Sony Computer Entertainment has revealed a prototype for a new virtual reality game-set that is compatible with PlayStation 4 at the annual game developers Conference in San Francisco.
It is still in development under the name Project Morpheus. The cool new tech is designed to provide the gamers a 3-D experience by projecting a virtual reality image in front of your eyes that shifts according to the movement of your head.
Sony has been trying hard to crack the market since 2011 when they first released their personal 3-D viewer for watching movies. But it wasn’t an easy sell. The users looked at the piece as “too gimmicky”.
The president of the division, Shuhei Yoshida said “This is the culmination of our work for over 3 years and realises our vision of VR for games” commenting on the game-set as he showed off a prototype at a surprise announcement attended by more than 350 developers, journalists and game enthusiasts.
The prototype is a black and white headset with a thin strip of blue light on the rim. The headset will be integrated with the PlayStation 4′s camera, controller and move motion sensors, and has stereoscopic sound to involve the users more. Sony said it would make the headset available to game developers soon but it does not have a set date.