Sony Announces VR headset for PS4

Ba5sett Wed Mar 19, 2014 2:29 pm

Sony has announced Project Morpheus, its virtual reality headset for PlayStation 4. It's a prototype for now, but Sony intends to develop it further for a commercial launch.

I'm liking the look of this, if the price is right this could be a real game changer for the PS4
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"Morpheus is a visor style head-mounted display that works with the PlayStation Camera to deliver a virtual reality experience. Inertial sensors are built into the head mount unit and the Camera, which the headset requires to work, tracks head orientation and movement so as the player's head rotates the image of the virtual world rotates in real-time.

It also works with the PS Move motion controller. Morpheus reproduces the player's hands and sword, for example, within the game so the player feels like they are physically fighting enemies.

3D audio comes from the front, behind, left and right, recreating stereoscopic sounds heard from below and above."

Further info here:

dazzamann Wed Mar 19, 2014 3:01 pm

They look cool, but bet the will be bloody expensive

Ba5sett Wed Mar 19, 2014 3:47 pm

"Sony mentioned pricing it as cheaply as possible, and releasing it as soon as possible"

Personally I don't think it will be a ridiculous price, it would be crazy to release it at a higher price than the PS4 itself and the technology in it isn't exactly groundbreaking the motion sensors are derived from the existing PS move technology and the display will be something similar to the one used in the vita's and their smartphones.