Well we knew it was coming, heck we couldn't wait for it, and now it's officially been "shown off".
Yes people I'm talking about the Playstation 3's Playstation Eye Camera.

Details about the follow up to the hugely successful Playstation 2 EyeToy Camera were finally released yesterday.

Due for release sometime during the summer, the Playstation Eye Camera is perfectly adapted for voice, video chat and online gaming, making this the essential PS3 accessory.

The camera connects to the PS3 via one of its USB (Universal Serial Bus) ports and, once connected, you will see the technological advances made by Sony, almost instantaneously.

The Playstation Eye Camera has been designed specifically to take advantage of the 3rd generation tachnology of gaming and the new services constantly being released.

The Playstation Eye Camera has the following features:
- A sophisticated microphone with the ability to reduce background noise and focus on the spoken word for smoother, more accurate speech recognition and transfer
- The ability to capture videos and audio clips directly to your PS3's hard disk drive
- Engineered to perform well even in low-light conditions
- A range of different capturing modes, including slow motion and time-lapse
- Faster frame rate for improved tracking, responsiveness and smoothness
- Two position zoom lens for close-up and full body options
- A range of eye-catching visual effects to apply to photos and videos
- Bundled with EyeCreate editing software, which allows users to save and edit photos, video and audio clips.

New microphone functions
An all-new four microphone array, incorporating multidirectional voice location tracking, enhanced echo cancelling and background noise suppression allows for clear audio chat in even the most noisy of environments, without the need to hold or wear a headset.

Next-generation camera features
A frame rate of up to 120 frames per second allows for super-smooth video and sophisticated low-light operation means that the room doesn't have to be brightly lit for the camera to deliver crisp, perfectly exposed video. The adjustable zoom lens features a 56 degree field of view to capture head and shoulders action for close-in audio-visual chat, and a 75 degree field of view to capture the whole body for a fully physical gaming experience.

David Reeves, President of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, had this to say about the new Playstation Eye Camera, "PLAYSTATION Eye is a great example of how we have moved forward so significantly with our technology. PLAYSTATION Eye has four times the resolution, twice the framerate and double the sensitivity of its predecessor EyeToy USB Camera. With the technology that we now have at our disposal we will be able to dramatically improve the communications experience enjoyed on PS3".

Also bundled with the camera will be the free image editing software called EyeCreate.

This software allows you to save photos, video and audio clips to your PS3 hard disk drive and apply eye-catching visual effects to your images.
There are also different capture modes like time-lapse and slow motion that open up a world of possibilities to be explored further in EyeCreate's editing suite, where you can turn your media into professional looking movies.

Now for all of you techno guys out there, here comes the Science bit:

- 4 channel audio input: 16 bits/channel, 48kHz, SNR 90db
- 56 to 75 degree Field of View zoom lens
- 2.1 F-stop, <1 percent distortion, fixed focus (25cm to 8 at 75 degree FOV)
- 640 x 480 at 60 frames/second
- 320 x 240 at 120 frames/second
- USB2 high-speed data transfer
- Uncompressed video or optional JPEG compression

So, in my opinion, this seems like THE PS3 accessory to treat yourself to. Let's all go out and buy it, when it's out, and access the fantastical world of online gaming and video chats.
Just imagine playing Resistance: Fall Of Man online and letting people see and hear you taunting them.

Game On!

Jay
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Sounds Great I'll Buy One When It Comes Out The We Can All Meet Up On The Home Software Sony's Working On

MC, I merged your topic into this earlier topic. I think it would get more views in the news section.

Nice job on finding the pic!

Okeydokey. Yeah, it does look pretty cool, huh?

Lets hope it works better than the last iteration of the Eyetoy

this is the first picture ive seen of the playstation eye now i cant wait till it comes out.

thanks for the picture MCWHAMMER