Sony announced at the Game Developers Conference Tuesday it plans to release a virtual-reality headset in 2016.
The electronics company said the VR system nicknamed Project Morpheus
will debut in the first half of next year. The headset will work with
Sony’s Playstation 4 game console and camera by covering the users’
vision and simulating virtual worlds on the screen.
The prototype features a large 5.7-inch OLED screen that displays
nearly a 100-degree field of view and is capable of rendering imagery at
120 frames per second. The headset will also have nine LED lights on
its exterior used to track movement.
The prototype Sony showed at the conference in San Francisco is similar to the one the company showed last year.
"Our goal with VR is to deliver a sense of presence, making the
player feel as though they've stepped inside the world of a game," said
Shuhei Yoshida, president of Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide
Studios. "The new Project Morpheus prototype brings us closer to that
goal, as it improves the visual experience and tracking accuracy, both
of which are critical to achieving sense of presence."
Sony used the headset with two Playstation Move controllers to
simulate a shootout scenario inside a lavish building in London. Another
demonstration featured tiny robots responding to users’ movements.
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