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Tobii Eye Tracker 

Tobii Eye Tracker 

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Home Office · Gaming

If your home office doubles as a flight deck or a truck cab after hours, this little bar on top of your monitor lets the game follow your eyes and head.

RoomHome office or game room

Good forFlight and racing sims on PC

SpaceA slim bar on your monitor

UpkeepBasically none

What problem does it solve?

Sim games feel flat when you have to push a stick or button just to glance out a side window. VR fixes that, but wearing a headset for hours at a desk gets old fast.

The Tobii Eye Tracker 5 watches where you look and how you turn your head, so the in game view turns with you. Nothing to wear, it just clips to the top of your screen.

What living with it is like

  • Setup is quick. It mounts on your monitor, plugs into the PC and runs a short calibration.
  • Works in any light. Tobii says it tracks in a dark room or bright daylight, which matters for late night sessions.
  • Big game list. Over 170 supported titles, including Microsoft Flight Simulator, Star Citizen and Euro Truck Simulator.
  • Bonus face login. It also works with Windows Hello, so you can log in to your PC by looking at it.

Before you buy

It only works with Windows 10 and 11 PCs, not consoles or Macs.

In games without Tobii support it doesn’t add much, so check your favorites are on the list first.

Is it worth it for your home?

For sim players, it’s one of the most noticeable upgrades you can make to a desk setup without rearranging the room for VR.

For everyday office work or console gaming, there’s no real reason to get it.

If it’s not quite right

Budget

Webcam head tracking software

Free apps use your webcam for basic head tracking. Less accurate, but costs nothing.

Full VR

Meta Quest 3

Total immersion for sims, but you wear it on your face.

Sim fan pick

TrackIR style tracker

Clip on head trackers that flight sim fans have used for years.

Our take Home Score 8/10

A small, tidy add on that makes a PC sim setup feel much more real, with nothing to wear and nothing taking up desk space.

Keep it if you play flight or racing sims on a Windows PC.
Pass if you game on console or don’t play sims.

What we looked at: Tobii’s product listing on Amazon and its list of supported games.

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