Xbox 360 Live Vision Camera
by Microsoft Software
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Video Game Reviews of Xbox 360 Live Vision Camera
Customer Review: A nice little camera.
Summary: 3 Stars
It is a nice little camera, but there really isn't much of a reason for this on Xbox, there are a few games that support the camera, but to be honest don't get it unless you have other friends that have it because the few games that do use it only use it to put your face in the game or video feed which gets old quick, but if your friends have one then you can video chat with them which can be fun depending on who your chatting with. The camera can also be used on your computer, but just remember the camera has no flash, auto zoom or focus and picture quality is okay at best, but for that price what do you expect.Customer Review: Best Web Cam For Mac!
Summary: 5 Stars
If you have a mac mini or a Mac pro this is a great buy. I even think the quailty surpasses the isight built into the iMac I upgraded to a Mac Mini after I sold my 2007 iMac to my parents and i was in need of a cam so i looked around and read that this was compatible with any mac with 10.4 or higher, and since the camera has been out for a while you can get this for dirt cheap used I wound up paying 8 bucks for it after i had some left over trade in credit at gamestop. Its compatible with iChat Skype Photobooth and a majorty of Mac progoams even works under Windows and window 7 to. Customer Review: Incredible Webcam for Mac OS X! Best kept secret.
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this to use with my Mac, and was shocked by the native support and amazing performance, even in low lighting. I've used it with iChat and Gmail.Customer Review: Yes! It works on a Mac, perfectly, just plug it in
Summary: 5 Stars
This web cam for the x-box, made by Microsoft is a great replacement for all of those people who own a Mac without a built in camera. There's no software to install, or settings to mess with or adjust. It works great with iChat or Yahoo Chat, just click on the web cam button and you'll see the live view come on. And it's cheap, I bought mine for less than ten dollars and I saw a new one at Game Stop for under twenty dollars. Customer Review: A very small percentage of 360 owners will enjoy this product.
Summary: 2 Stars
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. 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. 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. And that's on a good day. 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. 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. 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. 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. To move your character around and ultimately play the game, you have to continually move your arms up and down. 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. 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. 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.