As if it wasn’t torturous enough to watch Japanese karaoke on Takeshi’s Castle, it looks like the make-an-idiot-out-of-yourself “revolution” (blech!) is hitting a little too close to home. Starting today, fans will be able to pick up the desi-styled SingStar Bollywood across Europe and start crooning in horrible voices into their mics, even as they put up a much more unimaginable horror show on their EyeToys.

For those that don’t know Hindi, but have been brainwashed by their Indian friends enough to start screeching in an alien language, Sony has even been kind enough to add phonetic English lyrics to the package. So take a look at the track list, if you dare, and thank the Gods that you have found that perfect gift for the female co-worker who’s been annoying you all through the years by insisting on Antakshari every time more than three people show up anywhere. As for me, I’m off to get ear plugs and NO, I really don’t care-oke. I just prefer singing the Portal song, over and over and over….

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Sony has unveiled its next-generation EyeToy for the PlayStation 3, featuring a host of improvements including new microphone for online voice chat, plus the ability to capture videos and save them to the hard drive.

Dubbed the PlayStation Eye, this new version includes “huge advances in USB camera and microphone technology [and] is set to revolutionise the experience of online communication on the PlayStation Network” according to Sony.

New to the PlayStation Eye is a noise-cancelling microphone which reduces background noise to focus on your speech when chatting to people online. Meanwhile, the camera itself can be used to take photographs and create videos or audio files, which can then be saved to the PS3’s hard drive. The Eye Camera also comes bundled with software - called EyeCreate - for editing or adding “eye-catching effects” to your creations.

Eye Camera can capture up to 120 frames per second, for smoother video, and is engineered to work in low-light too, meaning it doesn’t need a brightly lit room to function properly. There’s also an adjustable zoom lens, featuring a 56º field of view for head-and-shoulder chat, plus a 75º field of view to capture the whole body, doubtless for EyeToy-style arm-waving games.

Sony Europe boss David Reeves said: “PlayStation Eye is a great example of how we have moved forward so significantly with our technology. PlayStation Eye has four times the resolution, twice the framerate and double the sensitivity of its predecessor the EyeToy USB Camera. With the technology that we now have at our disposal we will be able to dramatically improve the communications experience enjoyed on PS3.”

via [IGN]