LONDON: Sony’s gaming-centric virtual reality headset will be making its way to consumers in the first half of 2016, the Japanese company has confirmed at the Tokyo Game Show.
Now called PlayStation VR, the headset was originally referred to as Project Morpheus (named after the Greek god of dreams), and at the time of its announcement Sony said the project may never actually become a consumer product. The new announcement would appear to indicate that, at some point, Sony was convinced to invest big in VR and its gaming applications.
The actual headset — which features accelerometers and lights for head-tracking, a 1080p screen and impressive field of view and screen refresh rate compared to other VR devices — appears unchanged. The machine works in tandem with a PlayStation 4 to display and control games, which could be seen as both a pro and a con versus cheaper but less powerful solutions like Samsung’s Gear VR.
