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Sony Pursuing Partnership with Oculus, Supposed Leak Suggests

VRFocus - The Reddit user that allegedly leaked a large amount of information on Sony Computer Entertainment’s (SCE) Project Morpheus virtual reality (VR) yesterday has again posted supposed new details on the device. This time the purported leak concerns a possible ‘strategic’ partnership with the makers of the Oculus Rift VR headset, Oculus VR. The leakster cites the same source as his previous post in his claims, although notes that he is unable to verify to credibility of this source.

mhunterjr3706d ago

If true, this would alleviate some of my concerns I had with Sony bringing their own vr solutions. Would developers be bothered to develop in an environment that's even further fragmented? Sony reaching out in this way might make such fragmentation more manageable for developers.

XiNarutoUzumaki3706d ago (Edited 3706d ago )

Sony has excellent engineers, and all their products are top-notch. Why should you be concerned about their VR?

KwietStorm_BLM3706d ago

Did you read what he typed?

mhunterjr3706d ago

I'm not concerned about their engineering. I'm concerned about the VR marketplace and development standards.

ABizzel13705d ago

This is how the gaming industry should be. PC and consoles coexisting and helping one another. This is why PS4 and PC will be my main platforms for another generation.

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Menech3706d ago

Sony's VR set isn't in direct competition with the Rift, it only works with the PS4 as far as I understand. The Rift is technology about a year ahead of Sony in terms of VR development.

Some of the issues Sony currently have, have since been sorted by the Rift Dev Kit 2. But again they aren't really in direct competition, Rift has the VR market fairly cornered at the moment. Sony is simply attempting to being VR to its PS4 consumers.

The only thing that worriers me about Sony's VR solution is the 90 FoV.

elninels3706d ago

I dont believe that the rift is farther along in development than project morpheus. Sony had been working on vr since atleast 2010. Thats not to say that the rift isn't superior. It will also greatly benefit from being on the pc.

Menech3706d ago (Edited 3706d ago )

It doesn't matter what you believe elninels the tech specs speak for themselves.

http://www.theverge.com/201...

Sony is still using an LCD display with an FoV of 90, both of whack plagued the original Dev Kit 1 for Oculus causing a ton of motion sickness. Rift has largely managed to solve this issue, Sony still has development to do, but remember it is a prototype.

Outside of resolution, Sony is about a year behind the Rift.

From the article:

"Sony's first entry into the VR world matches the Oculus Rift on many fronts: Project Morpheus also has a 1080p display, although it’s LCD and not OLED, and has a slightly smaller field of view of 90 degrees. Verge reporter Adi Robertson noted that Morpheus’ screen is slightly blurrier than the Rift's, and it’s unclear whether Sony could achieve the same low persistence technique Oculus can using its current LCD screen."

dcj05243706d ago

According to the leak yesterday, this is the protoype that they were thinking of showing in gamescon 2013 but decided not to.It's supposedly far ahead of that and this is just a functional devkit:similar to OR Devkit 1

younglj013706d ago

I think I will trust the company that have been doing research for the past 10 years...

MONOLITHICIDE3706d ago

I agree. I think with the dawn of the new vr headsets there should be just one that does it right. Bringing both technology and Ideas together could benefit greatly to the overall product and the way a market perceives the divice. I dont know it also would be great to have compitition to further each device. Lets wait nd see I say.

webeblazing3705d ago (Edited 3705d ago )

Daniel son tries to come back and learn more from mr Miyagi

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MasterCornholio3706d ago

Well it could make porting of VR features between the two platforms extremely easy which is a huge benefit for developers.

Software_Lover3706d ago

Trying to corner the market? If they partner with Oculus, I'm sure there would be some type of "anti Microsoft" clause. Microsoft would do the same.

Copen3706d ago

Microsoft is the one putting clauses into contracts for most of their gaming contracts. They like screwing everyone including their customers on everything gaming related.

Omegasyde3706d ago

Not really.

Remember, Sony Vaio laptops have Windows and Xbox1 has Blu-ray.

Last time I checked you can also rent any Columbia,Screen gem,Tristar, or any Sony Pictures entertainment on the Xbox live market place.

ALSO - Crackle the app is managed by Sony. You can download the app for free on Ps4, Ps3, AND Xbox 360 and Xbox one.

Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

Menech3706d ago

You realise Sony is only one of 9 original Blu-ray partners right? It really isn't up to Sony who uses Blu-ray.

The Blu-ray association current has 18 members, Sony is but one of them.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

Kryptix3705d ago (Edited 3705d ago )

@Menech

Actually, it is up to Sony to decide who uses it.

http://inlatest.com/2010110...

"In 2000 Panasonic, Sony and Philips got together to form the Blu-ray Disc Founders and later the Blu-ray Disc Association in order to create a worldwide standard for HD distribution."

Sony, Phillips, and Panasonic were the original 3 before it expanded to 9.

But...

http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sect...

October 11, 2000
"...Sony and Philips had presented the DVR-blue in detail at "ISOM 2000," an international society of optical memory and optical data storage meeting in September."

Which means Sony and Phillips were the ones that came up and supported the idea before anything..

http://www.makeuseof.com/ta...

"The creation of the blue laser diode required for this technology is attributed to Shuji Nakamura, a professor in the College of Engineering at UCSB. Sony (along with Pioneer) took this work and came up with prototypes that were unveiled at the CEATEC exhibition in 2000."

Which explains the old 2000 article in the 2nd link above.

webeblazing3705d ago (Edited 3705d ago )

nope its Daniel son trying to come back and learn more from mr Miyagi

Chapter113706d ago

A collaboration would be the best thing for everyone, not just Sony and Oculus.

Omegasyde3706d ago

It would create shared standards and devices would be compatible with multiple end equipment. I see the advantage of that.

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Pistol Whip is Alive and Well With VOIDSLAYER Scenes

Cloudhead Games has announced the VOIDSLAYER update for Pistol Whip, adding three new scenes in June for all supported platforms.

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Sony Patents To Prevent You From In-Game Harassment By Reading Your Emotions

A new patent recently published by Sony wants to gather biometric data of gamers to track whether one is being harassed using AI tools.

Profchaos18d ago (Edited 18d ago )

I hope this is one of those patents that never comes to fruition.

I already dislike the fact you can pay a significant amount for a online service buy associated games and content on said service and get banned from that service over potentially a misunderstanding the bans are already handed out for flimsy reasons

I'd rather see money invested in a ban that simply removes the offensive players ability to communicate with unknown players allow them to continue party chats with friends but not with Joe blow on cod.

exputers18d ago

Agreed. Blizzard recently banned a college Overwatch 2 player who's dependent for saying "shit." Pretty harsh.

Profchaos17d ago (Edited 17d ago )

How rediculas really. You can't say a word that's allowed in most PG films and prime time TV but the game is based around killing the enemy team using guns, explosives etc.

It's just backwards.

just_looken17d ago

What your talking about is called block list

In 2006 a spaceship dropped of the playstation 3/xbox 360 i say that that generation was the last great gen with game functions/tech that has yet to comeback

Anyhow the playstation 3 if you block listed a id they could not talk to you in chatroom with either text or voice. But that was pre mind fucked 2018 when people were more human than sheep.

But hey gta 6 is coming out billion dollar budget without a single player custom character creator and without singeplayer coop off/online something saints row 1-3 had on the xbox 360.

z2g18d ago

Take my social security and bank account numbers too! Here’s a picture of my wife and our address.

phoenixwing18d ago

Cmon where's the pictures of your children. Don't hold out on them.

H918d ago

At this rate I feel Sony will eventually sell a room to play games in it where they can monitor your every breath

jambola18d ago

I genuinely get a bit worried sometimes when a friend says something that could be offensive In a party
Because I have no trouble believing some bans would happen when in a private party for saying something wrong

SegaSaturn66918d ago

I want them to censor erotic content by measuring my groin temperature so i dont get too distracted while playing black ops 2.

Popsicle18d ago

Terrible idea. Not only do I not consent to providing my biometric data, the potential for mishandling biometric data is almost a certainty. Positive stress and negative stress can produce similar changes in biometrics. Interpreting the precise emotion a person is feeling is not only invasive but could be easily misconstrued. I hope this never comes to fruition.

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Sony Could Increase Your Game's Difficulty If It Sees You Complain About It

Sony has recently published a new patent that wants to dynamically handle the games' difficulty and gameplay based on the player's emotions.

jznrpg18d ago

This is something I might use. Sometimes I play some good games but they don’t have difficulty option and are a little too easy.

Profchaos18d ago

Souls games will be like that players struggling make it harder

PassNextquestion18d ago (Edited 18d ago )

I think if used correctly it could work well

jambola18d ago

cool idea
cool idea for horror games especially
the way it's explained here sounds like it could never be forced hopefully, so that's ok with me

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