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EyeToy - Chat Turns PS2 Into Videophone
Thanks to GameSpot for its coverage of Sony Europe's announcement of Eye Toy: Chat for PlayStation 2, a piece of software that works with Sony's Eye Toy USB camera and "allows users to communicate with each other in four different ways, namely text, voice, video mail, and one-to-one video chat." It's also explained: "While engaging in a one-on-one video chat, users will have the option to play games against each other, including chess, checkers, and naval war." The article has further clarification on potential worries for parents: "SCEE is eager to point out that that it has been working very closely with several children's charities in order to ensure that EyeToy: Chat is safe for even the youngest PS2 fans to enjoy."
SCEE is eager to point out that that it has been working very closely with several children's charities in order to ensure that EyeToy: Chat is safe for even the youngest PS2 fans to enjoy. New Chat users will be required to register and verify their details at PlayStation Net. There will be a number of strict safety measures and chat room moderators in place when the service launches this summer.
In other words, it won't be any fun, and nobody over the age of 12 is going to buy this.
The best thing is that there is no way to use the eye-toy without appearing utterly insane. You make a bunch of gestures at the TV!!11 Please always use the eye-toy with your shades open so your neighbors can laugh at you appropriately.
You know how someone looks driving and talking into a hands-free cell phone? Picture that, but talking at the TV. OMFG.
. . . there's a game with Play that has you cleaning suds off a window . . . I'm given to stepping back every once in a while and trying to calculate how violently this would have blown my 12-year-old mind...
I agree that the idea of paying $50 to wash windows would have really blown my mind at 12, too. In fact, I'm still having a hard time wrapping my head around it today!