Head Tracker for iPhone

What this app provides

Head Tracker turns the front-facing TrueDepth camera on your iPhone into a reliable head-motion input device for simulation software. It delivers six-degrees-of-freedom (6DOF) tracking to applications such as opentrack, allowing you to look around cockpits and dashboards without extra hardware or clunky headsets.

Key advantages

• Wireless connection over your local WiFi network removes the need for tethering and keeps your setup tidy.
• High-frequency updates — up to 60 frames per second — give smooth, low-latency motion input.
• Uses the phone’s built-in depth camera, so no specialized sensors or external trackers are required.
• Simple installation and configuration so you can be ready to play quickly.

Requirements and compatible devices

Head Tracker runs on iPhones with TrueDepth support and on devices powered by Apple’s A12 chip or newer. In practical terms, this includes iPhone X models and later generations that have the front-facing depth camera and sufficient processing power for real-time tracking.

Supported simulation titles

• Euro Truck and other trucking sims
• IL-2 Sturmovik and similar WWII flight sims
• Elite: Dangerous
• Star Citizen
• DCS World
• FSX (Flight Simulator X)
• Microsoft Flight Simulator and comparable modern flight platforms
• Plus numerous other community-supported and moddable simulators

Getting started

Install the app on a compatible iPhone, connect it to the same WiFi network as your PC, and pair it with opentrack. The pairing process is designed to be straightforward; once linked, the phone streams 6DOF head data to your simulator so you can immediately enjoy more natural, immersive camera control.