Sony announced the
PlayStation Eye camera, an EyeToy-style peripheral for the PS3. There's no price or date information (just "summer" release), but plenty of cool features:
- 120 frames per second video recording
- designed for low-light situations
- microphone that reduces background noise for improved voice recognition
- EyeCreate software for saving your photos, videos and audio clips, applying special effects and selecting time lapse and slow motion modes
If you want something cool for your PS3 here and now, get to the PlayStation Store to download free demos for
Ninja Gaiden Sigma and
Virtua Tennis 3. There's even an update to that
Folding@home application, if you're into that. And, finally so you're in the loop at the watercooler, Sony Computer Entertainment Chairman and CEO Ken Kutaragi (aka "Father of PlayStation") is stepping down, though he will remain a technology advisor. His heir is Kazuo Hirai...
