Some of them, for example, those used as online traffic cameras, are expensive, rugged professional video cameras.making them the lowest-cost form of videotelephony.Webcams may be installed at places such as childcare centres, offices, shops and private areas to monitor security and general activity.
By removing the IR filter of the webcam, IR LEDs can be used, which has the advantage of being invisible to the naked eye, removing a distraction from the user.Track IR is a commercial version of this technology.The Eye Toy for the Play Station 2, Play Station Eye for the Play Station 3, and the Xbox Live Vision camera and Kinect motion sensor for the Xbox 360 and are color digital cameras that have been used as control input devices by some games.New features such as automatic lighting controls, real-time enhancements (retouching, wrinkle smoothing and vertical stretch), automatic face tracking and autofocus, assist users by providing substantial ease-of-use, further increasing the popularity of webcams.Webcam features and performance can vary by program, computer operating system, and also by the computer's processor capabilities.