Product Description

The next generation camera that will revolutionize your interactive gaming and online communication experience.

Superior AV chat capabilities- Microphone array reduces background noise to focus on the spoken word for smooth, accurate speech transfer. Ultra fast frame rate for smooth and responsive video. No headset needed

Engineered to perform well even in low-light conditions Zoom lens for close-up and full body options.

• 6 or 75 degrees field of view zoom lens
• Fixed-focus, 1ft to infinity (manual adjustment not required)
• 640 x 480 at 60 frames/second
• 320 x 240 at 120 frames/second
• 8 bit or 10 bit dynamic range
• USB 2.0 high-speed transfer
• Uncompressed video or optional JPEG compression
• PLAYSTATION Eye is set to revolutionize the experience of both interactive gaming and online communication on the PLAYSTATIONNetwork.
• 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.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #745 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Sony
• Released on: 2007-12-21
• Rating: Parental Guidance
• Platform: PLAYSTATION 3
• Subtitled in: German
• Dimensions: .39" h x .39" w x .39" l, .0 pounds

Customer Reviews

An impressive bargain
This is already out in Germany and I've used it to video chat with friends in the UK. The PSN chat is easy to set-up and even people without a camera will see and hear you on their TV. The overall build quality is very good. The in-built microphone works very well- I sat three meters from the TV and my friends could hear me very clearly through their TV. I will also use this for online gaming in future. I was delighted by the quality of the picture- it's much better than any mobile videophone service you may have seen. Twenty five pounds for a free high-res video-phone can't be bad can it?

Great accessory
After watching people posting up their videos of Singstar i was hooked so i had to go out and get it. This item is an absolute gem and i hope Sony include it in the future as part of their ps3 packages. I got it on day of release from amazon for a pretty reasonable £25 or so.

The camera captures in 640x480 and is useful in a number of games and other options and also includes a high quality microphone. When you first connect the camera the only fuction which will operate so you will need to use the xmb to activate the microphone function if you wish to use it. I personally have it turned off because if its active and attached it shows up as you having a microphone in games like COD4.

There are a number of games availble to purchase from the playstation store. I have the one where you need to rescue the blurps by moving yours hands. The camera on the whole is pretty accurate at picking up movement but can make the odd mistake which can be a little annoying.

In games such as singstar it randomly takes shots of you singing and also a 30sec or so clip so you can upload it if you wish which adds to the expierence. At this time of the year its nice to capture films of family making a fool of themselves :) I havent tried the video call feature yet but that is another use of the camera (6 way video chat).

This is well worth getting.

**update** there is now a guide available which shows you how to hook the ps3 eye up to your pc so you can use it as a webcam if you wish. In addition with some of the new games coming out like buzz this game works well and adds an extra bit of fun.

Great Fun
I got the Playstation Eye for Christmas and as soon as I got going with it, I was not disappointed. It is very easy to setup the quality is unquestionably good for such a cheap camera. The special effects are classy and there's plenty of them to use. However, what I loved most about it is you can view what's on camera using your PSP anywhere around the world providing you're hooked up to a WiFi internet connection - so it is possible to have video conversations with a PSP owner or you could even use it as a security camera for when you go on holiday!