This allows players to interact with games using motion and color detection as well as sound through its built-in microphone array.

[10] Sony states that the PlayStation Eye can produce "reasonable quality video" under the illumination provided by a television set.

Selected manually by rotating the lens barrel, the PlayStation Eye can be set to a 56° field of view (red dot) similar to that of the EyeToy,[11] for close-up framing in chat applications, or a 75° field of view (blue dot) for long-shot framing in interactive physical gaming applications.

[1] Like its predecessor, the EyeToy, the PlayStation Eye enables natural user interface and mixed reality video game applications through the use of computer vision (CV) and gesture recognition technologies implemented in the software.

[16] According to Sony; the facial technology can identify features such as eyes, mouth, eyebrows, nose, and eyeglasses; read the shape of the mouth and detect a smile;[14][fn 2] determine the position and orientation of the subject's head; and estimate the age and gender of the face.

[12] In addition to gaming-oriented uses, Sony has stated that the PlayStation Eye will also feature applications for tasks such as interactive communication and content creation (e.g. movie-making and video blogging).

[1] Through the software, users can edit, save, and share their own custom images, movies, and audio content.