Sony has taken the wraps off Project Morpheus, a new virtual reality (VR) headset for its PlayStation 4 console.
This isn’t an unexpected move, as we’ve previously discussed the possibility of virtual reality coming to the PS4 on several occasions, and Sony was busy showing off VR gear at CES in January.
Sony made the revelation at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, where President Shuhei Yoshida announced that “Virtual reality is the next innovation from PlayStation that may well shape the future of video games.”
According to the Guardian, he continued: “VR has been the dream of many game creators ever since the first computer game. Many of us have dreamed about VR and what it could mean for the games that we create.”
He noted that the key to the whole virtual 3D experience was “presence” – that feeling of actually being there in a game.
Don’t get too excited yet, though, as Project Morpheus is still a prototype at this point. Sony didn’t mention any launch schedule, although it did say that Morpheus has been underway for some three years now.
The prototype has a 90 degree field of view, and boasts a 1080p resolution.
Yoshida even admitted that the success of Oculus Rift, which has had lots of positive press to date, helped “inspire” and spur the development of Morpheus on.
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