Xbox 360 Live Camera Bundle

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Reader Reviews
Fun: This package comes with the Xbox 360 Live Vision Camera, a headset that you probably already have, and codes redeemable on the Xbox Live Marketplace for: UNO (which supports the camera in online play), Robotron 2084 (which is NOT a camera-enabled game), 200 Microsoft points, and finally 12 months of Xbox Live Gold service. Considering the Xbox Live Gold service runs around $50 by itself, this package is a great deal. Note that the official press releases mentioned Totemball being included. It is NOT included, but you can now download the game for free from the Xbox Live Marketplace. The camera itself is very nice. It's very small and has a focus ring on the front. The quality of video and still pictures is great. It's easy to install, you just plug it into your Xbox in the front or back USB port and you're good to go. You can also use it as a regular webcam with your PC. It currently does not work with Macs but Mac support is promised soon from Microsoft as their press release claims Mac support. Overall it's a nice little piece of equipment in a good package. It just depends on whether you want a webcam or not! Video chat is a nice feature if you have friends or family with an Xbox 360. Also, future games will support mapping your face onto your on-screen character which will be fun. Games like Totemball will be played by actually moving your arms and body around in front of the camera. So it does open up a lot of opportunities for new experiences with your Xbox 360. Parents worried about kids: when playing camera-enabled games you will see other people's video whether you have the camera or not, so buying this camera doesn't make any difference to what they will see. You can disable looking at other people's video for all the games. Comment (1) | Permalink | (Report this)

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Price: $50.57
Updated on 6-7-2008.