There seems to be a very thick foam on the back and front, if they are easy to remove, third parties can make different shapes and thickness and curvature. But I can't help thinking this should be the responsibility of the vendor.
Sony VR Headset/Project Morpheus/PlayStation VR
Yeah. pCARS devs also announced compatibility with Morpheus, so whenever this headset enter sales, at least we know it will have one good racing sim.
$400 not including the console or any games?
Will they even get 10% of sales, never mind the installed base?
Well, I'm saying under $400 for the headset, camera and two controllers. The camera and controllers would be $100-150 on their own, no?
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Unless the games released in the preceding months are ready to support Morpheus on release (hoorah for patches!), which I think is doubtful, I'm certain a peripheral like this has to come with some software to show off the hardware.
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Sales of console controllers are a licence to print money. If Sony are smart they'll include controllers in a bundle for a heavily reduced cost - relative to retail cost of buying the components separately. You can get away with this kind of smoke and mirror pricing when the value proposition of the whole bundle is obfuscated by the inclusion of the VR headset itself. They can make it look like great value, a steal even, while still making a profit - just not as much profit as they make selling a Dual Shock 4 or Move controller indiviudally.
What kind of price are you expecting? I think $400 is the upper limit and $300 is ideal. I'd be really surprised if it were less than that, unless they basically sell it at break even or a loss. That headset can't be cheap, and it comes with that little breakout box as well.
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Yes no maybe. It's effectively replacing your TV and for some people, Morpheus may be better than the TV they own.
I think the real hurdle will be momentum, i.e. low hardware sales without software support. Low software support without hardware sales - that vicious catch 22. Sony surely know this and should be working to make it very easy, no brainer stupidly easy, for developers writing games targeted at TV, to support this thing without huge compromises. It'll still need bespoke software written specially for it to get the most out of it but you really need to be able to just plug this thing in and play Uncharted 4, watch a Blu-ray movie or use Netflix.
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Like using it as a shield against attacking zombies
I think you greatly underestimate the immersion factor that VR will bring.
This. VR is unlike anything else. It is completely worth the investment to those who value it. The Magnavox Odyssey was $900 in modern money to play computer games. People spent that because it was so revolutionary. Atari 2600 was $1200. iPhone, $400. VR is well worth $400. Not everyone can afford that, but plenty will be willing to pay for that, as long as it's released in suitable quality and not before the software and hardware is ready. Which is what Sony has said it's waiting for, so I think that's a given.
But it cannot transport you into another world. Nothing but VR offers that experience. It's unique, which is why it'll sell.
Nintendo sold 42 million balance board for $100.
Let's consider this for a moment.
It can't work without a killer app providing something better than any other gaming experiences (which Move never had). I think any fan of Gran Turismo, or any racing game fans, will buy Morpheus if it's supported. But the rest of the gaming population will need their FPS games, and their horror games to be their VR killer apps.
Let's consider this for a moment.
It can't work without a killer app providing something better than any other gaming experiences (which Move never had). I think any fan of Gran Turismo, or any racing game fans, will buy Morpheus if it's supported. But the rest of the gaming population will need their FPS games, and their horror games to be their VR killer apps.
So it's confirmed it uses a stereoscopic 3D screen by many who tested the device...so it means Sony has patents for stereoscopic 3D...
So now the question is: does it have some eye tracking functionality? Not sure if that was confirmed somewhere.
Because if yes I could totally see Sony using those patents on others (future) devices...
So now the question is: does it have some eye tracking functionality? Not sure if that was confirmed somewhere.
Because if yes I could totally see Sony using those patents on others (future) devices...
The 3D is just the 1080p screen split in two for each eye, like all the other VR products. (960x1080 per eye)
No it doesn't.
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