Before the announcement Oculus said, paraphrasing, that more people doing VR is good because it means devs will have more incentive to invest in made-for-VR content. Oculus's worst fear is not that Sony will make better hardware than them, but that Sony might make <i>bad</i> hardware that would give people a bad experience (motion sickness, etc) and kill this new VR renaissance before it has a chance to start.<p><a href="http://www.ign.com/videos/2014/03/18/oculus-on-sonys-rumored-vr-headset" rel="nofollow">http://www.ign.com/videos/2014/03/18/oculus-on-sonys-rumored...</a>
Meh, all the previous headsets from Sony in recent history were really, really crappy (I tried most of them in exhibitions). Small angle of vision (making it look like you play a game through a small window), unbalanced weight (you tend to have you head looking down after a while), I really hope they are getting their act together here if they want to compete. Occulus Rift has a lot of headstart in that field.
What I think will be the killer feature over Occulus Rift is that Project Morpheus has 60 virtual speakers, which (from the liveblog commentary) could lead to audio taking a bigger part in gaming.<p>I'm also looking forward to this tech being used for concert demos. I'd love to strap this on and listen to AC/DC's Live At River Plate, all the sound and the atmosphere of being there!<p>Shame that "no PC support has been announced" [1]. But some enterprising hacker'll get it going, no doubt.<p>[1] <a href="http://www.dualshockers.com/2014/03/18/sonys-ps4-virtual-reality-headset-is-named-project-morpheus-pictures-inside/" rel="nofollow">http://www.dualshockers.com/2014/03/18/sonys-ps4-virtual-rea...</a>
This is fantastic news. It is good to finally see some competition in the modern VR headset industry. While the VR industry may be in it's infancy, competition may help to accelerate its development. I can't wait until GDC, where we can see how it compares to Oculus's headsets.
It will be interesting to see the hands on reports when they start to come out. The specs seem roughly comparable to the Occulus Rift, but Sony certainly has a <i>ton</i> of manufacturing power to make great the special screens in quantity.<p>But the name "Project Morpheus" just sounded like they were trying too hard. Of course this will probably get a much sexier name for release like "Playstation Virtual Reality Headset Environment".<p>Occulus Rift is a pretty cool name.
Can VR displays replace monitors for programming? It would be great to have virtually unlimited screen size. Are there some problems I do not realize at the moment?
No thanks, I'll wait for Oculus to release something that is guaranteed to work on my PC and not get locked into a Sony product - especially not after the rootkit debacle, and retroactively disabling linux on the PS3.
Bah. The real Project Morpheus features hovering rockets. Real ones. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/MorpheusLander" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/user/MorpheusLander</a>
I'm curious as to how they'll manage the resolution, frame rate and low latency required, on the PS4's modest hardware, for modern games.
Lacking stereoscopic vision, I always have a hard time with the emergence of these new technologies. While I am naturally excited by it's potential, I'm bummed out I'll never get to experience it first-hand and secretly hope it doesn't become the norm (3D videos, VR headsets, etc).<p>Has anyone without stereoscopic vision tried any of these devices? What was your experience?
What a show of support for consumer grade VR. The Oculus Rift seemed to me as though it would always be a special little paradise for nerds. But this. This is mainstream and could blow the market wide open. I hope the OR team is ready to ride this wave.
News! <a href="http://techwatching.com/page.php?i=22780" rel="nofollow">http://techwatching.com/page.php?i=22780</a><p>IIRC the big differentiator of Occulus Rift was lag - i.e.: to be truly immersive and "real" the system has to process and respond incredibly quickly. No mention of that anywhere from Sony.
I'm still on the fence, I am a current PS3 owner and figured PS4 was a logical next purchase. Then I realized how awesome Kinect was visiting my friend and how much more of a 'next gen' feel it had. This might be the killer hardware but I'd rather just have an Oculus Rift :(
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