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Dr Gadget - Gadget Shop - Xbox 360 Live Vision Camera (Xbox 360)
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List Price: £34.99
Our Price: £21.99
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Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
Manufacturer: Microsoft
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Manufacturer Maximum Age: 18
Binding: Video Game
Brand: Microsoft
EAN: 0000000000000
Label: Microsoft
Manufacturer: Microsoft
Manufacturer Minimum Age: 36
Platform: Xbox 360
Publisher: Microsoft
Release Date: 2006-10-05
Studio: Microsoft
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Poo
Comment: HAHA i saw that no one had put a 1 star rating on it yet so I'm going to!! woo, it's actually a really good product buy it!! :P
Customer Rating:
Summary: Xbox Live Vision Review
Comment: A good idea with some great potential but for the time being that's all it is. I think it's great that the camera can be used as a normal webcam, being a USB, you can just plug it into your PC.
The camera is reasonably clear, however you can take a higher advantages of the effects on the 360. After taking a photo, to set as your personal gamerpicture, or to send to a friend, you can add various effects, including the common settings like black and white, sepia, negative, as well as special lens effects that expand, inflate, or reflect the picture, as well as many more.
When i purchased this item, it comes with a one month free gold membership on xbox live, an extra headset for online chatting (worth about £14.99 at the time), and a code to download UNO full xbox live arcade game. Great if you have friends over with the headset, so you can all talk to different people, and UNO isn't a bad way to boost your gamerscore.
Similar to the Sony Eyetoy, on playstation 2, you can use it to control characters. However there is few games this is compatible with. TotemBall, (a free arcade game that requires the camera) is not the greatest of games, but, for the younger generation it can be fun. Basically you control a ball rolling around a level, by moving your arms up and down in fountains to control the speed and direction. Doesn't sound great, because basically it isn't, specially when you already have perfectly good games to play on.
You can also have video conversations and calls with other xbox live members but they must have a gold membership to view and send their own (if they have the cam), or they can just watch, (with gold).
Another great feature that the visioncam can be used for is 'Gameface' technology. Despite only being in one game, this shows great potential for personalising characters. The only game supporting this so far is Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas. I don't own this game but I would say - aswell as many other people - that it's possible one of the greatest shooters on xbox 360 so far. In multiplayer you create your own characeter, when the camera is connected, you set up to take a photo, line up your face in good lighting in the box shown on screen, then take a photo, repeat it again from the side. After quite a long wait, that, providing it works, is worth it, a photo appears on your soldier that doesn't look identical, but looks quite good. Unfortunately, I don't think you can arm your character with various headgear, like scars, balaclavas and goggles but you unlock an achievement worth 20 or 30 gamerpoints which is a highish benefit if you have a low score like me :)
Despite a high asking price, with all the extras and potential included it is worth buying. However it's also worth waiting for to hope the price lowers and more games include the gameface technology.
Hope this review was helpful to anyone considering buying this item.
Customer Rating:
Summary: An Average product
Comment: The Live Vision Cam is the Xbox 360 Webcam. It plugs into the front of your Xbox via USB and enables you to video chat, take personalized gamer pictures and scan your face into games.
As a camera it's pretty good quality. The picture isn't fantastic, but it's clearer than most PC webcams and provides fluid video without any lag. It has a large viewing angle and so can see a lot of the room you are in. The camera seems to get pretty hot when on, so I recommend only leaving it plugged in whilst using it.
This camera didn't come in a box like it would in the shop, however all the parts were there. The game DID NOT come with UNO, rather the arcade game Robotron:2040 (which has no webcam functionality). This was a disappointment as I wanted UNO, which can used the webcam function. Totemball is not fun whatsoever and just hurts your arms (and your patience).
Overall the camera is okay. It does it's job, but could be used in future to greater effect. I scanned my face in Rainbow Six, but it looked a bit creepy and wouldn't allow me to wear my favourite loadout. My camera didn't come in a box or with UNO which was not properly advertised. If you can get this for about twenty pounds then it's a good deal, but it is by no means an essential purchase for your 360.
Customer Rating:
Summary: not enough content
Comment: i feel let down by microsoft that buying a camera for the sole content of using it for one game ie rainbow six. and video chat which any pc could cater for anyway seems a lot of money to invest for so little. i feel microsoft should have got there content up to scratch before making this available. on a lighter note here hopes the future will be bright for the camera and a valuable addition to your xbox 360.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great FUN, as Totemball is FREE!
Comment: A great piece of kit. You can have so much fun creating your own custom head by adding stupid masks, etc, (on Rainbow Six Vegasthat is). It can also be used in a lot of other games, either as an essential piece of kit (Totemball) or as a fun extra (Uno).
Uno code (to download it for free) is included with it, as well as a 1 month xbox live gold subscription and a wired headset (they can break easily as mine did). Also, although the code is not included in the pack, you can download Totemball, as a "FREE OFFER" when plugging in the camera. So it does come with the camera, sort of; Totemball is actually quite entertaining too. Uno is also a great addition to the kit.
No regrets in buying it, great fun, and enjoy.
P.S. This link shows list of all the games that make use of the camera plus much more info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_Live_Vision_Camera
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Editorial Reviews:
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In a nutshell:
The Xbox 360 gets its own version of EyeToy with this multi-use webcam and motion sensing controller that is a must-have piece of next gen hardware. The lowdown:
Capturing at a resolution of 640x480 and at 30 frames per-second, the Live Vision Camera has far more practical uses than the EyeToy ever did, with the ability to use it for free live video chat and picture messaging. It’s extremely easy to use and even lets you customise your own gamertag picture. The camera will also work on a PC too. Installation is very very easy--simply plug it in and the Xbox 360 recognises it straightaway. It comes with a free download of card game UNO and the Super Monkey Ball style Totemball. Other games that support the Live Vision Camera include Bankshot Billiards, Texas Hold'em, Hardwood Hearts, Hardwood Spades and Ubisoft’s Rainbow Six: Vegas which allows you to digitise your face into the game. The Live Vision Camera has every chance of becoming as essential to next gen gaming as it is to next gen online chat. Most exciting moment:
Although it is only a card game, UNO instantly illustrates just how much the Vision camera can transform a game. Each player gets their own little video feed on-screen, so you can chat to and see whoever you’re playing with and communicate with them in real-time. Dressing up can also push up the fun factor somewhat. Just make sure it’s appropriate! Since you ask:
Developer Strange Flavour, creators of Totemball are planning another two Xbox Live Vision games for the future. It’s not clear though whether they’ll be downloadable Xbox Live Arcade games or proper retail titles. The bottom line:
This is EyeToy done right and already a must-have for Xbox Live.-HARRISON DENT | 
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