Head Tracker+Voice+Instructor — iPhone head tracking

Head Tracker+Voice+Instructor is a program for flight simulators on Windows that turns your iPhone into a head tracker. You look left, the view in the cockpit turns left. On top of head tracking, the same program understands spoken cockpit commands and includes an instructor that guides you through procedures and reviews your flight.

Status: beta testing. The program is being tested by its developer before its release on the App Store. It is not on sale yet.

Who it is for

• Flight-sim pilots who want head tracking without buying a dedicated tracker.
• Pilots who do not want to wear a clip or set up an extra camera.
• Beginners who want someone to tell them what to do next in the cockpit.

What you get

1. Head tracking with your iPhone

The iPhone stands in front of you and watches your head with its front camera (the same camera that does Face ID). The view in the game follows your head: turns, tilts and leaning in every direction — six directions of movement in total. No reflective clip on a cap, no infrared camera, no extra hardware.

• If your face is covered for a few seconds, tracking comes back by itself — no need to re-center.
• If the connection drops, the view stops instead of drifting away.
• “Center the view” works from a key or by voice.

2. Voice commands

You say “gear down”, the program presses the right key in the game. Commands exist in English, French, Russian, German and Italian. Speech is recognized on the iPhone.

3. An instructor

The instructor guides you through the procedures of your aircraft — engine start, takeoff, landing — step by step. It speaks the next step aloud, and you answer by voice: “done”, “repeat”, “what’s next”. The current and next steps are also shown on the iPhone screen. After the flight, a flight log and a review are available.

Three tools that work as one

Head tracking, voice and instructor are usually three separate programs from different authors, and they are not designed to work together. Here they are built as one system: the instructor knows which aircraft you chose, the iPhone you set up once serves for head tracking and voice, and one window shows the state of everything.

Simulators

We only mark a simulator as “tested” after a real flight with a real iPhone. The list is updated in the development journal on this site.

What you need

• A Windows 10 or 11 PC.
• An iPhone with Face ID (iPhone X or newer).
• A cable between the iPhone and the PC, or both on the same Wi-Fi network.
• A supported simulator.

Details: requirements.

Status and release

The program is in beta testing. The iPhone app is being prepared for the App Store under the name Head Tracker+Voice+Instructor. The price will be announced at the App Store release.

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