SmoothTrack

4.5
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PEGI 3
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About this app

SUPPORTS ANY DEVICE WHICH CAN INSTALL GOOGLE AR SERVICES.

SmoothTrack provides 3D head tracking for your sim games, using the AR capabilities of your device. Any game that supports TrackIR works with SmoothTrack!

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"The best new controller on the market will only set you back $9.99. It's a smartphone app called SmoothTrack, and if you're flying a plane on PC, you need to check it out." - Polygon
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It's a near magical experience to seamlessly slightly move your head and have your game perspective immediately play along (the movements in the game are magnified so that you only have to make slight movements of your head to control the camera).

- Simply lean forward to get a closer look at your Flight Simulator cockpit!
- Look a bit up to see the overhead panel of your A320!
- Simply shift your head a bit to the right to see the direction of the space station you're approaching in Elite: Dangerous!
- Look a bit left before a hard left turn in Euro Truck Simulator 2!

No headset or extra equipment of any kind is required! Simply set up your device so that it can see your face. Using the on-screen controls, you can shift your perspective in-game.

Your head movements are slightly exaggerated which enables you to look out of a cockpit side window with just a slight movement of your head to the left.

Includes a dark mode to save your battery and your OLED screen!

Any game that supports the FreeTrack or TrackIR protocol will work with this, including:

- Microsoft Flight Simulator
- Microsoft FSX
- Elite: Dangerous
- IL2: Sturmovik
- Euro Truck Simulator 2
- Kerbal Space Program
- ...and many, many others!

INSTRUCTIONS (included in the app):

On your PC:

On your computer, install and run the free program OpenTrack at github.com/opentrack/opentrack/releases.
Press the Windows key -> type "Firewall" -> "Firewall & Network Protection" -> "Advanced Settings" -> Inbound Rules -> New Rule... -> Program -> Program Path to opentrack.exe (probably "c:\program files (x86)\opentrack\opentrack.exe")
Right click on your network symbol at the bottom right of Windows, choose "Open Network & Internet Settings" -> Change Connection Properties -> Choose "Private" instead of "Public" (this will make your PC discoverable to your mobile device)
Press the Windows key -> "Command Prompt" -> type "ipconfig". Find your local IPv4 address (normally starts with 192.168... but maybe 10.0... or theoretically something else)
Now restart OpenTrack.
In Input, choose UDP and open up the settings and note the port (probably 4242).
As Output, choose "Freetrack 2.0 Enhanced" and "Both" in its settings.
In Options, bind a hotkey of your choice to "Center" (say, F10)
Press Start in OpenTrack.

On your mobile device:

(If you have more than one wifi around you to connect to, then in your phone, set any other wifis "Auto-Join" to "off")
Now restart SmoothTrack.
As "IP address" in SmoothTrack, enter the local IPv4 address from above.
As "Port", enter the port from above.
Press Play.

Email support is provided if there are any issues (or if you have any ideas for new features!).
Updated on
Nov 28, 2022

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Ratings and reviews

4.5
906 reviews
Quaekenbirdt
January 3, 2024
EDITED REVIEW: Gave it 1 star at first because after having trouble with my setup not working correctly there was no answer to my mail at first, which would be unexcusable. But they did answer after 4 weeks and although it still doesn't work for me for some reason at least their support does work despite obviously being a very small team. It seems to work for most people and is a bit cheaper than a webcam. You shouldn't compare the price to IR tracking though, different technology!
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John Goering
November 15, 2023
Hey - super sorry that somehow the email didn't work. Which one did you try? contact@smoothtrack.app is the one to use.
Stabelgapler
November 21, 2021
Great app. I started my head tracking journey with Opentrack, a face detection software and a PS3 eyecam. It was horrible. So I thought I'd give SmoothTrack a try, 10 bucks won't hurt me. Great decision! It turns so smooth and I can look anywhere. The input lag in the game was a bit high but that was probably due to my wifi connection so I'll have to try it with USB. Keep up the good work!
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Dmitriy Troitskiy
March 2, 2022
The app is great! I tried different options before trying SmoothTrack including free "neuralnet" tracker in opentrack as well as "aruco paper marker tracker". Another option which is quite comparable to SmoothTrack quality is FreeTrackNoIR + FacePoseApp. But still, it appears to me that SmoothTrack has best "accuracy / response time" ratio, so I stick to it from now on. Only one thing surprised me. I have Xiaomi Mi 8, which I use to run the app, but I also have Xiaomi Mi 6, which I wanted to use as an alternative device is my specific cases. And for some reason on Mi 6 I see "this device is not compatible with current version". I wonder, why is that so? Mi 6 is not much worse than Mi 8 in its technical parameters.
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What's new

* Much improved the angle calibration with fancy 3D math - even if the phone is a bit off to the side, your view will now be centered!
* Added a bright mode to improve face tracking in darker environments like your mom's basement.