Anyone Who Says ‘You Can’t Do VR on Console’ Hasn’t Tried Sony’s 2015 Morpheus Prototype

On the one year anniversary of the device’s unveiling, Sony has revealed a substantial upgrade to the Morpheus PS4 VR headset, a version which they say has nearly reached its final form for a launch by Q2 2016.

[IGiveHugs2NakedWomen]

I can't wait to get my hands on this thing. Just imagine playing Dying Light in VR...

My imagination runs wild.

[JoGam]

I'm excited to experience it. Can't wait!

[amiga-man]

Sony are hardware people if anyone can get the most out of VR on console these are the guys to do it, I must admit I wasnt sure the PS4 could pull off VR properly, but it appears Sony wants to create a top notch VR experience and have addressed most of the issues with this new prototype.

I know one thing for sure, when its launched Sony has a definete customer in me, I cant wait.

[bleedsoe9mm]

i'm excited just to try vr , i wonder how open sony's platform will be compared to the pc .

[DigitalHope]

My job has me going to a sony trade show in april. I've been told morpheus will be there. Fingers crossed.

[yarbie1000]

Don't let your imagination run too wild http://arstechnica.com/gami...

[Rimeskeem]

Dying light isn't made for VR though. Yah, would be cool to have it like that but the devs would need to make the game for VR. Plus that's oculus.

[IGiveHugs2NakedWomen]

Uh, that's Occulus not Morpheus. Sony specializes in imaging technology so I suspect they won't have the problems that Occulus is having especially since Sony has already said that Morpheus is in the final stages of development and will be the first VR system released.

I'm truly looking forward to experiencing games like Outlast2 and Silent Hills in VR.

Hope you have a PS4, I do...

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[SteamPowered]

Well to be fair, Dying Light was played on a DK2, and the game wasnt even optimised for VR. Thats not really an accurate depiction of the future of VR.
Now if you played Half Life 2 in VR on steam, you would have had quite a different experience. Valve optimised it and it works extremely well with the Rift.

[bleedsoe9mm]

thats my question do we buy game that can be played on tv and vr , or are there 2 versions or are games made just for vr with no tv version or both

[JoGam]

At least I now know who disagreed on my comment. The only hater in the room.

[IcicleTrepan]

One thing people are forgetting also is on the PS4 it is harder to make a game into VR. On PC you have a lot of leeway because of the extra horsepower, so you can take a game that's not VR and use it as such if you have enough horsepower, or you have to completely rebuild it for VR which is what you have to do on PS4 as well. So I doubt we'll ever see dying light on Morpheus unless they release a special version just for it.

[Joe913]

In the article you posted yourself to prove dying light would not be good for VR says itself that the problems could easily fixed hell if you read it the new specs of the Morpheus fixes half of the problems lol. And it sounds like the dying light they played you still had to use the controller to even turn your head the Morpheus will be able to track head movement making it easier to navigate imo.

bleedsoe9mm: From what I have read there will be a mode where you can have the headset on but it will still display what you see on the tv I guess if other people is in the room not sure if this changed with the new version out because they also said they will look into a wireless one but now saying nope not going to happen.

[Juiceid]

I think anything not made for it will just be a really close to your face 3d. Even the simple stuff for cardboard is pretty cool.

[Joe913]

That would be awesome people would crap on themselves lol especially at night.

[MelvinTheGreat]

The overwhelming majority of people think that you can just port games over to VR. Hate to burst your bubble but games have to be built from the ground up for VR

[Timesplitter14]

Who even said that?

[hangdang]

I haven't heard anyone say that.

[hellothere1977]

3D gaming: $500 PlayStation monitor
Vita: $300 launch bundle
Move: $200 in peripherals

What do they all have in common? Eventual abandonment of support.

Now they try to get me to strap a pseudo helmet on for fake VR at the cost of another $400-500?

Gonna have to say no to this one.

[LordMaim]

Except that the Vita is still selling and the Move is going to be used *with* the Morpheus.

Also, they said that the expected price point was going to be a lot less, so there's that too.

[Christopher]

Agree with the 3D gaming and Move, do not agree with Vita. Also don't want anything to do with VR, much like Move and 3D gaming. But, I might be a bit biased. I only see out of one eye.

Vita is a solid mobile gaming device and great for remote play gaming. And, I got it for $199 with a game two years back. You should get it for cheaper now.

[skyrimer]

I think that VR is far more than 3d, huge field of view and headtracking matters as much if not more.

[Christopher]

@skyrimer: Wearing a headgear for more than half an hour will have long term physical issues that make it not keen for "core gamers" and will only be utilized in small doses in the long run. I also don't think you will see people support it because it won't have an attach rate in line with all the other forms of gaming out there as it is.

[Goku781]

And the first Xbox, kinect and kinect 2.0 stayed relevant for how many years with support?

[Yaay4me]

All I know is that VR will be sweetness. pure and simple.

[RosweeSon]

Look pretty good so far ;)

[DigitalHope]

No man's sky and morpheus....sounds like a dream i will never wake from.

[Nekroo91]

Sadly i cant use it, i get motion sick even with 3D.

[SteamPowered]

VR isn't exactly the same tech as passive or active 3D. VR literally shows you 2 images which tricks you into seeing depth.
The Dev kits are a little rough, but I'm pretty confident with quick fps it will be hardly noticeable.

[ps5fanboy]

Wonder how moving around will work?

[MRMagoo123]

The controller you will be holding such as the move navigator stick.

[GamerGT]

One thing to think about is by the time Morpheus is out it should pick up sales easily because we're bound to see a price drop on the PS4 before hand. $299 to $350 + Morpheus $199-$299 (hopefully) for a range of $499-$650. Then you compare that with the price of a PC capable of supporting both VR devices and VR games. The price advantage at this point still goes to Sony.

[endzeitkind]

iam thinking of alien isolation with this thingy... even i didnt know how this thing works. never tried one.

[Juiceid]

If you can, pick up a Google cardboard. There are plenty of apps for ios and android. It really is cool, the only reason I held onto ps4 is for morpheus. The cardboard will give a great example of what is to come.

[joeorc]

Google cardboard is really a pretty cool way to get ready for VR. And not just a pseudo way , it really works very well also the "dive" Var which is a high grade plastic over of Google card board also works fantastic. If you have a smartphone that meets the requirements you can spend a $10.00 One time buy in and get a google cardboard and it works! Which is awesome for such a low cost. That is if you have a smartphone, but anymore even pay as you go smart phones have enough umph to work.

[qwerty676]

the new design looks really cool.

[amnalehu]

Looks great! I'm really looking forward to it!

[Roccetarius]

Considering you need double the framerate for proper VR, and certain machines struggling with 60 alone, i doubt you'll see it working well for most games. Only some light games will be able to work well on those machines.