EyeToy
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The EyeToy is a color webcam for use with the PlayStation 2. Supported games use computer vision and gesture recognition to process images taken by the EyeToy. This allows players to interact with the games using motion, color detection, and also sound, through its built-in microphone. It was released in 2003 and in total, it has 10.5 million sales.
Key facts
- Information appliance.name
- EyeToy
- Information appliance.logo
- Eyetoy logo.svg
- Information appliance.image
- PS2-Eyetoy.jpg
- Information appliance.caption
- EyeToy Camera in blackish gray
- Information appliance.developer
- Sony Computer Entertainment
- Information appliance.manufacturer
- Logitech, Namtai
- Information appliance.family
- PlayStation
- Information appliance.type
- Webcam
- Information appliance.generation
- Sixth
- Information appliance.release_date
- 2003
- Information appliance.connectivity
- USB 1.1 (type-A)
- Information appliance.platform
- PlayStation 2
- Information appliance.camera
- 320×240 pixels, capable of 640×480 pixels with custom drivers.
- Information appliance.successor
- PlayStation Eye
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- 173
- Image
- PS2-Eyetoy.jpg
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- EyeToy
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- 2003-10-00
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- History
- Design
- Use with personal computers
- Games
- Designed for EyeToy
- Works with EyeToy
- Cameo
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- References
The EyeToy is a color webcam for use with the PlayStation 2. Supported games use computer vision and gesture recognition to process images taken by the EyeToy. This allows players to interact with the games using motion, color detection, and also sound, through its built-in microphone. It was released in 2003 and in total, it has 10.5 million sales.
The camera was manufactured by Logitech, although newer EyeToys were manufactured by Namtai. The camera is mainly used for playing EyeToy games developed by Sony and other companies. It is not intended for use as a normal PC camera, although some programmers have written unofficial drivers for it. The EyeToy is compatible with the PlayStation 3 and can be used for video chatting. As of November 6, 2008, the EyeToy has sold 10.5 million units worldwide.