9 Things To Know About The PS4’s Virtual Reality Headset

35 responses to “9 Things To Know About The PS4’s Virtual Reality Headset”

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   evilmonkey

   March 20, 2014 at 8:33 am

   1) Working title is Project Morpheus.
   2) System consists of a processing unit and head mounted unit, which connects to the PS4 via USB and HDMI. Also designed to distribute weight around your head, for optimal comfort.
   3) Visor equipped with a landscape scanning full HD LCD display, capable of displaying resolutions of 960 x 1080 (wait, that’s not full HD) to each individual eye.
   4) Equipped with high sensitivity accelerometer sensor, and gyroscope.
   5) Can detect movement of Dualshock 4 or Move controllers.
   6) Can output image to a regular screen, so other people can watch, or join in with a Dualshock 4. Multiplayer also possible with other headset users, but only over PSN, because each headset requires a dedicated Playstation Eye camera.
   7) Features 3D stereoscopic sound for extra immersion.
   8) Not going to just be used for games i.e Blu-Ray content. Also a collaboration with NASA, so you can potentially explore the surface of Mars etc (holy shit!).
   9) Demo units will be at GDC featuring content like Thief and EVE Valkyrie.

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      braaains

      March 20, 2014 at 8:38 am

      960 X 1080, but there are 2 displays at that resolution, giving a total across the 2 of 1920 X 1080.

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         letrico

         March 20, 2014 at 8:42 am

         The same technique they used to render killzone multiplayer on ps4. Still looks great

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         evilmonkey

         March 20, 2014 at 8:47 am

         Yeah, I kinda figured that after I posted it.

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   2. 

      dansdans

      March 20, 2014 at 8:46 am

      Thank you @evilmonkey

      I would love to offer you a job at Kotaku, for doing something as simple as what you did about, which seems to be far too complex for the “staff” who work at this site

      Again, thanks for the summary!

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         evilmonkey

         March 20, 2014 at 8:48 am

         When do I start?

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            miketarno

            March 20, 2014 at 8:59 am

            You already have. Interns don’t get paid though. 😛

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               evilmonkey

               March 20, 2014 at 9:00 am

               CRAP!

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            weresmurf

            March 20, 2014 at 9:11 am

            Never. Youre supplying too much info. Write “AND THATS A GOOD THING!” after every heading you publish… see? Told you. Now be unqualified and *proud*.

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      Burgies

      March 20, 2014 at 8:55 am

      USB and HDMI for the processing unit you say? Now I really wish they had put some USB ports on the back now.

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      dashals

      March 20, 2014 at 9:03 am

      Most meaning information I have ever seen on Kotaku/Giz. And you even did it without a gif.

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      aliasalpha

      March 20, 2014 at 12:15 pm

      Thank you kindly.

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   starquake

   March 20, 2014 at 8:38 am

   Every time I see your name on here I get that “Evil, Evil monkey” song from the episode where Chris forms a goth band stuck in my head. Anyway, that NASA thing sounds awesome.

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   1. 

      evilmonkey

      March 20, 2014 at 8:49 am

      Mission accomplished.

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      miketarno

      March 20, 2014 at 9:00 am

      Holy shit indeed. That sounds friggan awesome!

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      weresmurf

      March 20, 2014 at 9:12 am

      Oh shit…. ‘twitch roves mars… coming soon’ lol

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   the_chrispy_0ne

   March 20, 2014 at 8:46 am

   After hearing the Oculus guys talk about the difference between their OLED and regular LCD it will be interesting to see what the pixel switching time is on Sony’s unit.
   If interested look at the screen difference between the Oculus DK1 and DK2.

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   owlix

   March 20, 2014 at 8:55 am

   I like this from Sony. I’m my mind they are normally so boring/safe and have no innovation. They just copy other big ideas. It’s something like this that could make me buy a ps4. Even if it fails I applaud the trial.

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      miketarno

      March 20, 2014 at 9:11 am

      They did have those dildos for the PS3 which weren’t too bad.

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         weresmurf

         March 20, 2014 at 9:17 am

         Really? Oh man the way youve typed that I wanna be terrible.but I just cant lmao.

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            miketarno

            March 20, 2014 at 9:26 am

            Don’t hold back!

            Also you have an arch nemesis now that’s down-voting all your posts! :O

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               weresmurf

               March 20, 2014 at 9:47 am

               That’s @dashals, somethings wrong with him, I think I must’ve said something along the line that offended his sensitivities lol. Glad someone else notices he’s doing it lol. Been going on about a year now, kind of flattering someones got a crush on me and keeps going on like that.

               Checking the profile though, looks like it might be someones alt?

               He’s been asked multiple times why he does it, but he’s never actually had the fortitude to speak up, just keeps downvoting away. Shows a major lack of character on his part.

               What’s interesting is, if you look at it from a teaching standpoint, it’s gone from funny, to what could be compared to a variant of cyberbullying, where you consistently bug someone over a long period of time for no apparent logical reason. It might be just a downvote, but I seem to be one person he’s singling out repeatedly for some reason. *shrug* I’m not gonna lose sleep over it, but oh well. If that’s what gets him off.

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               dashals

               March 20, 2014 at 9:56 am

               It’s fun.

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               weresmurf

               March 20, 2014 at 10:09 am

               @Dashals But I’d like to know, what started it and why have you continued to downvote everything I’ve put up for almost a year?

               I’m asking you to stop because I’m actually sending this in to Kotaku now. It’s become harassment and it’s not really that funny any more. If you genuinely disagree with something that’s cool, but downvoting everything for shits and giggles is just really stupid and annoying, plus its kind of anti-community after a while?

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         owlix

         March 20, 2014 at 4:03 pm

         Hahah yeah they did but it was a wiimote direct ripoff. And the share button just a rip of miiverse. Obviously they are different in detail but same concept. This is actually new

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   poita

   March 20, 2014 at 9:31 am

   Is there an indicative price?
   I have tried the newer Rift that is the same resolution and it is certainly good-enough to impress the masses. Not perfect, but certainly good enough to blow most people away.

   Sony is smart getting the NASA thing sewn up, they need some good games to go with it, but if they can get a good driving game, the Eve thing, NASA stuff and a mech game, I’m in.

   Oh man, I wish they had bought LucasArts, I know it’s nerdy but I would kill to play X-Wing vs Tie-Fighter on this. They could paint it up to match the rebel or tie helmet colours.

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   1. 

      evilmonkey

      March 20, 2014 at 9:39 am

      but if they can get a good driving game, the Eve thing, NASA stuff and a mech game, I’m in.

      No doubt, VR headset capability is the reason why Drive Club was delayed.

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         miketarno

         March 20, 2014 at 9:47 am

         Interesting theory EM. That would actually make sense.

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         weresmurf

         March 20, 2014 at 10:24 am

         I’d be all for that sort of integration, anyone who’d be against that sort of depth in a driving, or flying game would have to be anti-progression, can you imagine the immersion it would provide???

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            evilmonkey

            March 20, 2014 at 10:29 am

            Damn straight.

            Drive club with VR headset and steering wheel = so much awesome.

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               weresmurf

               March 20, 2014 at 10:43 am

               Oh hell yeah. Even something like, can you imagine the next Mirrors Edge game using it!?

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         poita

         March 20, 2014 at 10:39 am

         http://www.gamepur.com/news/14054-santa-monica-media-molecule-driveclub-gran-turismo-7-more-development-ps4-v.html
         You can check out the list shared by Thuway below:

         Sony Santa Monica project
         Driveclub
         Media Molecule project
         Gran Turismo 7
         Something else from Japan

         This line-up looks good, as Yoshida himself mention during GDC presentation that racing/driving games are best applications of Virtual Headset for PS4. What you guys have to say about the above line-up leaked by insider Thuway?

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            weresmurf

            March 20, 2014 at 11:18 am

            Is it a bit disturbing they took so long to put out GT5, now they seem to put out 6 and possibly 7 so quickly!?

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6. 

   poita

   March 20, 2014 at 9:35 am

   http://www.change.org/petitions/disney-bring-back-x-wing-and-tie-fighter

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7. 

   jimu

   March 20, 2014 at 1:42 pm

   thanks @evilmonkey
   (reply a no go on my phone)

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