Microsoft Xbox Live Vision Camera (Xbox 360)
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CNET editors' rating:
3.5 stars
Very good
THE GOOD
Microsoft's slickly designed Xbox Live Vision for Xbox 360 is a relatively inexpensive, USB Web-cam-style video camera that allows you to video-chat online with other Xbox Live gamers. You can also use the camera to add still images to your text messages and your gamertag picture, not to mention that some upcoming games will allow you to map your face to your in-game player using the camera. We also like the shimmering water effect the camera puts on the background of the Xbox Live menu system, not to mention that when you're in music mode on your Xbox 360, you can play with the visualization with hand gestures. Lastly, the Xbox Live Vision camera can double as a Web cam on your PC or Mac.
THE BAD
Image quality for still photos is pretty mediocre and only a handful of games are currently Vision-enabled.
THE BOTTOM LINE
Microsoft's answer to Sony's EyeToy camera, the affordable Xbox Live Vision Camera for Xbox 360 may not yet be a must-have Xbox 360 accessory, but we suspect that as Microsoft upgrades Xbox Live to include more Vision features, it will be.
CNET Reader Reviews
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November 18, 2006 04:10
4.0/5
Great idea for someone like me. I have an extremely low voice and always talk crap because of it. They think I am like forty years old and once they see my pic they usually shut up. -
September 26, 2006 09:35
4.5/5
XBOX Live Vision Cam is a must buy for XBOX 360 gamers. Easy setup and use. It is finally great to put a face to your friends gamer tags. Zoom ******* is excellent also. The price is good the Gold pack is the way to go for around $80 you get the cam... read more » -
January 29, 2007 02:55
Mediocre
1.0/5
I'm not sure why cnet (and others) reviews this as mac compatible. I bought it for my mac. The instructions do not include setup info for the mac. I called the fine folk at XBox they don't seem to think its mac compatible or that they support it.
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