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First Look: Hands-On with Sony's Project Morpheus Virtual Reality Headset

2014-03-19
what's up guys Brian talking with cnet com and check this out on my head you know what this is this is Sony's project Morpheus this is their dev kit their first ever virtual reality headset now we've seen things from oculus rift and Sony's also had their own hmz series of a headset to watch video but this is a full immersive virtual reality experience and right now the project Morpheus this is not the final name this is not the final prototype but this is their first proof of concept it's done really well you know over all the weight on my head it wasn't too heavy and then there's space in between where my eyes are on the modder so overall it felt pretty comfortable now this headset does need to work in conjunction with a ps4 it's not stand alone it'll connect hardwired right now through hdmi and USB so they're hoping in the future to make a wireless version but right now this is set to work with your PlayStation 4 and then also to enhance the experience you'll have the motion controllers the PlayStation Move also the PlayStation camera they all work in a harmony to create a really immersive virtual reality experience now some of the other things and the challenges that they have here is that they want to create a world that feels real that sounds real when i was playing this castle game i was able to interact with a night with swords with a crossbow and with the dragon and other aspects of this is it supports full 360-degree audio so depending on where you are you'll hear the different sounds now this dev kit again it's not the final version but it does support a 90 degree viewing angle from where you are also it's 1080p LCD displays in the headset and then you can rotate a full 360 degrees to really be in a world of your own now the thing with this VR headset is this not looked as an accessory Sony and others like oculus rift are really trying to make this a platform it's really a genre that is yet to be defined so it's going to come down to the content and the games that support this now sony has no official release date they've said they're trying to get this out to the public as soon as possible with the highest fidelity quality of image also the lowest latency so that when you move around the world feels real and there's not any of that motion blur that I experienced a little bit time to time but really it's an immersive device it has a long ways to go but this is just the start it's gonna get a whole lot better so for cnet.com i'm brian Tong with your first look at Sony's project Morpheus you
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