Hi Everyone,

 

In an ongoing effort to make the Chapter resources go further, I am asking about people’s experience and opinions using NaturalPoint SmartNav hands-free mouse alternative: http://www.naturalpoint.com/smartnav/products/compare.html

 

The “new” version(4)  is for sale at $499

 

I will admit that I was not “wowed” by its functionality when I tried the device several years ago. It was overly affected by ambient light, jewelry, reflection from glasses, etc. 

 

I have heard recent improvements of the device have made it competitive with the Madentec Tracker Pro (the best, IMHO) and the Origin Headmouse Extreme (not my favorite, IMHO).  TrackerPro retails at $995 plus required software for mouse clicks ($199, again the gold standard IMHO) and the Origin Model at (again $995).

 

Any thoughts out there?