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Shu: Oculus Devs Are Almost Prototyping For Morpheus

Sony's Shuhei Yoshida argues that Oculus & Morpheus aren't only competitors; in fact, devs of the former are basically prototyping for the latter.

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Alexious4380d ago

I'm still not fully sold on VR (and yes, I have tried the new Oculus devkit). It won't be easy to top 4K clarity if VR still produces dizziness and graphics artifacts.

ArbitorChief4379d ago

I reckon it'll be a fad for gaming, but I do believe VR will have far more functions and usefulness outside of gaming (e.g. education, medicine, simulators, etc)

Volkama4379d ago (Edited 4379d ago )

But at the point that VR is good enough for education and business meetings etc then the fidelity will be there. Businessman and such don't want to be dizzy or sick in their meetings and simulations.

It would be a natural evolution of the tech to make the virtual environments more fantastical than real life. At that point it will essentially become gaming.

Whether Morpheus can herald an age of VR gaming or not, we'll reach that destination anyway.

kaiserfranz4379d ago

Well, in order to become useful outside of gaming they will have to solve those issues nonetheless. And at that point, it will absolutely be great for gaming

Rhythmattic4379d ago (Edited 4379d ago )

The moment I first had access and played a VR game circa 91 (W Industries) , I was sold..........

In comparison to todays 2D tech it had Low res graphics and laggy az, but I tell you, an experience I've never forgot to this day. Absolute emersion...

Gazondaily4379d ago

I believe VR is the future. I just think it depends on the execution.

kaiserfranz4379d ago

Yeah, that's the fondamental thing. I believe Project Morpheus won't launch until they have ironed out most of the longstanding issues with VR, because they know it could never truly explode otherwise.

UltraNova4379d ago

It will be very difficult to enter the market with such new tech. VR will demand a lot of getting used to by the consumer usually a not very good place to be in but Sony's been in a bad spot before and they came through by offering what the consumers really valued.

"All" they need to do is add some of that ps4 secret sauce in the mix and they'll have a winner. Plus a lot of full on VR games of course.

Rhythmattic4379d ago

I think when you use words like "execution" it relates to ideas that have an unfamiliar scope.... Like motion gaming...... Wii, Kinect , Move.... The implementation has many variants/inputs...

However... VR is exactly what I expect it to be....

A peripheral vision 3D experience.

That, I believe, is what is.

elhebbo164379d ago

Obviously since Oculus allows developers and people interested in the rift to try it out and work with it unlike the morpheus which is all locked up and top secret.

mkis0074379d ago

Top secret? Devs have access to it already! Just not the common devs. Even some special indies have access.

elhebbo164379d ago

Exactly, only big developers and SOME indies. unlike Oculus with its open policy.

mkis0074379d ago

ok...but it wasn't a crowd-funded product. Public has a right seeing as how they funded it. Meanwhile all that work on Oculus will be compatible for Morpheus, which is what Shue is saying.

mkis0074379d ago

Shu is a smart man. His logic is sound and it doesn't come off as a slight to Oculus. If Morpheus was announced as pc compatible...then they would have a serious issue.

Somebody4379d ago

They have effectively blocked OR's chance of gaining a foothold on the PS4 with Morpheus but I don't think Sony be releasing it for the PC anytime soon.

Sony released the PS4 controller for the PC without an official driver. Kinect dev kit was released for the PC with just some wild ideas from experimenters(not many were even game devs) but no official products even with Kinect 2.0.

I guess consoles do need the PC, after all. Next gen consoles wouldn't have existed without PC hardware and some of the hotly anticipated console games are based on genres the PC kept alive all these years(MMOs, F2Ps, indie and survival horror). Now we are literally watching console makers just waiting, circling around, for the next big thing PC is offering and ready to claim as their own.

AndrewLB4379d ago

So basically Sony is bragging about how much they're going to benefit from all the hard work put in by Oculus.

WeAreLegion4379d ago

Not at all. Shu is saying that having at least two major VR headsets on the market will give developers more security, leading to a larger VR market.

aliengmr4379d ago

No, they are competing for the same space. That "space" doesn't exist yet. Not only that, they are on different platforms. And given how expensive VR will be over the next few years the markets in the beginning will much more defined.

That's what they both want at the start. Sony builds a foundation for a market on consoles and OVR builds one on the PC. Once an overall market becomes a reality, then they can start pushing for the same "spaces", whatever they may be.

Sony has they right ideas here. They are being very serious about VR. They know that trying to be the "winner" will only be bad for VR. Its going to take slowly building a market where one doesn't exist.

VR is going to be a tough sell, and while I have no interest in the Morpheus, I am thankful it exists. Without it VR has no chance. Same is true for the Rift. With both, VR has a fighting chance.

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The Best VR Platformer Games in 2026

A classic genre takes on new life in VR, so here's a rundown of the best VR platformer games available in 2026.

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1Victor23h ago(Edited 23h ago)

Can’t be a good list without astro bot and moss and moss book 2 they are the cream of the crop.
If his choices are as good as those 3 games then I gotta try the rest of his list

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Shuhei Yoshida Shares Why Releasing 1st-Party Games On PC Day One Is A Bad Strategy For PlayStation

Former head of PlayStation Studios Shuhei Yoshida has shared why releasing first-party games on PC day one is bad strategy for PlayStation.

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Redemption-641d 8h ago

I wonder if he tried to stop Shawn Layden from starting it?

Profchaos14h ago

Technically horizon came out in 2020 under Jim Ryan who took over in 2019

It's hard to tell who initiated the project but the Decima engine makes porting to PC fairly easy so who honestly knows if this was Jim's initiative or not I get the feeling it was

Redemption-647h ago(Edited 7h ago)

It's actually not hard at all. Shawn Layden said he started it. Shawn Layden has confirmed that he was behind the strategy to bring PlayStation exclusive games to PC. Regardless of whether you hate Jim or not this wasn't his idea. It happened during his watch, but it was started before he took over. Below are links with him confirming it started with him

https://www.gamesradar.com/...

https://x.com/i/status/1444...

Reaper22_1d 5h ago

Fake news. He didnt say that.This video was posted on YouTube and on here they decided to change the title. Shame on you.

i81duce21h ago

At 5:16, he literally states the thing you say he doesn’t say. Did you even watch the video?

GotGame81811h ago

Sony already said they weren't porting to PC anymore. Or, at least that is how I interpreted a couple of articles. I think if it were not for Helix, that may not have happened.

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PlayStation legend Shuhei Yoshida says Jim Ryan fired him because he didn't listen to him

Why did Sony push Shuhei Yoshida out of his role leading PlayStation's first-party games? He'd overseen some huge successes. Well, apparently, he didn't listen.

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Relientk776d ago

Yeah I can see that for sure. Shuhei Yoshida should have been in charge not Jim Ryan.

Cacabunga5d ago

It should be free highway for him now.. but Sony are too stupid to see this, especially that moron Hulst

S2Killinit5d ago (Edited 5d ago )

Wtf why all that anger. PlayStation is dominating on every level. Besides I think there is a little more to hiring a CEO than just who is available. Its not like its a athlete your team wants to buy.

neutralgamer19925d ago

S2Killinit

live service failures, chasing trends, closing studios. yes dominating

Cacabunga5d ago

Sony is Dominating because competition is not existing. Compared to previous gens this is the poorest in terms of software offerings.

Last gen we got Uncharted 4 Lost Legacy and TLOU2 from ND alone.

This is so far a remasters gen, with no competition to lift up the quality

1nsomniac5d ago (Edited 5d ago )

..."PlayStation is dominating on every level"....

...Really???

PlayStation are soon heading into a new generation in the not to distant future. They currently have the worst customer satisfaction they've ever sustained as a company. The company is heading for a huge crash while at the same time they'll need to be planning how they are going to try and win back that favour and the build up to their new releases.

Yes financially they're winning but they're going to have to ride out this complete public corporate disaster. No one has faith in the company or the product anymore. They've damaged their public image so much this generation. Greed can kill anyone.

medman5d ago

Hulst is a disaster......

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blacktiger5d ago

He would've done the same thing and fire Jim Ryan and Shuhei would be the villain. Why?
Because Elite creates the narrative and distraction for gamers, users and citizens.

Outside_ofthe_Box6d ago

More confirmation that Jim Ryan is the culprit for what has happened to Sony. Hulst needs to go too. What sucks is that a lot of the good top heads at Sony are no longer there. I wish that guys that were forced out prematurely by Dumbo Jimbo like Shuhei and Layden came back.

robtion5d ago

Yep. Yoshida was responsible for bringing one of the best games of this generation to playstation (Stellar Blade). He is an actual gamer and is in touch with what gamers want (creative, fun games, not GaaS and agenda pushing). He also seems like a genuinely nice guy if you watch some interviews. Of course they got rid of him.

darthv725d ago

Makes you wonder if MS even thought about hiring him after Phil and Sarah were leaving. He certainly couldn't make their situation any worse.

Agent755d ago

Microflop. After Windows XP and Xbox 360, it all went floppy.

S2Killinit5d ago

Floppy 😆
No pun intended

badz1495d ago

Yoshida for President! Jim Ryan was and always be a hack! Sony should get Shu back

Lightning775d ago

All the gamer/consumer lead heads are gone across PS and Xbox. shuhei gone phil's gone (questionable) but gone. The future of gaming is somewhat uncertain across the board.

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