i reckon sony will announce vr and put just as much effort and backing behind it as the ps4. they can be the first mainstream vr producers for gaming and even home cinema viewing - movies and tv etc

2 more hours til we find out.

Sony's console don't have the muscle to move VR to a great experience.

you need 90fps(for strobing) 1600p+, ps4 can barely do 30fps 1080p in most gmaes.

Honestly either way if there's competition and they learn from each other I could literally eyes deep in an open world game within 4 years. That's NOTHING to complain about. Fallout VR anyone?

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I hope both the Oculus and Sony VR headset do very well. I would like VR to thrive and continue to grow. It will only improve immersion in games.

oculus rift sucks sony already owned it with its vr lol

Couldn't they just stream the 2 different viewpoints to the eyes? Their remote play tech is unbelievable.

Competition can only innovate and drive the industry forward.

VR is a myth of immersion. It does not work really.

I love it how this is innovation yet when anyone else does something it is a gimmick.

This really is not innovation when others have tried this 15 years ago.

To start out with I'm going to support the Oculus Rift. These guys are in it for the long run for sure.

Sony is going to mess it up. Hes talking about them when he mentions his fears for Occulus. They are going to kill VR by making a crappy product that can't run on the PS4 because its not powerful enough. Thanks for holding back gaming sony.

It's great that there is two entries into VR.One company can only push so much and try to entice developers.Two companies, especially a giant gaming powerhouse like Sony pushing the tech forward as well is just great all around for VR.

I feel like i'm in a dream right now.I've fantasized of VR games since i was a little kid and it's on the cusp of becoming reality.These are amazing times

The Oculus isnt competing with anyone....yet. The dude in the video basically said, and Im paraphrasing "Anything that helps this technology get out and become successful, is good news. If we can get major backers like Sony and Microsoft behind this, it will open the door to new possibilities and pave the road for new experiences."

The Oculus was designed for the PC and as such, it will be optimized for the PC. Probably at the highest settings. Sony's VR HMV (Head Mounted Visor) was or is being designed for the PS4, and it will be optimized for the PS4...at it's highest settings. Those saying the PS4 cant handle a VR visor, due to limited specs...dont know what they are talking about. The PS4 is ONLY 4 months old! We have no idea where it's limitations are, right now. Noone does. Not even the devs, and they just THINK they have maxed out the PS4...but we know how that goes. We've been hearing that story from devs on the PS3, pretty much everytime a new game comes out, and yet...some dev always finds a way to squeeze more power from the PS3. So they dont really know, how far the PS3 has been maxed out, either. Although, they are at the threshold, no doubt. The PS4 is capable of amazing things, in regard to console gaming. Things we havent even seen yet. We know that some launch games, and early first year games are lacking in frame rate. But as I've always said - That depends on the developer. We've seen developers design games for the PS4 and SOME have hit that 1080p/60FPS benchmark. While others prefer to lower framerate, to maintain that 1080p resolution. Case and point - 1080p/60FPS CAN be done on PS4. It just depends on the developer and how far theyre willing to go, to hit that benchmark. It has absolutely NOTHING to do with the PS4's limitations. Once the developers have had enough experience with the PS4, in time...we will start to see most if not ALL PS4 games hit that benchmark, consistently. But dont think for one second, just because a developer CHOOSES to lower frame rate to maintain 1080p resolutions...that the PS4 is incapable of doing both. One would be stupid, to think that. Especially this early in the game.

I think, under the right circumstances...the PS4 can and will do full 1080p/60FPS with the PS4 VR HMV. But let's be real for a sec - were not gonna see those results right away. Maybe in 3-5 years, if this technology takes off and gets the right support. All theyre doing, right now...is paving the way for the VR era of gaming. For the future.

But for now, we can all dream and imagine, what we can expect to see with this new tech. Imagine, playing the next Elder Scrolls game, Resident Evil, World Of Warcraft, FFXIV, Gran Turismo and so on, with a VR Visor. Total immersion. 360 degree view, all around you. Being able to not just participate and interact with the world around you...but to actually BE in the world, around you. Like it or not, skeptic or not...this is gonna revolutionize the future of gaming.

Now all we need, is a full body suit to go along with the VR visor that would allow us to FEEL the world around us. Deliver force feedback when we get shot, we feel it. When we grab an object, we feel it in our hands. Combine THIS with the VR visor...and before you know it, the next step will be a true Matrix like world, where were all jacked in 24/7.

The potential is there. The technology is there. The motivation is there. Let's sit back and watch the magic happen. ^_-

I haven't heard anyone say this yet, which suprises me, but I don't even want VR. I like playing before a tv screen with my controller. I don't like the PS move or Eye either or any of those extracontrolliculair gimmicks. I'm already retroguy before innovation is even announced.

Sony's VR will use the camera to track the light bar or ball on its headset. Whats superior about this method is that it will have full 3d positional tracking. The first rift dev kit cannot do forward and backwards tracking, but the latest prototype can with the assist of a camera. I came to this conclusion, because theres actually one indie game on the ps3 which can simulate VR by attaching the move with the Sony HMZ. I believe the same concept will be used on Sony's VR headset.

good guy.

John D. Carmack only works for one of these companys. Anyways the PC will have 10x the ammout of vr stuff conpaired to the ps4 with all the free mods and fun little tech demos. Much better than waiting for the new killzone to get its rez cut in half to work on the headset.

That Nate Mitchell... very mature guy, unlike PR employees from certain other companies.

They will lose a lot of sales from this short-sightedness. People with VR2 would have been all over this just like they were with GT7 even if not into racing games all that much. And regular players of the F1 games who have tried VR racing will probably give the franchise a miss this year. Once you try racing in VR its hard to go back to racing on a screen.

I'm surprised they have overlooked this to be honest. literally everyone is asking for it on the forums.