Eyeware Beam Webcam Edition Reviews

good product

its very nice

just purchased my last product from steam . product if fine but tired or having to go through steam

pretty good however i can recomend to upgrade your old camera due to the quality that mine i have but it worked well

I feel guilty realizing I didn't leave a review for this program yet.. yes. Its amazing. Highly recommend a 60fps camera for the smoothest tracking. When I'm not feeling like seeing up VR for ATS and ETS2, this is honestly a close second. Great work!

This works very well. In some cases you need to dial it in and perhaps create a dead zone to prevent excessive movement. Yeah, it can be that sensitive. (That is a compliment) My only gripe is that buying it thru Steam, you must always have Steam running in the background. If you buy Beam directly from their website, you do not need to run Steam.

A great affordable alternative to expensive eye trackers.

I happened across a YouTube video discussing this product, and couldn't believe I hadn't heard of this before. I've been after something like this for ages, for my flight sims, but both Track IR 5 and Tobii Eye Tracker 5 are just too expensive at A$500+ each, with each requiring extra hardware and loads of setting up; and it doesn't always work to your satisfaction. If you are a very serious simmer, however, and you have have, or are planning to spend a small fortune on a HOTAS & pedals, or driving wheel and pedals, then I would recommend to go with, or stay with the above. As for the rest of us, read on... Tried the Demo to it's max of 3 hours, using my 15yo USB 2.0 webcam, and you also have the option of using your mobile phone (cell), should you not have a webcam, though I didn't try this, so can't comment how effective it is. The Demo made my mind up to how well this suited my play style, so I'm grateful for that. Hooked, now, I had to buy the full release. Obviously a better webcam was required, so I plumped for the Logitech C270, which many reviewers tell you not to buy,. They say it's cheap and basic, as it is capped at 30fps. However, at RRP A$88, and you're on a budget, then this is the way to go. The frame cap has not been an issue at all, and looking around the cockpit is as smooth as silk. The extra app you must use, OpenTrack, is easy to use, and once you calibrate through Beam Eye Tracker, you can tweak the sensitivities in this app, to how far you can look around, etc. You might only want to look to your wing, but I prefer to look behind me, so you can tweak it. Find its' too fast, and dizziness-inducing, lower the sensitivity. It's all there. There are plenty of YouTube videos to assist you in setting up OpenTrack, if you are unsure, and the fact there is a 3 hour Demo on Steam is a huge help. I bought the product on Steam, as, for one thing, its cheaper than buying U.S. on the site itself, at least for we for Aussies. Anyway, I have Steam always running, so it's no big issue. There is a complete list of all games supported on the product page, which is sitting already at 200+, and if you find your game, even if supported, not working with OpenTrack, then you just manually add the game's executable in the Game Detection tab. To speed things up, you can then also add your sim to Steam as a non-Steam game. Bottom line, you'll not find another product like this for so little (even less with this 20% discount, that I missed out on, *damn*). For me the product's RRP is A$43.95, and added to a A$37 C270 (got it on sale), this is an unbeatable outlay. Finally, I can look up and see my foes, turn back toward me, and react accordingly, instead of only seeing him fly past my windshield too late. And, as I always have to do as a Private Pilot, I can line myself on the various landing legs, just by looking left (or right) and lining myself up beside the runway, then turn onto Final, always keeping the airfield in sight. I still crash land, but then I don't have a A$500+ HOTAS setup. Works with widescreen monitors, and multiples, as per YouTube videos. But, as said, if you already have a serious sim peripheral set-up, or plan to, then you'll want Track IR, Tobii or even VR.

Tried it and it didn't do what it was supposed to do. I use 2 4K monitors and it can't track anything on one part of the screen. For me it was the bottom of the screen. Sadly, I really wanted it since Tobii Eyetracker 5 doesn't like my 32" monitor either.

This software is insanely buggy, not worth my time. Will use a free opensource program that works alot better than this.