Topic: Sony's Project Morpheus

[Shiroi Koumori]

So, they have decided to go ala Oculus Rift.

http://reviews.cnet.com/portable-tv-video/sony-project-morpheus/4505-6494_7-35873300.html

The biggest problem for Sony here is would this new gadget sell?

[Flame]

IMO why would you want Virtual reality on a console that isn't guaranteed a solid framerate?

PC would be the best platform for it. All for it if Sony makes it PC compatible though.

[KaZudra]

"2. Presence is the killer app"

Again with all the buzzwords...

[Viskod]

I'm sure this technology will have interesting applications outside of gaming, but I don't believe VR Headsets are ever going to be a thing that catches on or even have the flash in the pan momentum that motion controls had for a time.

[KaZudra]

After a bit of research the Oculus Rift and Morpheus have almost the same specs, except that the Morpheus has a Pro Logic Headset built into it, that the FOV is at 90 (Horizontal) while the Rift had up to 110 diagonal FOV (almost the same though). Both use 960x1080p per eye, so if you add a good headset to the Rift you'll have the same thing over all, the only barrier between these two pieces of hardware are platform.

[Aridale]

yeah the oculus dk2 started preorders today. Id take it over a console leashed sony one any day of the week

[RegalSin]

Old toy, these basically replace your desktop. I would recommend buying a pair for somebody who wants to make their cube shaped monitor disappear. Also It is probably better then buying a small display panel.

[Inccubus]

Maybe I'm just being an old fart, but this whole VR thing seems like little more than the second coming of a dead fad just like 3D movies. I wouldn't spend a penny on such devices especially since they're never going be able to make these things eliminate motion sickness and eyesight damage in the current generation at an affordable price.

[Aridale]

thats what the new oculus dk2 is all about... lowered latency so it drastically reduces the motion sickness some ppl get. Add to that a higher resolution, higher fov, and better head tracking and you have a very compelling VR experience. Everyone thats tried it says its amazing. Im gonna order the dk2 mself prolly next month if not sooner

[Abnormal Freak]

Oculus VR has tech god John Carmack as its CTO. If nothing else, it holds a lot of promise; after all, his first-person engines were developed to push ever closer to virtual reality.

[Viskod]

I believe the technology has merit, but I don't believe its going to be anything more than a niche fad for a very long time if it makes it.

[Aridale]

oh its gonna make it. Its already made it. Theyve sold every dk1 of oculus they could make. Not just had made but possibly could make. Certain parts were no longer made and they made all of em they possibly could and sold every one of em as devkits solely thru their website and for 300$ a pop. With months of back orders at the start. dk2 will be the same way... theyll sell every single one of em they make cause this is somethin ppl want and its cheap and does a damn good job of what it set out to do. Theres a reason the kickstarter took off and they sold all the dk1s faster than they could make em and why valve and sony and have jumped on board makin their own versions.

[Morning star]

Time for a virtual reality, first person, Castlevania game! That would be some cool stuff.

[Inccubus]

I also mostly detest first person view anything. So that is another factor for me. Being an old fart again, I find it mostly illustrates a lack of imagination on the part of the players. When I was a kid the only thing I needed for a "fully immersive experience" was a cardboard sword, shield, and a few boxes to build a fort.

[Abnormal Freak]

Like it or not, first-person shooters can now be considered old school. :p Wolfenstein 3D saw release in 1992, and there were other (slower) first-person games prior to that.

No game quite immerses me like Thief: The Dark Project does, a first-person stealth game from 1998, which is also by now quite ancient.