The glasses of virtual reality of Sony, the PlayStation VR, they land in the market, where they will compete with Oculus Rift from Facebook and HTC Live, three devices have been proposed for the difficult task of demonstrating that this technology immersive has arrived, this time, to stay.
PlayStation VR was born in 2014 under the name of Project Morpheus, and since then the technology of japanese has walked his device of virtual reality by dozens of trade fairs around the world, where “hundreds of thousands of players have tried and have helped shape its development.
“This proceeding is quite unusual in the creation of a device: in accordance with the users were giving their opinion, we we modified back and adapted those experiences. We changed many aspects of the ergonomics of the device thanks to these opinions,” he explains in an interview with Efe the director of technology immersive of the Worldwide Studios of Sony, Simon Benson.
Also Oculus and HTC have resorted to this process of trial-and-error because the virtual reality is a technology that is particular and different: it isolates the user and embarks on immersive experiences.
So, these performances contributed to reduce the effect of dizziness detected in the first moments and to better define the effective content.
“The goal of the PlayStation VR system is to introduce people in a new game world immersive. (…) It’s a simple interface, intuitive and accessible, which opens the game to new audiences,” says Benson.
virtual Reality more console
unlike its competitors, the PlayStation VR works linked to the PlayStation 4 console and not a computer, a feature that Sony is using as an incentive because the combination of both devices is more economical than the combo of PC Oculus or more Lives.
“PS4 is a competitor much cheaper than a computer, its price is a third of the price of a computer for games. And PlayStation VR is a helmet that is affordable, offers a quality experience. Ours is the most economic option,” argues Benson.
The glasses from Sony cost $ 399 and PS4 $ 299. Live and Oculus Rift are more expensive and work associated with computers, although Facebook has announced a price drop of the Oculus and will sell a compatible computer that will cost $ 499.
beyond price, the key point for this technology will be the content that you offer. In 2016, the PlayStation VR will feature 50 titles, and there are over a hundred in development: there will be experiences of action, solving puzzles, driving, care of creatures, and travel to universes alien.
Benson, who has participated from the beginning in the development of the glasses, underlines that the games that work in virtual reality have nothing to do with the best selling consoles.
“We realized that it was not effective to introduce the player directly in the action because the people the first thing you do when you enter these worlds is to delight exploring them. And the users told us, ‘I don’t have challenges, don’t make me build things, let me enjoy this incredible world’. The philosophy of game development changes here,” he says.
Sony is convinced that its project of virtual reality will be a good host, aupada in the first term by players more skilled and, in second instance, by wider audiences.
Today, the glasses of PlayStation is put on sale in Spain, united States, Japan, Portugal, Italy, Greece, Germany, United Kingdom, Ireland, Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands, Norway, Denmark, Finland, the Czech Republic, Poland, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, among others.
Figures
$ 399 cost of the glasses from Sony and will go on sale in countries such as the Netherlands and Saudi Arabia.
$ 499 would be compatible computer that Facebook will be for sale.
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