Xbox Live Vision Camera coming on Sep 19
Published May 31st, 2006 in Gaming, Internet, Microsoft, Technology
According to Microsoft’s Major Nelson, the Xbox Live Vision Camera demoed at E3 ‘06 that had its pictures leaked onto the internet, will be simultaneously released in the US and Europe on September 19. This isn’t like the 360 release where they were weeks apart, for the first time it is being released on the same date! However, he did not mention any price for the camera, which you will be able to use for video conferencing and video emails, in some games (ie UNO) as well as for customising your profile picture.
UPDATE: “Major Nelson has corrected an earlier report made during a recent Blogcast concerning the release date for the Xbox Live Vision camera: it will be out in Europe and Asia (outside of Japan) on October 2nd rather than the earlier September 19th date, which still applies for 360 owners in the U.S.” [link]
UPDATE 2: “Our friendly anonymous source at Microsoft has provided us with a few more details concerning the 360 accessories announced back at E3. Perhaps the most important involves the bundling of the Xbox Live Vision camera with a wired headset, the popular Live Arcade title UNO, and a month of Live Gold service for $39.99 when it releases in the States on September 19, 2006.” [link]
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The camera seems a bit shabby and cheap. I wonder whether you’ll get some decent image quality from it. I don’t like the design of it, reminds of an old tube TV. I still want to try it out though, probably not that bad!
you talk bull s**t mate come back when you know what your on about
Ryan,
Dont worry about the camera it is a decent one, trust me its like sony’s Eyetoy, As sony’s Eyetoy uses a 2dimentional motion detector its is a pretty basic camera almost as basic as the first web cams that came to our computers, but as for the Microsofts Xbox live vision camera it uses a 3dimentional motion capture software I am unsure of how it works but put it this way, the camera would be the top of the range web cam you can by on the market nowadays. Also the tubular lens has a purpose, instead of having to going to a system setup to just adjust the focus microsoft just made a manual focus by turning the tube simple but a good idea in the long run…..all you now need to do is find a place where to put it!! and try to find a free usb port too lol