EyeToy: Chat Light – (PS2)

So far Sony’s EyeToy camera has only been used for a bunch of amusing, but intrinsically limited, party games. EyeToy: Chat though has an entirely different purpose–using the PlayStation 2’s Network Adaptor, it turns your console into a featured packed video phone. The EyeToy: Chat software actually allows four different methods of communication, namely text, voice, video mail and one-to-one-video chat. The text method is basically an ordinary chat room in which up to 256 people can talk together, whereas the voice chat rooms allow up to sixteen people to conference call together. The really clever bit though is the video chat system where you can talk to someone face to face, in real-time. This only works with one person at a time, but you can instantly switch between different people, allowing you to carry on an extended natter with all your friends.