Xbox 360 camera unveiled at XFEST

The cam is so ugly that i can't find a word to describe it...

This will increase the number of sexual predator assaults by a thousand fold, no joke.

Um, it looks like a webcam... How is ugly? It looks like most other webcams out there...

And how will it increase sexual predators? Any pervert with 15 bucks and a computer can already do what this thing will do as far as that's concerned. Considering the age demographic is probably much younger on LIVE than on the internet in general, I'd say sexual predatorism is much less likely.

Overall, I can't wait for this device. Face mapping will be worth every penny I spend on it.

The only reason it's ugly: It's displaying a picture of you.

(refering to TOM)

It is pretty dated-looking already. It's sort of cool, but it's no iSight... Putting that thing on top of the 360 is going to make it look like some dumb alien that didn't do his research before coming to earth.

I play games to get away from the real world and to relax.
Getting relialistic graphics and my face on the character does not help...

Who wants to see their and other peoples faces anyways? Ive seen enough ugly people in my lifetime...

It doesn't look ugly (to me) though, and its pretty useful if your into that sorta thing.

You know, it looks like they changed it from the prototype somewhat. I remember it being wider, for some reason.

I was hoping they'd have a face mapping feature with this. When I saw screnes a while back of pictures(front and side) of people for GRAW I was wondering if they would do that with this camera for the game. Apparently GRAW won't be able to do that, they were just detailing character models but I'd still be cool. And they did change it, the prototype was better looking I think, and it was wider/shorter.

Anticrawl

For some reason this ad seems to have a retro feel.
I can't place it. It's like seeing an ad from the 70s.

I agree it looks ugly from straight on, kinda weird and not in keeping with the x360 design ethos (save for the circle/lens)- probably because it looks like a generic CCTV camera. I'm sure in the "plastic" it looks better though, hard to judge the size of it from that pic.

X-Toy anyone? ;)

Honestly, the day ps3 fanboys start bashing the CAMERA for its design, is the day I loose all faith in the ps3 grill...

#11
I'm not a PS3 Fanboy, I'm just not very attracted by the cam's design. It seems like someone at MS tried to design something extraordinary. And maybe he just tried a bit too hard - at least for my taste. But if the cam works the way it should, the design isn't so important anyway.

#4
Wasn't aware that a cam can do more than film something...
Until now I thought that some kind of screen is needed to show pictures.

#10
X-Toy? For sure!

THAT'S IT

Now I know what this is reminding me of:
A part from a Mr. Coffee drip coffee maker!

@Derek > sorry to dissapoint you but I'm generally more PC and Nintendo than Ps2 (or 3). You know it is possible for someone to have a negative opinion about something without automatically being a fanatic for a competing technology. Fan boy is often overused and misused and this is a classic example.

A fanboy would not be open to buying all 3 of the next gen systems neither. I go wherever the good games are it's that simple.

Also - that camera does look bland, it's pretty obvious but everyone has a different taste if you think it looks good then fine, just say so without the inverse-fanboism ;)

That camera looks ugly because it's far bigger than it needs to be. Most of that plastic around the camera is unnecessary - who wants to bet that the square of plastic will be really thin? It just looks cheap. Even if they just cut a bit of that square off and made it a circle, it would look a lot better. But really, I am wondering why they changed away from that "prototype" camera (circa E3 2005). It looked much better.

Tom, X-toy my ass! The Xbox cam have none of the
eye toys motion tracking features. Take away the
Xbox cams face mapping ability and its nothing but a bog standard web cam.
i,m surprised that nobody is dissapointed by this.
I mean, full body motion tracking is only THE FUTURE of video gaming!

Now if only Sony would make the next-gen eye toy
standard with PS3.

#16: What are you talking about? The motion tracking is a software driven feature and has nothing to do with the hardware. The 360 Camera will feature Gesture Gaming which is an advanced form of Motion Tracking. Cause it features some form of infrared emitter its also possible that it will provide a solution of depth tracking too.

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it seems almost retro cool in its design ... almost as if it was made in the 5060's out of bakerlite..... I like it ... anyhoo. the pervs arnt the ones we wanna watch out for ... its them pesky kids !!!!

So i'm just wondering, does anyone know if it can double for a web can on a computer. I'm assuming it will but does anyone know for sure??