Eye Toy Kinetic

by Sony

Product Features

• Features -
• Provides players with a superior fitness experience all in the comfort of their own home
• Experience a true interactive fitness experience with EyeToy - Kinetic's real-time performance evaluations
• Designed to improve general fitness, reactions, posture, balance, breathing and all-around body toning and conditioningTwo unique personal trainers provide professional guidance and encouragement
• Players can choose from 4 Zones of discipline - Cardio, Combat, Toning and Mind & Body for an all-in-one fitness program

Product Details

• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B0009I95TK
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.5 x 2.8 inches ; 4.8 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: September 20, 2005
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (40 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #17,011 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Edition: Standard

Get in shape with an engaging and challenging workout all in the comfort of your own home. EyeToy: Kinetic, exclusive to the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system, is a unique and innovative fitness product that acts as an in-home personal trainer to create authentic customized exercise routines with real-time performance evaluations for more effective workouts. Utilizing the revolutionary EyeToy technology, EyeToy: Kinetic offers players an all-in-one fitness program of cardio, mind and body, and strength exercises inspired by Aerobics, Capoeira, Kick Boxing, Yoga, Modern Dance and Tai Chi. Choose between two unique personal trainers each of whom provide guidance and assess players' performances as they engage in 12-week training programs or select individual routines to tone specific areas of the body. To create a more interactive and robust workout experience, the innovative EyeToy technology measures the force and direction of the players' movements, analyzes them and provides real-time performance evaluations. Whether players are fitness fanatics or looking to rev up their workout routine, EyeToy: Kinetic provides a fun, personalized fitness experience custom tailored to each players' fitness level, schedule and overall objectives. Select a challenging and intensive 12-week training program, which keeps track of workout schedules and monitors progress Train in 4 different environments - Dojo, Dance Studio, Zen Garden and Loft Designed for all fitness abilities Includes the EyeToy Full Vision Lens adaptor for a full-interactive experience Features a clean, sophisticated graphic design

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

65 of 65 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fun game to give you a good workout!!, November 25, 2005

By 

JuJu - See all my reviews

= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Eye Toy Kinetic (Video Game)

The game has 4 major elements: Cardio, Combat, Toning and 'Mind and Body'. The cardio and combat sections of the game are marvelous with lots of fun elements. The mini-games (in the combat and cardio sections) are 10 minutes each. Even the easiest level can get you huffing and puffing with lots of sweat. You are tested on your reflexes as well as precision. I don't know much about the strength part in the combat games because I kind of cheated by moving very very rapidly.

Just like what the company describes, you can set your own workout profile. It's as if you have your own personal trainer.

However, Sony needs to work out the kinks of the Eye Toy hardware. Our living room is quite comfortably sized for a couple with 2 cats, but Eye Toy doesn't think so. There is a distance of 7 feet between the TV and the couch, and the Eye Toy still doesn't think you have enough room. Unfortunately, Eye Toy isn't quite for apartment dwellers unless you mount the Eye Toy on the wall.

Lightings is another problem. The room needs to be EVENLY lit or else you'd have a hard time reaching one side of the screen. Setting the camera for 'dim room' helps tremendously. The camera sensitivity should set to Medium or even Low. I accidentally set it on High, and I saw my furniture playing the game with me.

Nonetheless, if you have a decent sized living room, and if you can get the camera working right, this game is AWESOME!!

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars fun for hours escpecially just watching someone do it, December 2, 2005

By 

wade (Oklahoma) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Eye Toy Kinetic (Video Game)

Over all the game has a very sweet idea to it play games and excercise at the same time. when you buy this title you wont be able to wait till you get home.

as soon as you start you build a profile your height, weight , age and how active you are. After you select your personal trainer they will set up a routine for you. mine was set up for advanced the first week i had a routine on Wed/Thu Fri/Sat Sun/Mon which seems like a lot of work but the excercises range from 4-10 minutes long each routine had only three excercise's though. if you dont want to go that route and want to just start playing you can build a routine. you routines will consist of either Combat, toning, mind and body , or Cardio. For those of you who think this product wont work i play football and baseball and the cardio workouts will get you winded and sweating,provided you dont cheat. And even if you think you are pretty warmed up beleive me you probably aren't. Like on the combat i swung at A Target and hit it but since you are swinging at air if you think you can just throw a haymaker right of the bat you cant, i thought i threw my arm out tyring to swing at that thing. Some of the problems are that you need to have quite a bit of room , and it needs to be pretty will lit. in some cases a had to wrap a shirt around my fist for the camera to pick it up. If you have a lamp or two close by just turn them on this should help.

Pros. 1. Burns calories

2. Fun and entertainiing for the whole family even mom and pops

3. Actually pretty challenging.

4. actually measures how hard you hit the object

5. ther are many more i jsut cant list them all

Cons. 1. need to have a pretty good sized area

2. needs to be well lit

3. and a few more little things but nothing major

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Revolutionary., November 25, 2005

By 

sweatervest (elsewhere) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Eye Toy Kinetic (Video Game)

I own five games for Eye Toy, the majority of the Eye Toy collection.

This might be the best use of this technology thus far. Fun, exhausting and highly customizable. There are thousands of ways to play this game. Each exercise has its own unique choice of music and an initial difficulty level that automatically increases as you progress through the routine. Entire guided fitness plans are created for each player after series of questions. It even snaps progress photos as you complete your plan.

In addition as the camera, a wide-angle lense is included to accomodate an entire body workout. After your body and a Playstation, everything you need is included. This is more than a game, it is a revolutionary exploration into what video games can do for us.

Per usual, while the Eye Toy does require a rather bright room to function well, a standard two-bulb overhead fixture works fine. If you really want the full Eye Toy experience, I would reccommend this game, as well as Antigrav.

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