As always, if you're interested in head tracking with IR LEDs come check us out at Contrail Productions. In short, do not make the same mistake I did before modifying a cam and find out if yours can be modified, and if that model has been updated or changed to prevent the removal of the IR filter. during a search with, TrendMicro and TrendMicro-HouseCall detected PAKGeneric.008 malware in this driver and VBA32 suspected of Malware.Agent.39. To allow direct libusb access without root permissions on a Debian linux variant (e.g. You can use a PlayStation 3s PS3 Eye video cam as a security camera. Pluged in USB cam and it works just fine. The PS3 Eye camera has a USB vendor id of 1415 and a USB product id of 2000. A security camera can enable you to watch an area of your home unobtrusively from a distance. I made this same mistake, luckily they're only about 5-10$ on ebay and was able to successfully modify a PS3 eye last night with a curved lens after destroying a flat lens one the week before. Ill connect the web cam tomorrow and see how it works. If the lens is curved or concave 'out' (convex), you're good to go and can pop the IR filter out as shown in the many online tutorials. If it is flat, you will not be able to modify it or remove the IR filter as it is placed in a different order of the lenses inside the cam. The trick, before you buy (particularly if you cannot hold or see the device in person), verify with the seller that the outermost lens of the camera is curved.

It wasn’t until I began reading tutorials on the modification process of the lenses (removing the infrared filter) that I discovered there are 'bad' and 'good' designs of the same camera which make one impossible to modify and the other relatively easy. While the camera boasts great hardware and tracking ability, be aware, there are different models and configurations of lenses. We don't run a big shop, but aim to please and hope all of you that are running our IR LED arrays are enjoying them and most importantly your sims.Ĭutting to the chase, the purpose of this PSA is to notify the increasing number of customers I am in contact with of the issues surrounding the PS3 eye cameras that are being modified and used in conjunction with FaceTracknoIR or FreeTrack software to see Infrared light.

I want to give a big thank you first of all for people that are customers of mine and have given some great feedback to our designs and overall business structure.

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