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Sony's Eye Toy Previewed, Future Explored

Posted by simoniker on from the when-i'm-cleaning-windows dept.

Thanks to an anonymous reader for pointing to Boomtown's hands-on preview of Sony's Eye Toy, the forthcoming USB camera add-on for the Playstation 2 which comes with a suite of mini-games. As the preview explains, "The Eye Toy has motion detection capability, so you basically play all the games by moving your hands, your head, or even your legs." Interestingly, future plans for the Eye Toy, which was one of the E3 Game Critics Award winners, are also discussed, showing Sony are committed to using the hardware for more than just the one title: "The next instalment of Eye Toy: Play is already in development, and is due for release this Christmas. It will be a far more music-oriented product, featuring many tracks by popular artists. It will also feature full online video messaging capabilities."

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  1. Surprisingly good quality by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Is anyone else surprised by how good those screenshots look? I had an old usb web cam from logitech (same company making the eye toy) and the pictures were far too pixelated to be blown up on a tv screen.

  2. They have fun software for this by zenyu · · Score: 2, Insightful


    I saw the prototype at Sony's keynote at GDC last year. It looked like a lot of fun. They composited the player into an interactive world and you could control it with a "magic wand" (orange nerf ball on a stick.) and it would show all kinds of special effects eminating from your wand. It was basically a game of make believe that the kid can play without the adult around. Or, a party game for the lightly stoned. Or, an amazing virtual reality existence for acid heads.

    I think it's smart of them to release this now considering that many of the playstation players are at that age where they start making poop-machines.