without having to use these reflectors. It takes a few tries (10-15 minutes) to get the Tobii configured in MS Flight Simulator to behave the way YOU want it to. Some people like a "dead zone" and some people don't. Same thing for auto-centering. You set up the sensitivities for pitch, yaw, roll, etc to match what you like. There is a little bit of adjusting YOURSELF to get comfortable with the head-tracking part over-emphasizing movements (a turn of your head 45 degrees moves the view by 90 degrees) and the eye -tracking which is a 1-to-1 movement. A few minutes of flying and you mentally make the adjustment. Some people don't like the eye tracking for some flight games, but these are more often for the fast paced, jet shoot-em-ups where the head and eye movements are rapid. For MS Flight Simulator, the pace is more sedate and I find it great to be able to glance over at an instrument and have the Tobii recognize that and move to it. I am very impressed with this technology. The Tobii is well made (of aluminum, I believe) and quite sturdy. The ONE complaint I have (and I am not alone in this) is the mounting system. It has to be mounted under the monitor to work, and that is OK. But you have to stick the mount to the bottom of your monitor using a double-sided sticky tape. After about a month or so, this tape started coming loose. Apparently this is a common issue. I have re-taped the mount to my monitor, but fully expect the Tobii to start "drooping" again. To summarize, while it is more expensive than a TrackIR, I think this is well offset by not having to use reflectors, and the additional functionality of the eye tracking.

I setup the Tobii tracker on the bottom of my Sony 55" TV/monitor. The setup was fine tracking my eye. Then I started up MSFS 2020 flight simylator using the PMDG 737-800 Jet. My Honeycomb Alpha Yoke & Bravo Throttle worked with Tobii eye tracker without issues. However my MFG Crosswind Pedals did not appear in the devices I use for flight simulator. This is a top of the line pedels for flight simulator. I detached the USB Tobii device and the MFG Crosswind Pedals appeared but all the configuration setup was gone. Had to reinstall the configuration setup again. Then I plugged the Tobii back in the the USB strip and the pedals disappeared again. It appears Tobii eye tracker & MFG Crosswind Pedals cannot be used in FSMS 2020 together. I believe they both use the same services ID but have no proof. But I have seen this type of issue in the past. So I have returned the Tobii eye tracker. That same night I attempted to return the item. I spoke to an Amazon representative that someone from the manufacture would call me to resolve the issue within 2 days. I waiting one week for the call. I received no call from anyone about a solution. So I returned the item back to Amazon. Too bad, I was hoping it would be a good solution instead of my mouse for looking around the jet and airports. An additional issue was discovered. When I installed the Tobii tracker and then added my Honeycomb Alpha Yoke, the tracker could not see my eyes for tracking anymore. I tried to attach the eye tracker on top of my Sony 55" TV/monitor but the magnetic attachment could not position the tracker down enough to perform the setup of my eyes to move. So be aware that if a Honeycomb Alpha Yoke is used in front of the monitor then you will need something to raise the monitor about 4 - 5 inches for the tracker to see your eyes for the configuration setup. I am sure it's a good product but make sure its compatible with your other peripheral components and make sure the tracker can see your eyes when other peripheral is in front of the tracker.

I've only had this for a day, and I'm only using it to control Flight Simulator 2020, but so far, so good! Upsides: 1. Works very well, it's quite accurate in my setting. 2. It winds up being VR-"like", without being full VR. It's really nice to be able to look at the ground outside by sitting up a little higher in your seat, turning and shifting your head left, and then down. Similar to what you'd do in real life, but with smaller head movements so you continue to look at your screen, if that makes sense. 3. Configured appropriately, it can be very stable. Out of box settings make it very twitchy. Downsides: 1. The cable could be longer. But they do provide an extender, which helps. 2. My monitor has a raised bump in front where the product logo sits, so the magnetic strip won't attach there. Also, the power switch and menu joystick sit under the bottom center of the monitor, so the flex mount makes it not impossible, but difficult to access monitor settings. 2a. Tobii apparently now sell a tripod mount (which could be placed on your desk without a tripod) to give you more flexibility. I think this mitigates downside #2. Configuration: For me, in Flight Simulator, I wanted behavior that was smooth and stable. I wanted to be able to have normal, small head shifts without it panning the camera around. Moreover, I wanted to use just head tracking, so eye movements wouldn't cause the display to "twitch". So, here's what I came up with: Head/eye tracker balance: default at 0.85 Eye tracking sensitivity: 0 (disabled, effectively) Head tracking sensitivity - pitch/yaw: 1.5 Head tracking sensitivity - roll: 1.35 Head tracking sensitivity - position: 1.35 Center stabilization: 0.65 - this creates a fairly large center "dead spot" to filter out small head movements that don't intend camera movement.

I'm not new to head tracking or gaming PCs. I've had a Track IR 5 for several years and it's always been a smooth experience both hardware and software. This Tobii has been on my upgrade list for a while for my Star Citizen setup. I decided to pick one up with the good black Friday price. The hardware itself is pretty high quality. Full metal build and comes with a USB extention cable which gives you about 5.5ft to work with. While the under-monitor clip is plastic, the adhesion is good so no complaints. My initial impressions out of the box are good. Seems simple enough to set up. Plug n Play with a simple driver install right?.. NOPE! There is an app that you HAVE TO GET from the Microsoft app store. The "Tobii Experience app" does not download! Its a completely broken file. Almost every recent review on the Microsoft store says the same thing that it simply won't download or install. I had the same experience. Once you download the initial driver from Tobii's website, it sends you directly to the Microsoft store and that is the only place to get the "Tobii Experience app". Tobii doesn't have a backup plan where you can just download it from their own website! Seriously what the heck Tobii!? The app is REQUIRED to calibrate the device. Apparently, there is some automatic Windows update that's supposed to happen when you plug in the Tobii for such a device as well. I'm on windows 11 and made sure all of the available updated are installed but it still would not allow me to download that app. So, what options do you have if this happens? Go to some torrent site or 3rd party and be super careful? Contact Tobii and spend countless hours going back and forth over explaining yourself trying to convince them their own app won't even download? Or send it back for a refund.. Well, I'm a pretty stubborn human and decided to push through the massive amount of frustration to find a solution. Good news is, I did but, it took hours of sifting through 3rd party website and pop-up adds to find a copy of the current software that would install without some massive virus risk. 1.69.32600.0 is the current version of the Tobii Experience app that works with the most current driver. If you search that you eventually find a non-broken download of it from some backwater random website that hopefully doesn't have a virus attached. This was the only functional workaround I could find. Tobii, honestly, why in the world do you not have a list of download options ON YOUR OWN WEBSITE?! It's absolutely absurd to me that you rely on the Microsoft store when there are so many people having this issue. Im sure countless others probably gave up way before I did and returned the eye tracker out of sheer frustration. As much as I love this device now that it's working, the experience of getting it set up was like pulling teeth. If Tobii gets their stuff together and fixes the App issue this would be a 5 star purchase. End of the day I got it working and even with my 38" LG curved monitor which doesn't fall within the size Tobii recommends, I get edge to edge tracking. You're losing business Tobii. Fix it!

Once set up best piece of hardware you can have for a flight sim

Mit Abstand die beste Investition die ich gemacht habe, Nach langer Recherche und Nachforschungen um das Spiel Erlebnis besser zu machen oder realistischer blieben für mich Zwei Optionen, 1 eine GamerBrille wie Oculus Rift oder ähnliche Produkte, oder eben einen Eye Tracker wie der von Tobii , letzteres entschied ich mich für den Eye Tracker, da er in der Anschaffung günstiger war, und man halt keine 10 Kilo schwere Brille auf dem Kopf hat, das thema " Motion Sickness " bleibt damit auch aus , oder das man plötzlich in den Bildschirm Springt. Tobii war von den Eye Trackern der sag ich mal bequemste, da man nicht i welche Kameras oder Stirnbänder tragen muss , hab diesen direkt unter dem Bildschirm installiert, ist alles mit dabei dafür. Lange Rede Kurzer Sinn , Es unterstützt bisher alle Spiele die ich so Spiele, einige mehr andere Weniger, aber die Funktion ist super, in z.B The Hunter Call of the Wild, ist der Bewegungsradius angenehm und weich, das große umsehen erfolgt nach wie vor mit der Maus , ABER wenn ich z.b etwas anschaue, ein baum, Tier, whatever und das Scope ansetzte ist dieses direkt auf dem Punkt wo ich hingeschaut habe , das folglich auch bei anderen Ego Shootern, vowriegend nutze ich es für EuroTruck und Amercian Truck Simulator ,Farming Simulator - gernell Simulatoren Spiele , das Fahrerlebnis im Eurotruck ist nun "realistischer" ich kann mit einen leichten kopfschwenk nach links direkt den von Links kommenden verkehr einsehen, anders herum das selbe ohne die Kamera zu wechseln oder Knopf zu drücken, einfach Kopf schwenken, zu dem fixieren die Augen, wenn ich in den Spiegel schaue auch diesen , bei Farming Simulator ist das "Feldabarbeiten" oftmals ... langwierig, mit dem umherschauen ist es ganz witzig mal nach hinten zu gucken, das geht binnen Sekunden, ohne Knopfdruck im Nexar ganz nett mit den umher schauen. Spiele die ich damit Spiele sind Euro Truck Simulator American Truck Simulator Farming Simulator Bau Simulator von Astragon, 2025 Seafarer The Ship Sim The Hunter Call of the Wild Space Marine 2 - Mega gut damit Aktuell auch " Far Cry 5 "

Por ahora esta bien, la verdad es que funciona muy bien en los simuladores de aviones y evita tener que tener algo en la cabeza para detectar los movimientos. He visto que hay gente le dolia los ojos o la cabeza por ahora no ha pasado nada de eso, si sigo utilizandolo y me pasa cambiare la reseña. Pero por ahora la verdad es que todo perfecto!

Awesome product, works like a charm

Honestly with the debate between the Tobii and the trackerIR. Tobii takes the win it has a head and also eye tracker, it supports many games with it . I never had any issues with it. This was worth my money and I would highly recommend if you wanna step up your game.

It finally works great with Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024. It adds a whole other dimension to your flying without you having to deal with nausea från VR-headsets. With this you can see everything without having to move the mouse back and forth. Just turn your head and you'll see everything, whether it's inside or outside the cockpit.