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PS4 VR headset Morpheus out in 2016, capable of 120 FPS


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PS4 VR headset Morpheus out in 2016, capable of 120 FPS

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Virtual reality and Morpheus were the heart of Sony’s GDC 2015 presentation today, ahead of its newly announced first-half 2016 comemrcial launch.

 

SCE Worldwide Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida detailed the headset’s impressive capabilities, notably the fact that it can handle 120 FPS VR games. The PS4 was designed to natively support 120 FPS games, he added, something we’d not heard before, and also has the ability to upscale 60 FPS games to 120 FPS.

 

Yoshida said Morpheus has a 5.7″ 1920×1080 OLED display with a 120 Hz refresh rate and 100 degree field of view. Actually, Sony called the display “1920xRGBx1080″, because each pixel has red green and blue sub-pixels. Huh.

 

Morpheus now has nine tracking LEDs, and Sony has managed to get the headset’s latency down to less than 18 milliseconds. These hardware specs still aren’t final.

The actual headset doesn’t seem to have changed much since we last saw it, as this photo from Geoff Keighley shows:

 

New Morpheus prototype pic.twitter.com/cQdsnR79QM

— Geoff Keighley (@geoffkeighley) March 3, 2015

 

However Chris Kohler reports the headset has an interesting design, distributing weight across the top of your head rather than strapping horizontally around your face – which sounds more comfortable.

 

Interesting design going on here. Weight is supported by top of head, not by strapping goggles laterally to your face pic.twitter.com/I4eLqyMTAd

— Chris Kohler (@kobunheat) March 3, 2015

 

Yoshida commented that interest in virtual reality has exploded, both within the games industry and without, since Morpheus was first unveiled at GDC 2014.

The GDC 2015 video for the headset is below, courtesy of GamesHQMedia.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3d2XcSBu9sc

 

Source: vg247.com

 

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I have a betting pool started on how long it will take before porn that takes advantage of the full capabilities of Morpheus will be made. My guess is release day.

 

What? You thought I was going to post something thoughtful here? You should know me better by now.

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I have a betting pool started on how long it will take before porn that takes advantage of the full capabilities of Morpheus will be made. My guess is release day.

 

What? You thought I was going to post something thoughtful here? You should know me better by now.

Wait...this isn't the reason its being made?

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I have a betting pool started on how long it will take before porn that takes advantage of the full capabilities of Morpheus will be made. My guess is release day.

 

What? You thought I was going to post something thoughtful here? You should know me better by now.

 

They will try to take advantage of it, and it will end in huge disaster.  Motion sickness will be a huge problem with these headsets, and if your brain relates that to sex, you could be screwed (or never screwed again) depending on how you look at it.

 

EDIT: Think A Clockwork Orange, but on a large scale ...

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I have a betting pool started on how long it will take before porn that takes advantage of the full capabilities of Morpheus will be made. My guess is release day.

 

What? You thought I was going to post something thoughtful here? You should know me better by now.

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