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Xbox 360 Live Vision Camera

Manufacturer : Microsoft Software
In Stock : 50

List Price:	$39.99
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Features

New and improved ergonomic design enables maximum comfort and endless gameplay
New left and right shoulder buttons are designed for ease of use
Two analog pressure-point triggers, two vibration feedback motors, and one eight-way directional pad are included
The controller includes a nine-foot (nearly three-meter) break-away controller cable
Experience easy Vibration Control with a simple On or Off setting to match your personal preference

Product Description

Put a face on your gamer tag and make yourself known to the people on your friends list with this Microsoft Xbox Live Vision cam. Bring gesture-based games to life using your body movements to control the action. The cam supports games designed with "face in game" technology for a personalized gaming experience - add your face to your character in game. Crystal-clear images are a snap with VGA 640H x 480V video at 30 frames per second and still photos at 1.3 mega-pixels.

Customer Reviews

Average Rating of 4.00 out of 61 reviews

Rating :
Best Web Cam For Mac! - Mike., Nov 18, 2009

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.

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Incredible Webcam for Mac OS X! Best kept secret. - Bucky Elliott, Nov 02, 2009

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.

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Yes! It works on a Mac, perfectly, just plug it in - George G. Bailey, Jul 17, 2009

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.

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A very small percentage of 360 owners will enjoy this product. - Gary_W, Jun 20, 2009

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.

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Great basic webcam - Erick, Jun 17, 2009

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.

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