With just a few days to go until the big PlayStation VR event, Sony Computer Entertainment vice president Masayasu Ito has gone on record to state that the device will be “affordable” and for the “mass market”. In an interview with Polygon, Ito has re-iterated that the device will be priced like a new platform, but will be cheaper than the main competitors: Oculus Rift and HTV Vive.
Sony are getting ready to reveal more details about PlayStation VR at an upcoming event, scheduled to be held in San Francisco on 15th March 2016. The event will kick-off at 2pm PST, and will include a presentation followed by hands-on demos until 6pm PST. We’re hoping that the event will include details about the official release date and pricing.
At a Sony Press Conference in Tokyo earlier this morning, Sony officially revealed the name of the PlayStation Virtual Reality headset, previously known as Project Morpheus. The official name for the headset is now PlayStation VR, and will be releasing to consumers in early 2016. For the time being, Sony continues to refine the hardware and is working with 3rd party developers and publishers to bring content to the device.
Earlier today at the Game Developers Conference, Sony made a number of big announcements regarding the PS4 and Project Morpheus. First off, the latest PS4 sales figures now stand at 20.2 million units sold worldwide, making it the fastest selling console in PlayStation history.
Shuhei Yoshida, who is leading the development of Project Morpheus, has revealed to the Wall Street Journal that development on the device is 85% complete. The virtual reality headset uses many of the components used in smartphones, helping to keep the price down. Unfortunately, Yoshida didn’t hint on a release date for the device, even with competition from Oculus Rift and Samsung’s Gear VR headset.
Sony recently added the ability to dim the DualShock 4’s lightbar in Firmware v1.70, but you cannot turn it off completely. The reason for this was unknown, until now that is. Speaking to TechRadar, SCEE Senior Designer Jed Ashforth revealed that the controller’s lightbar is required for Project Morpheus.
Sony has released the full video of the Project Morpheus reveal last week from GDC in San Francisco. The announcement wasn’t live-streamed like most of Sony’s events, but it was filmed and later uploaded to YouTube for your viewing pleasure. The hour-long video shows the current VR headset prototype and features SCE World Wide Studios President Shuhei Yoshida.
Sony’s VR headset, currently dubbed Project Morpheus, is currently in the prototyping stages but the technical details of the device are impressive. The technical specification of the developer version of the headset has been revealed following the announcement at GDC.
At GDC 2014, Sony announced Project Morpheus, a prototype virtual reality (VR) system that works with PS4, and the next innovation that will change the future of games. The VR device is still a prototype at this point, but the current model of Project Morpheus features a head-mounted display with 1080p resolution and new 3D audio technology that re-creates stereoscopic sounds in all directions and changes in real-time depending on your head orientation.
