PlayStation 3 Eye

PlayStation 3 Eye
From Sony Computer Entertainment

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Product Description

Playstation Eye is set to revolutionize the experience of both interactive gaming and online communication on the Playstation Network. Designed specifically to work with the next generation of social gaming titles and new services being developed for PS3, key features of the Playstation Eye include a sophisticated microphone with the ability to reduce background noise and focus on spoken word for smoother, more accurate speech recognition, faster frame rate for improved tracking,

responsiveness and smoothness, two position zoom lens for close-up and full body options, and EyeCreate editing software, which allows users to save, edit and add cool visual effects to photos, video and audio clips. EyeCreate also enables user to capture videos and audio clips directly to your PS3's hard disk drive and access a range of different capturing modes, including slow motion and time-lapse. 56º or 75º Field of View zoom lens 2.1 F-stop, <1% distortion, fixed focus (25cm to 8 at 75º FOV)

Product Details

* Amazon Sales Rank: #267 in Video Games
* Brand: Sony
* Released on: 2007-10-31
* Platform: PLAYSTATION 3
* Dimensions: 8.88" h x 6.75" w x 3.13" l, .62 pounds

Features

* A sophisticated microphone with the ability to reduce background noise and focus on spoken word for smoother, more accurate speech recognition
* Faster frame rate for improved tracking, responsiveness and smoothness
* Two position zoom lens for close-up and full body options
* Free EyeCreate editing software, which allows users to save, edit and add cool visual effects to photos, video and audio clips
* 4 channel audio input - 16-bits/channel, 48kHz, SNR 90db

Customer Reviews

Good Little Moderately Priced Web Cam
I had the PS2 Eye Toy, which worked with the PS3 (For anyone considering a low cost alternative these sell used for about $5 and are readily available).

I decided to "Upgrade" for the zoom, better low light performance, built in microphones and for the downloadable software which will only work with the "new" Eye.

The video quality is definitely better. I run a projector so the light I have is minimal. The chat feature on PS3 sets a white background and this (on a 100" screen) is more than adequate to illuminate me on my old sofa. Unfortunately most of the other stuff (Fish tank and Editing Software) need more light to work properly).

As far as the microphone - you would be far better served with a Bluetooth headset. The 4 microphone configuration works decent, but the (output) volume seems low, it should be very close to you if you don't want to annoy the person on the other end whom you are communicating with.

For what this thing sells for I do believe it to be well worth the money, just don't expect it to do magic. The PS3 video of this little device makes it seem better than it is - but that could be said for basically all advertising.

On a side note your internet connection speed and the Sony servers are of more importance for a decent video chat session that the camera and microphone themselves.

Additionally "Home" currently has no web cam support and has limited (audio) chat capabilities. It's still in Beta though...

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PS3 Eye
I bought this item when it was available through "Gold Box" deal of the day. For 20$ its ok. I was expecting more from this product. The camera is mediocre and the mic isn't much better. I have a Logitech QuickCam Pro 9000 for my computer and maybe I'm a bit spoiled with it's abilities. If you want voice chad get a blue tooth head set don't depend on this. If you can stand dull colored, badly lit, ok mic then go for it. I gave it 3 stars for the price i got it at. Any more than 20$ then it would have gotten 2 stars or less.

I Don't Care For It Much
I bought this for my PS3, and the device is a bit of a disappointment. The image is grainy and appears to reverses the actual image taken when viewed on the monitor. I bought it to work with Aquatopia on PS3, but the interface does not work very well. I felt I needed this toy as I was excited about my new PS3, but now I can say it was kind of a waste of money ( the camera and Aquatopia software both).

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