Here at Head Games, we are developing alternate mechanisms for interacting with computer games. Our goal is to provide users with more intuitive control methods and to increase the feeling of immersion in the game.

The first Head Games project, 'HeadLock', uses a standard PC webcam to track the movement of a player's head. The movements are converted into key presses, to control the user's in-game character. HeadLock is initially intended to be used with any first person orientated game, but could eventually be used to control pretty much any software.

During the development phase of the HeadLock project, we are looking for beta testers to try out the software, free of charge for a limited period. In return we would like testers to provide feeback, report bugs and make suggestions on our forum.The download is available now, so register on the forum and send us your thoughts.

The screenshot below shows the in-development version of HeadLock. The image shows points of interest on the face being tracked across configurable regions. Movement from one region to another triggers configurable key presses.