As many of you probably know, PlayStation Eye is coming, so I wanted to share a little bit about what that means for all you video-bloggers, gamers and would-be-actors and directors out there.
While most of you know that PlayStation Eye is being bundled with The Eye of Judgment game, I also wanted to let you know it’ll be out on store shelves as a stand-alone product, too. PlayStation Eye has a lot of cool features and capabilities.
One question I’ve seen asked a lot is: “What makes PlayStation Eye different from its predecessor, the EyeToy camera?” Lots. For a start, PlayStation Eye was engineered from the onset to perform well in low-light conditions. It also has a 2-setting zoom lens (normal and wide angle) with fixed focus. What does that mean? Well, a lot less fussing around than previous cameras. PlayStation Eye gets a sharp, clear picture at 640 x 480 resolution at 60 frames per second (at 320 x 240 it looks even better at 120 fps)! It picks up image and motion in varying light conditions and doesn’t need your help to focus.
It also has a built-in 4-microphone array that allows you to enjoy online AV chat and in-game voice chat, in what we’re calling a “natural environment,” meaning, not awkwardly leaning toward your camera or speaking abnormally loud just so the mic picks up your voice. IMHO, this microphone really does do away with the need for a headset.
The PlayStation Eye does an excellent job of filtering out background noise for a clearer voice connection, but it also has twice the frame rate than most standard cameras (this is part of what sets it apart from any other webcam or camera for this generation of consoles), allowing for faster and more natural tracking, responsiveness and smoothness. I think if you take all of this into consideration, PlayStation Eye is an ideal camera for AV Chat on your PS3.
All of this sounds like a bunch of technical and marketing speak, I know, but the difference is clear when you plug it in; AV Chats are smooth, crisp, and from my experiences, better than what I’ve seen on any PC. And of course, on the PS3, you can use AV Chat with anyone on your friends list, anywhere in the world.
AV Chat is just the start for the PlayStation Eye. Along with some very cool, free content and fun activities available to Eye users via the PSN, keep your “eye” out (sorry, I couldn’t resist) for some upcoming games that integrate the Eye in really innovative ways. While games like Eye of Judgment use the camera to play the game itself, other upcoming games like SingStar (PS3) take advantage of the PlayStation Eye’s video capabilities so you can do things like make your own personalized music videos to share with family and friends online. Soon you’ll see some of our favorite bits of PlayStation Eye fun on the PSN, designed to turn your TV into an eye-popping piece of interactive art that no one can ignore… more on those at launch!
Lastly, a great value-add you may not all know about is the EyeCreate Software. This will be available for FREE download on the PlayStation Store (yes! free! come get it!) and allows you to save, edit and share your PlayStation Eye videos, photos and audio clips – all through your PS3. We’ll have more on EyeCreate later this week, including some really fun examples of how cool EyeCreate movies can be from the depths of our QA grotto.
PlayStation Eye will be available as a stand-alone product starting October 23, for $39.99 at all major retailers. I’m sure there will be some questions, so I’ll try to monitor the comments here and provide info where I can.
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osirisomeomi | October 10th, 2007 at 12:43 pm
This thing’s cool. Of course they won’t have an HD camera, it’d cost too much and there’d be lag across the internet. Also, the server costs would get prohibitive.
And this camera does work with PC’s as well.
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nmc75 | October 10th, 2007 at 12:46 pm
It’d be nice if we could have the capability to do video chat in all online games. Now that would be next gen. I was disappointed that the video chat cam. was taken off the High Stakes Vegas Strip: Poker Edition. I’m also curious as the ign.com preview as mentioned in post#1. That said, I am still getting the Sony Eye for my PS3, just hoping that these concerns would be addressed.
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Violater | October 10th, 2007 at 12:50 pm
56 posts ok maybe 50 if you ignore some of the people that were asking for it.
Yet no response, am I picking up a trend here?
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KnaveX | October 10th, 2007 at 12:52 pm
@nmc75
I agree in game video chat would be cool. Except for porno freaks. (Example) Oh man nice move, NOW TAKE YOUR CLOTHES OFF!
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joel | October 10th, 2007 at 1:05 pm
You know what sucks…
THE PSP CAMERA YES THE.. PSP CAMERA!!! HASNT BEEN RELEASED YET!!!
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KnaveX | October 10th, 2007 at 1:07 pm
Ok sony sorry for that post you deleted, but my new question is this for real? The XMB with the eye, I call it IMB- The Eye Media Bar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L17O43X39cg&mode=related&search=
And for those who don’t know or haven’t seen Eyedentify, here it is
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pt-Cah3Gz44&mode=related&search=
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KnaveX | October 10th, 2007 at 1:09 pm
The Eye Media Bar!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L17O43X39cg&mode=related&search=
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KnaveX | October 10th, 2007 at 1:10 pm
@Joel
It sucks cause it hasn’t been released yet?
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sacredena | October 10th, 2007 at 1:18 pm
IN-GAME XMB, YOU SAID YOU CARED SONY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
IN-GAME XMB, YOU SAID YOU CARED SONY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
IN-GAME XMB, YOU SAID YOU CARED SONY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
IN-GAME XMB, YOU SAID YOU CARED SONY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Stoffinator | October 10th, 2007 at 1:23 pm
I’m waiting for the PSEye. I didn’t get to try out Eyetoy because I didn’t think my room had enough lite.
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PS3_123106 | October 10th, 2007 at 1:24 pm
lots of whinnin’ going on today. Im not into card games, but when a cool game comes out for the PS Eye then I’ll go buy one.
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Hired.Geek | October 10th, 2007 at 1:59 pm
Loucifer
Orphu has a point can you imagine what an HD camera like that will cost? Not to mention what kind of band width you would need to support that plus whatever gaming you are doing at the same time?
And if you have ever seen the Xbox 360 Vision Camera, you would know that right about now a VGA resolution camera sounds pretty good. The crappy little camera that does not have a mic on it. Just the crappy Vision camera that Microsoft sells is $39.99 and it does not have nearly the feature set that this does. If the Mic is everything they are bragging it up to be, honestly Sony could probably sell the Mic itself for $39.99 and allot of people would buy it just to get away from the headaches of headsets. The camera is just icing on the cake.
Now that said someone mentioned Wireless, and I do have to agree that would make the item really cool. Especially in instances for the Eye of Judgment card game where very few people are going to setup a small table less then Six feet from their PS3 which would probably end them up right on top of their beautiful HD screen TV. I know I am not going to set the table to play cards with right next to my 52” screen television. So the person who suggested Wireless or at the very least a long USB cable, I think is spot on. Or perhaps some one from Sony could make some suggestions on how to deal with this situation.
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frito | October 10th, 2007 at 2:00 pm
Check out this software, maybe it can integrate with the eyetoy?
Click here to check out “total immersion”
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wizardpsp | October 10th, 2007 at 2:26 pm
Very Nice!! hope to see a contest of video and we can win! prizes of PSN Yes!!
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god0fgod | October 10th, 2007 at 2:39 pm
Can’t wait. Will it be comming out in europe about the same time?
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Grauw | October 10th, 2007 at 2:46 pm
“IMHO, this microphone really does do away with the need for a headset.”
I am really looking forward to this particular feature. I have a question though: will it automatically work as an audio input device in games, or would it need to be explicitly supported by them?
~Grauw
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KnaveX | October 10th, 2007 at 2:48 pm
@frito
Thats the technology Eye of judgment uses.
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Vassago | October 10th, 2007 at 2:52 pm
sure i want it one reasons for OeJ and the second reasons for the cam and all the good thing that will bring :)
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deadxbabiesxinc | October 10th, 2007 at 2:53 pm
i’m always interested in trying something new out, forget about friggen halo 3 i don’t care about it AT ALL. I’m interested in the Playstation Eye and i’m glad i can finally get a camera to use for my PS3 cuz none of my PC cameras were working with it. Give it a friggen chance! yeesh.
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Neil | October 10th, 2007 at 3:08 pm
Cannot wait!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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marcandrer | October 10th, 2007 at 3:13 pm
any Eyedentity news ?.. that game looked great at E3 2005. Hope we hear about it again with the PS Eye release :)
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quilliry | October 10th, 2007 at 3:14 pm
im definitely buying this thing, looks promising, and its a great value for the technology that it offers.
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Jeigh | October 10th, 2007 at 3:16 pm
Sounds great! I look forward to the Eye of Judgement. Do you see anymore games like EoJ coming out in the future? I’d love to get more. :) For whoever the moderater is please remove these junk posts like 74 and please ban Loucifer- she’s only been a pain since she got here.
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scubafinch | October 10th, 2007 at 3:20 pm
AV Chat across the PSN sounds great. Better If you can get a Skype client developed for the PS3 then you’ll sell bucket-loads of “Eyes”. You could make/receive calls from the comfort of your living room without ever leaving the couch!
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TyranX | October 10th, 2007 at 3:28 pm
Will there ever be a feature that you can record videos WHILE you are playing so you can show ur friends?
I’m just curious because thats the only reason I’m considering in buying one!
I want to film myself kicking peoples ARSE!
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MrCamo | October 10th, 2007 at 3:29 pm
@28 Wolverine, i am not sure that there is any integration of the current camera and PSP. I have not seen anything that i can do. did i miss something?
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frito | October 10th, 2007 at 3:36 pm
@71 KnaveX-
really? cool! I’ve checked out the other eye bits on Youtube and IGN- it looks great!
almost too good to be true! I hope it lives up to what those cool videos show-
OFFICIAL SONY EYE TECH RUBBER DUCK DEMO
Just think of the uses for games like Oblivion or other adventure games like zelda clones!
fill a cup of water with a glass in real time!!
SWEEET!
if they can integrate this right, it could bring back the point and click kind of games, but you get to actually manipulate the stuff!
but can it work with 3-d games in real time, or just pre-rendered static backgrounds?
SARAH STOCKER!
you should at least check back on a thread once you post it! people (ie prospective customers have questions about your product!
these videos on Youtube have got me excited!
You should release them in HD on PSN (or did you and i missed it?)
if it is handled right, not some like a gimmick (some support at first then…nothing…I’m looking at you PS2 hard drive!) this is gonna be awesome!
cheers!
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frito | October 10th, 2007 at 3:40 pm
I just thought of something, it would be sweet if you could set up your eye in your house, and then have it stream images to your PSP wherever you are, so you can check on your house while you are away, like a security camera!
yeah? watcha think?
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KnaveX | October 10th, 2007 at 4:15 pm
So, when are we going to see LOD (lots of ducks) technology again? And it would be cool to see something called EyeAthlete where you could box in first person without the use of any peripherals.
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frito | October 10th, 2007 at 4:20 pm
i wonder what all those posts are with no message, just wierd stuff like
[…] Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments […]
is it other sites linking to this page or something?
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ecchichuu | October 10th, 2007 at 4:22 pm
This has already been asked several times in the thread but is Eyedentify still coming?
I’m also curious about the amount and variety of software planned for PS3 Eye. Eyetoy was limited because it only got used for casual and gimmicky games… It would be cool to see ‘hardcore’ Eye games. And a game that uses Eye and SIXAXIS at the same time… maybe in a way similar to the Wii nunchuk setup.
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2ndPSP | October 10th, 2007 at 4:25 pm
Great, don’t you dare release the PS3 camera before you release the PSP camera. and I’m serious, I getting ticked off waiting here.
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dbarrade | October 10th, 2007 at 4:55 pm
Please allow the option to mute the sound or video capture anywhere once you press the PS button.
Please add the ability to bring up the friends list and start voice or video chat anytime by pressing the PS button. Even if it means the game has to be paused whilst the voice and video chat software is loaded, and then unloaded once the conversation is over and the game resumes.
[Offtopic Sorry] Please add a clock and calander, so when you push the PS button it shows todays appointments and the current time, and back at the XMB I can share my calendar with friends and organise games.
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mp7a1mobsta | October 10th, 2007 at 5:41 pm
this is definitely gunna be sick
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ParthianArcher | October 10th, 2007 at 6:06 pm
@ 106
Agreed.
At first I thought it would suck, but it seems better than I expected.
Not sure about the design, though.
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Recce | October 10th, 2007 at 6:17 pm
“Loucifer | October 10th, 2007 at 10:47 am
Not to sound like a jerk but WHATS THE POINT OF HAVING A HIGH DEFINITION PS3 SYSTEM, HIGH DEFINITION TV AND A GHETTO VGA CAMERA?????????”
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So er… by your logic since the PS3 can do 1080p the camera should be a 1920×1080 60 fps video cam right? Sure, you just need to pay about USD3000 or so for it. Cheap right? Go get it boy.
Seriously, what’s with all these 3-year-olds coming into the forum to troll.
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saunderswan | October 10th, 2007 at 7:03 pm
the potential of this on THIS system is astounding cant wait to see what happens with it hope it progresses further than the eyetoy like incorporating it in to timecrisis where you really need to duck to duck maybe even track your head so you can peek out from any direction you can get a clear shot that would be sweet
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Kamahl | October 10th, 2007 at 7:24 pm
im getting it with the eye of judgment :D
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jaw04005 | October 10th, 2007 at 7:33 pm
You mean if you ever get around to shipping SingStar PS3. Ummmm, why not just delay it indefinitely.
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lakaihigh | October 10th, 2007 at 7:56 pm
@ saunderswan:
Dude I totally agree with you… What I want to see happen is even more expandability to the PSP.
I love the thought of going somewhere, anywhere in the world, accessing a wi-fi spot with my PSP, then turning on my PS3 and then finally being able to view my living room via my PSeye on my PSP. THAT IS SOOOO FREAKIN SWEET! If sony can pull that off then I’ll be in love. I’m gettin the PSeye regardless because I love how tight it is and because there might possibly be a PC driver that can support it so that I can use it as a webcam. What do you guys think about that? hahaha
Peace,
Lh
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Kurosaki | October 10th, 2007 at 9:05 pm
I can’t wait to buy dis joint… If it is related to PS3 then its good enough for me… cuz i wanna videochat with my friend using PS3… if some of u guys doubt some things about da PS3 EyeToy then who knows sooner or later some of u might realize PS3’s full potential .. ^_^
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40cal | October 10th, 2007 at 9:30 pm
thanks for the info. I was already going to get the PS EYE, you just made me want it more.
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Shadow_Dancer | October 10th, 2007 at 11:13 pm
I’m not one to spread rumors (so take this with a grain of salt), but according to a journalist that visits the Australian Playstation forums, he hinted the next firmware update will be around the 24th of October. He refuses to say anymore except “it will be a real eye opener”. The dates match. Something to do with PSEye?
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ARMZ | October 11th, 2007 at 12:55 am
Does it detect self abuse? :)
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Fantatier | October 11th, 2007 at 1:59 am
whats with all the bots :S
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deadxbabiesxinc | October 11th, 2007 at 5:14 am
what are these comments that look like ads? examples comments #133-138? Wtf? Those are annoying!
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chrisroth | October 11th, 2007 at 5:16 am
The camera sounds cool and the mic, if it proves to be as good as it sounds will be great (not sure how a mic on a camera that’s near a telly with 3 surround speakers nearby will pick up voice from the sofa…).
Issues for me:
1) ps3 is on display ‘cos it’s a sexy bit of kit. I’m pretty sure all the usb ports are on the front so we’re going to have a cable permanently hanging off the front (360 cam is plugged into the single rear port)
2) any info on lcd/plasma mounting rather than flat on the tv stand?
3) 6ft will be enough length for me (just) but can easily see how others will suffer. Not an xbox fanboy (have one of each console!) but since xbox 1, ms has always been more than generous with cable lengths.
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frito | October 11th, 2007 at 8:15 am
WHY ARE ALL THESE WIERD POSTS FLOODING OUR BLOG!!!!
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brendanwgibson | October 11th, 2007 at 8:51 am
For in game voice chat – how does the microphone cope with the noise coming from a game you’re playing? Would it be possible to play Warhwk and have people actually hear you as you speak from your couch?
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Elsa43 | October 11th, 2007 at 10:42 am
What about backward compatibility with older Eyetoy games? I love Eyetoy Groove and use it regularly as my exercise routine… will the new Playstation Eye be compatible?
Also, in terms of being used as a microphone… one of the problems encountered when people use the Eyetoy as a mic ingame is that it picks up too much of the TV sound and creates feedback and too much background noise… is there technology involved that only picks up voice… or does it have to be moved away from speakers?
Regarding Singstar… is there a possibility that the new Playstation Eye will replace the wired microphones and allow for wireless play?
Will there be any integration of this product in Home? (I’m assuming there will be… but assumptions can be wrong).
… it would be nice to have a comprehensive FAQ for new products.
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