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This is a ‘must have’ peripheral for almost all serious game players, and well worth the money.
The first time I saw an ad for the TrackIR 4 by NaturalPoint I immediately thought, “Oh, I’ve got to try this!” The concept is simple. You wear a hat with an infrared reflecting dot or a 3 point steel harness on a baseball cap that allows your heads motions to be tracked and simulated in a video game. According to Kevin Fox, a NaturalPoint employee, the device got kicked off when Jim Richardson (NaturalPoint’s President) began researching the use of reticule tracking for his cousin, who suffered from locked in syndrome. Later, a member of the ALS found that the tracking worked great with flight simulators, and KER-POW! We end up with the result of a fantastic way to enhance our gaming.
I sent for one and after what seemed like an eternity (4 days) my eagerly awaited TrackIR 4 Pro showed up in my mailbox. I opened the package and examined the contents with excited hands. I carefully looked over each of the items included in the package. Along with the tracking unit came a standard one-size-fits-all hat, visor, reflective steel TrackClip, a T-Shirt and install software with instructions. The TrackClip, as I’m informed, is vital to tracking movements on 6 different axes. 
