Sony reveals VR for PS4

Aren't all these VR machines terrible for your eyesight?

Seems they are piggy backing on Oculus Rift's momentum. I'm fine with VR. The more that get into it, the better and quicker they will be developed.

I want an Oculus Rift in the worst way. I don't know why. Supposedly the Rift will be $350. If Sony can beat that, then they have my attention lol

I will probably still just get an Oculus for the PC. If Microsoft was smart they'd open the Oculus to XB1 and not go through the R&D nightmare of trying to keep up with Sony.

"mor911 wrote:

I want an Oculus Rift in the worst way. I don't know why. Supposedly the Rift will be $350. If Sony can beat that, then they have my attention lol

I will probably still just get an Oculus for the PC. If Microsoft was smart they'd open the Oculus to XB1 and not go through the R&D nightmare of trying to keep up with Sony.

You need to get the stationary treadmill thing with it. My wife actually said I couldn't get it (a first). :lol:

"Tone_E wrote:

Aren't all these VR machines terrible for your eyesight?

Seems they are piggy backing on Oculus Rift's momentum. I'm fine with VR. The more that get into it, the better and quicker they will be developed.

Way too much R&D involved to be piggybacking IMO.

"Stitches wrote:

Way too much R&D involved to be piggybacking IMO.

Oculus' market appeal justified their spending and made VR a viable market for them to consider and pursue. It is a reactive approach, but the big companies are usually reactive and let the smaller companies innovate/invent and then copy or buy them out. Test the waters per se.

I am with Stitches here. Even Sony can't just wake up and say "Lets make a VR headset, the Oculus is looking good". What I think they did do (and tons of software companies do including the one I work for), is take queues from the Oculus. The guys at Oculus show that they have full head turn range so the head of R&D at Sony sends an email to his people saying to make ours do that too.

I'll agree with that. But if Oculus wasn't so popular and generating as much demand as they have, Sony's VR program would be on the back burner with minimal funding, IMO.

"Tone_E wrote:

Oculus' market appeal justified their spending and made VR a viable market for them to consider and pursue. It is a reactive approach, but the big companies are usually reactive and let the smaller companies innovate/invent and then copy or buy them out. Test the waters per se.

It isn't really reactive though, this is just the next step from Sony's own head mounted display products, like the HMZ-T2 & HMZ-T3W (they released the HMZ-T1 back in 2011). The only thing that may prove to be really reactive will be the price.

If you came up with those model numbers off the top of your head then I'm truly amazed... and afraid.

"mor911 wrote:

If you came up with those model numbers off the top of your head then I'm truly amazed... and afraid.

Nah, off the top of my head I had the models wrong. But I knew it was a certain pattern (xxx-xx), and knew of there existence, so it was easy to look up.

I guess I stand corrected. But will insist Sony didn't emphasize its development of the system until Oculus Rift because so popular....partly because I am a stubborn fool. :)

"Tone_E wrote:

I guess I stand corrected. But will insist Sony didn't emphasize its development of the system until Oculus Rift because so popular....partly because I am a stubborn fool. :)

I could totally see that. Nintendo didn't give a piss about online (I would argue they still don't) until they realized that Sony and Microsoft have a really great thing going.

Is it weird that Oculus Rift opened up orders for Dev kit 2 today?

https://www.oculusvr.com/order/

Mor, where you at? Did you pre-order a consumer Oculus Rift?

Possibly only interesting to me, but the HTC Vive user guide is out. Gives you an idea of what to expect when you get the device.

http://www.htc.com/managed-assets/shared/desktop/vive/Vive_PRE_User_Guide.pdf

$800 for the Vive, which is to be expected I think given the Oculus Rift price.

I just in general have no real desire for VR stuff to begin with, but I also have really bad eyes and can't see a damned thing without my glasses, so until they can wire it into our brains Matrix style, I don't think I'll be able to use it anyways.

"Unlucky 13 wrote:

I just in general have no real desire for VR stuff to begin with, but I also have really bad eyes and can't see a damned thing without my glasses, so until they can wire it into our brains Matrix style, I don't think I'll be able to use it anyways.

Both HTC's and Oculus' offerings allow most glasses to be worn with the headset. I would assume Sony would be smart enough to make the same accommodations.

"Stitches wrote:

Both HTC's and Oculus' offerings allow most glasses to be worn with the headset. I would assume Sony would be smart enough to make the same accommodations.

http://kotaku.com/vr-headsets-are-mostly-comfortable-with-glasses-1766105790?utm_campaign=Socialflow_Kotaku_Facebook&utm_source=Kotaku_Facebook&utm_medium=Socialflow

I read this article and immediately thought of this thread. The author says that while you can wear glasses with any of them, that the Sony is actually the most comfortable. However, this last bit was also unsurprising.

No matter what headset I was using, I’m still finding that VR gives me a bit of a hangover-like headache after prolonged use. I can’t tell you whether this is a problem with my brain, with my glasses, or with the tech—my suspicion is that I’ll adapt to it with time—but I feel like staring through four lenses right up against your face is probably not the greatest idea for your vision.
Unfortunately, without glasses, I can’t see in VR properly. I don’t know enough about ocular physiology to understand why this is, but the adjustable focus on the headsets is never enough to help me see. I’m going to try putting contact lenses in when I get these things at home. If you can cope without your glasses, that is going to be the most comfortable option, but the good news is all the different headsets are perfectly usable with specs

Rumor: Sony is working on a PS4.5 with 4K support and more horsepower to run VR games.

"Desides wrote:

Rumor: Sony is working on a PS4.5 with 4K support and more horsepower to run VR games.

I saw that, but since I'm not planning on upgrading my hardware any time soon, I'll likely wait until the PS5 comes out and get another six years or so out of my PS4.

Rumor: PS4.5 is supposedly called PS4K and will be coming this year for $400. The goal is to support gaming at 4K resolutions and better enable VR gaming.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4f1xmoz99tU

Well, I guess it's good that I haven't bought a PS4 yet. Still waiting for console exclusive games that I want to play, though. I feel like FF15 will be on PC this time next year, so, there goes another reason to buy a PS4.

Depending on your style and preference, the PS4 has Ratchet & Clank in April, Uncharted 4 in May, No Man's Sky in June, and Horizon Zero Dawn in the autumn/winter. The endlessly delayed Last Guardian (originally supposed to be a PS2 title!) is supposed to come out this year as well.

"Unlucky 13 wrote:

Depending on your style and preference, the PS4 has Ratchet & Clank in April, Uncharted 4 in May, No Man's Sky in June, and Horizon Zero Dawn in the autumn/winter. The endlessly delayed Last Guardian (originally supposed to be a PS2 title!) is supposed to come out this year as well.

Don't care about Ratchet & Clank. No Man's Sky is not a PS4 exclusive. Horizon does not interest me. Last Guardian is something I'll watch on Youtube assuming the animal companion doesn't die.