One year later, Sony’s new Morpheus prototype is still VR done right

Arstechnica: This, more than anything else, is what has me excited about gaming with the Morpheus. The PlayStation Move is so well suited to virtual reality that it's a bit hard to believe it was a consumer product for the PlayStation 3 years before Oculus put the concept of home VR back into the public consciousness (though Sony may have been thinking about Morpheus even back then).

The combination of camera tracking and gyroscopic angular tracking maps the position of your hands to real space quickly and accurately, making it easy to just interact with the virtual world in the same kinds of ways you would with the real world.

[Killzoner99]

Leave it to Sony to perfect VR. They know how to make the best of anything they try.

[PudgeyBurrito]

They have always had great R and D.

[DragoonsScaleLegends]

But it usually comes with a price us mortals can't afford.

[curtis92]

are you from 2006?

[Ron_Danger]

20.4 million consumers must not be mortals then, myself included.

[DragoonsScaleLegends]

@Ron_Danger WTF lol why would the PS4 price be too much? I was talking about their overpriced TVs. But of course Apple has the most overpriced products I've ever seen. How they sell so much I will never understand.

[Ron_Danger]

My mistake... I must be totally confused then cause I thought this was a video game site talking about the video game side of Sony. I had no idea this article was actually about how Sony overpriced their TVs. I'll try to stay more on topic with the article like you did...

/s (the only reason I put this is because lately it seems that no one gets sarcasm here anymore)

[BG11579]

Well it seems that Sony learned some lessons and humility, because they are looking to make it affordable...

[SniperControl]

This and the Rift are on my shopping list for this year, cant wait.

[Clover904]

Hate to disappoint you sport, but Project Morpheus isn't dropping until next year. And who knows when the Rift will come out.

[Nineball2112]

I'm interested in this stuff, but I do wonder if it'll take off. I was also interested in 3D gaming, but not enough that I ran out to buy a 3D enabled TV.

[Jdoki]

The difference is that a TV is a purchase most people make every 5 or even 10years. The Morpheus is a peripheral and will likely cost much less than the original prices for 3D TV's.

But what it will really boil down to is the price point, quality and quantity of games. If Sony make compelling titles, people will buy Morpheus, especially if it costs no more than other 'non-essential' entertainment devices - like a Vita, 3DS, peripherals.

[uth11]

IMO, VR, 3D and motion gaming are cyclical fads. They get hot for a few years, then nobody wants them for awhile.

There was much hype over VR 20 years ago. The mid-90s game Sam and Max made fun of the trend then..
https://www.youtube.com/wat...

[medman]

@uth11
I disagree with you on VR. I think it has always been the future, the difference is that now we're at a point where the experience can be a quality one at a reasonable price point. It has always been the goal to get to a place where you can sit in your home and virtually experience other lands, planets, galaxies, etc. etc. in a fully immersive way. I think the technology will only get better, and "television screens" that you put on a table or hang on the wall will one day be looked upon as fossils from an age of cavemen, as will many of the gadgets in use today. I am fully looking forward to playing No Man's Sky using Morpheus, by the way.

[EvilWay]

That doesn't surprise me at all. Sony has always made amazing hardware but there prices always got them in trouble. I hope that isn't the case with this. If the price is right I might give it a try

[OmegaShen]

Yet people are willing to pay alot of money for Apple products that offer less.

[Blackleg-sanji]

....guilty as charged lol 630 for an iPhone 6 don't judge me lol.

[OmegaShen]

lol, @_@ judging. But yeah, you could get Sony's Xperia Z3 for less and its waterproof an I think a 32mp cam with some 4k support. Plus bluetooth tap (syn's by tapping the bluetooth device and thats just to list somethings).

[SmokingMonkey]

I wonder if I will need to buy 2 Morpheus' for my PS4, so my girl and I can play together.

or

Am I going to have to buy another PS4 to go with each Morph?

How far is VR multiplayer?

Visually, the Morpheus crushes Valve's or Oculus. The tracking lights, and the black and white style just screams STYLE

[Clover904]

One system, one Morpheus. But she can watch what you are doing/seeing on the tv, thus sharing in the experience. Also, a game called Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes has an interesting multiplayer component that you and your main squeeze can play together with only one Morpheus.

[fOrlOnhOpe57]

If the price is right, this is really something to look forward to. After that, it's going to be down to developers to really push the boundaries of imagination and creativity, to make it shine. Im sure there are several games in development.
Personally, I would love an air combat simulator / game, where I could be the mid upper gunner, spinning the turret to face the incoming hordes of Messerschmitts and Focke Wulf's. :)

[kingPoS]

I have a feeling Sony's going to come out with an updated move controller, one with analog sticks. That's basically all it really needs.

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