Sony
intends on unleashing its virtual-reality headset on consumers next
year. The gaming and electronics giant says its Project Morpheus VR
system will debut in early 2016.
The announcement was made y at a news conference held during the Game Developers Conference.
Sony
originally unveiled a prototype of the headset nicknamed Project
Morpheus at last year’s conference. The headset works in tandem with
Sony’s PlayStation 4 console and camera by covering users’ eyes and
simulating virtual worlds on screen.
The
company showed off an updated prototype of the headset. It features
5.7-inch (14.5-centimeter) OLED screens that display a 100-degree field
of view and nine LED lights used to track movement. Sony says the
headset can render games at 120 frames per second. No price was
announced.
Earlier
this week, HTC is stepped into the territory of virtual reality and
partnered with a company called Valve (a video game platform company
that distributes and manages thousands of games such as Counter Strike
etc) to launch its own virtual reality headset. The HTC Vive headset as
it’s called, will get a consumer edition by 2015 and the developer
addition will launch this Spring.
Posted by : Gizmeon
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