The game is rendering 7.1 or 5.1. It probably isn't performing super accurate spacial modelling for a stereo headphone mixdown (no point seeing as few game with headphones). If it were, that'd add to the processing requirements of the audio. Moving that to a cheap little DSP in the break-out box where every user is going to be wearing a stereo headset makes a lot of sense, saving the console from extra processing and allowing custom silicon that'll do a better job much more efficiently.
I dont' see too many 120hz 1080p oled 5 to 6 inch panels.I mean option to the ownership of PS4. You'll have some PS4 owners with the camera (the fools!) and some without. Bundling the camera with the headset would be a waste for those who own it, but a potential missing requirement for those who do.
I think this is the first time I've seen you argue that a BOM is higher than the rest of us! Usually we're saying Kinect or Hololens or whatever is expensive and you're saying it's $50.
I think $300 at least because VR can charge a premium. That's £200, so £250 with VAT etc. That's not astronomical for a bleeding-edge, totally new and unique experience.
Incidentally I've no idea what the BOM would be and how limiting. I don't know what the panel costs or how high-speed displays are obtained. If they need their own production run and aren't 60 fps panels with some electronic steroids, the cost must be a lot higher. Break out box and frame interpolator hardware will be less than Kinect's internals I reckon (small ASIC).
Meaning?
Sorry, that's all I could find. I'm sure I heard Sony mention an actual audio processor at some point but I can't any reference to this so have misremembered what they said which may have been about the video processor in the external box. And all that said is Sony developed 3D audio positioning system. Whether that's software, hardware or a mix, they've not said clarified.
That's because there is no need for them. Panel makers aren't going to mass produce, or engineer and produce at all, a type of panel nobody has any applications for. In OLED technology, faster switching is a case of better materials and faster electronics.
I'd really like to read about how or whether devs are using TrueAudio (whether they have access to it at all, or what features are enabled for their use throught the OS)Anandtech - PS4 Spec Update: Audio DSP Is Based On AMD’s TrueAudio
[ Dominic Mallinson is Vice President of R&D at Sony Computer Entertainment America ]
With TrueAudio block being present in PS4 APU, I see no reason for Moprpheus external box having any audio processing capabilities. IMO, it's just a dumb video splitter for making non-distorted video feed for HDTVs and nothing more.
Do you see many 90hz square 3 inch panels at a weird resolution of 1200x1080?
I know that, but the way I understand it, adaptive v-sync would be very helpful in those instances where you get a drop to, say, 55fps or anything that doesn't quite touch 60fps. Even more so when aiming for 120fps.
The current rifts your able to purchase used off the shelf parts to keep the price down. Sony will have to custom make their screen and their chips for the stuff. I doubt it will come in at $200.
How much do you think the sony custom screen will cost?
Yet you reckoned MS's BOM for Hololens and Kinect 2 were kept low despite being insanely commodity parts? You're completely contradictory on this. Even if the screen costs $100, why would the whole headset be over $200 BOM?
There are other vr helmets with similar tech on the market. Guess we will know the cost in a year when it cimes out
