The electronics giant unveiled Project Morpheus, a virtual reality headset for the PlayStation 4 video game console, throughout a happening at this week's Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. Sony says Project Morpheus are obtainable during a "future business launch," however didn't specify release dates.
"Project Morpheus is that the latest example of innovation from SCE, and we're trying forward to its continued development and also the games that may be created as development kits get into the hands of content creators," says Shuhei Yoshida, President of Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios, during a statement.
Project Morpheus options a head-mounted display that works with the PlayStation Camera. The receiver includes "3-D audio technology" permitting players to listen to sounds from all views, even on top of and below the player's vantage. The receiver is additionally compatible with the motion-based PlayStation Move.
Sony is demonstrating Morpheus with one or two of games at GDC, together with concealment game Thief, assemblage dogfighting shooter EVE Valkyrie and also the Deep, that places players underwater within a shark proof cage.
Sony is that the first big player to leap into virtual reality, a hot topic within the game trade since the arrival of the highly-praised sense organ Rift. Last Dec, Rift manufacturers Oculus VR announced it had secured $75 million in funding to prepare for a potential consumer launch. Oculus has not said when it would release Rift to the public.
Earlier on, The Wall Street Journal according Microsoft has already filed one patent as a part of development of its own virtual reality headset.
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