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Unless you have professional-grade lighting equipment in your house, you're not going to get anything that's worth keeping for too long.Another thing that was promised with the use of the Vision camera, was gesture-based and live feed based gaming. I bought the Vision camera on launch day because I thought it would be a great idea to video chat, send picture messages and more with this camera. Instead of 30 frames per second, like most digital cameras, I think the Vision camera has a framerate of maybe 10-15 frames per second. I understand that it would be extremely cost prohibitive to include a 5 megapixel camera, but taking a picture with this thing is just bad. And the live feed based games just show a continual video feed of your usually semi-nude opponents during games like UNO and a few others. And that's on a good day.
To move your character around and ultimately play the game, you have to continually move your arms up and down. Unfortunately, the low-resolution and sub-par framerate of this camera have left a bad taste in my mouth.Video chats are not that impressive because of the low framerate of the camera. The game that comes for free with the camera, Totem Ball, has been a continual source of frustration because the camera has a hard time picking up where you're standing and where your arms are at. If you and a friend are chatting and just sitting still, this will offer decent results. The second one of you start to move, the video becomes choppy and grainy almost instantly.Speaking of grain, the resolution of the Vision camera rivals that of most entry-level cell phones. It would be one thing if this was just physically tiring, but the game is really not that good and the camera has a hard time distinguishing where you are or how far away you are if you're playing on a larger TV set.
This doesn't offer that much to the gameplay except you now get to see who's calling you racial slurs or hurling homophobic remarks.The camera really doesn't deliver on its promises so I'd recommend everyone to pass on this investment.
Works great with Skype on OS X (Leopard) on my PowerBook G4. Nice clear picture. I'm very happy with it--especially with the low price.
The "You're in the Movies." game is currently [.]. on Amazon and includes this camera with it. I made the mistake of buying this separately and it's actually more expensive. Make sure to get yourself the best deal.
This is also a great choice for anyone that uses the integrated Windows Live Messenger feature for chat.What sold me is the fact that this camera can also be used with a PC. The Xbox 360 Live Vision Camera isn't fancy, but it gets the job done and its ability to be used with your PC is a great bonus. Windows Vista automatically found the appropriate driver and my camera was up and running within seconds. There aren't many titles that currently use a camera, but social games like 1 vs. 100 that do use it seem to be coming down the pipe. It's worked well with Skype and other programs.Since consoles only come with one headset, the one included in this package ended up being used with my second controller. Not exactly groundbreaking, but a nice addition to round out my system.Overall, this is a good package for anyone looking for a web camera for their PC and also want to be able to use it with their XBox 360.
This vision camera was cheaper on amazon than at walmart/best buy. It works great & we're very happy with it.
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