
Sony PS3Eye Camera DirectShow Capture Source Filter *Update* v3. Grab the new version at the very bottom of the ongoing page 3.
Ps3 eye camera driver install#
In fact, to me this gives the driver near-parity with the Linux version (though it’s still easier to install GStreamer on Linux), and makes it worth running in Windows if you’ve got a Boot Camp install on your Mac.

Direct show applications can now use full set of PS3Eye camera frame rate capabilities.The steps below are based on this forum thread, with some changes to reflect my own experience. This should improve compatibility with many programs that use this feature (i.e. Having heard about the new camera driver built into the kernel of the new Raspbian OS image, I decided to have a play, using my PS3 EyeToy camera. Various fixes in PS3Eye.ax direct show component.This code is now implemented using hand optimized MMX/SSE instructions. Overall CPU usage was greatly reduced by optimizing the critical code.Improved driver stability (this relates to the freezing of the camera image on some machines).I’m using it in Processing with the aid of GSVideo. The new driver is performing beautifully. (Hey, it was a from-scratch driver written by one person.) If you followed our instructions for the PS3 Eye on Windows only to find the camera randomly freezing, we’ve got good news – it’s fixed. Previously, the Windows driver for the PS3 Eye could be either blazingly fast, or blazingly not actually working at all.
Ps3 eye camera driver drivers#
So the big news for me today: rocking out new Windows drivers for the $40, computer vision and augmented reality and high framerate and capture-capable PS3 Eye camera. But it’s tough to really convey the special love affair I have for the Sony PS3 Eye camera – just as it was hard to explain to the local GameStop employee that, no, I don’t actually have the PS3 game system.

What counts as really big news in my special technology world is, I’ll admit, a little different than everyone else. Photo ( CC) csullens, who I hope doesn’t object – do you need model clearance for felines? Whoo! That’s three cat/leopard/dog photos in a roll! And now… I’ll stop.
