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New Sony Patent Hints at More Immersive Experience for PlayStation VR 2

Although Sony hasn't officially confirmed PlayStation VR 2 as of yet, a new patent could offer some indication of what to expect with the headset.

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Profchaos1417d ago

Keen for an upgrade I love the psvr but as a long term owner the tracking issues are sometimes just not worth the frustration in newer games that are designed for PC hardware games like twd Saints and sinners in particular.
Plus the move controller is just not good for VR movement I've never liked it and unfortunately the aim controller never took off outside of a handful of games.

porkChop1417d ago

I think PSVR 2 needs inside-out tracking with front, side, and rear sensors. That way there's no cameras to set-up, and you'd always have perfect controller tracking. And they really need proper VR controllers like you get with Oculus and Index.

sinspirit1417d ago

That's probably why they positioned the controller LED's on top next to the touchpad. The headset will probably have integrated cameras which means the can't see the front of the controller

S2Killinit1417d ago

Agree but the camera during reveal suggests a camera is still involved somehow.

sprinterboy1417d ago

I've always thought just go with a blue light band all the way round if that's possible that is

indysurfn1416d ago (Edited 1416d ago )

Sprinter boy that may work, but the downside is it will make it hard for you to go to sleep after playing a game late. https://thesleepdoctor.com/...

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isarai1417d ago

YES! The straight up ignorance of the nav controllers existence frusted me to no end with all these terrible ways to navigate

sprinterboy1416d ago

I think I only ever used my nav controllers on like 2 games socom confrontation and killzone I believe. Nothing really used it after them games?

Ratchet751417d ago

Games like the walking dead saints and sinner is two times harder on Psvr than pcvr because of these horrible move controllers and the camera detection.

Profchaos1417d ago

Yes absolutely I think the last game with full locomotion I played with move controllers was la noire and the entire experience was painstakingly frustrating because of the move controllers so much so it ruined the game.

The only game I've enjoyed my time with while using move controllers have been on rail experiences like rush of blood or blood and truth those were fantastic

traumadisaster1416d ago

Ive always wanted psvr but I have a quest. Would it be too frustrating to try to go to the psvr now?

My plan was to get a ps5 and psvr cheap while I wait for psvr 2 and play the exclusives. I already own the move controllers.

Profchaos1416d ago (Edited 1416d ago )

It really depends on what you want to play the quest can be used for pcvr if you have a more powerful rig capable of tethering the quest to it then I wouldn't bother with psvr in its current state.

However there are some excellent exclusive games like astrobot, firewall, resident evil 7, farpoint and blood and truth which don't have any of these issues in my experience when played with gamepad or aim controller. Those are the game I absolutely loved and make owning the psvr worth it for me the remainder of my library is available on PC and the experience is probably better on PC.

but given the low cost of admission psvr gives its pretty incredible that Sony pulled off VR to this level on such limited hardware.

I have heard that using the quest on PC is pretty hit and miss plus you still need a VR capable PC if you're missing that then I'd say go psvr but if you have a vr capable PC then tether the quest and try it.

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TheEnigma3131417d ago

I love the psvr. Hopefully the new one doesn’t have the wire.

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sprinterboy1416d ago

There was a interview with a Sony guy last year and he a said athere would likely be a premium model and base model on psvr2 so I'm guessing the premium model will be wireless and base model cables?

anonymousfan1417d ago

I wouldnt mind one bit :) butfor some reason I doubt itlll be this soon.

FreeFallFrenzy1417d ago

My guess is it'll be around April/May 2022 to give the PS5 two full holiday seasons worth of sales. Could have over 20 million customers to sell to by that point

sprinterboy1416d ago

Yep around Halloween in time for the village

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How And Why Online Multiplayer Is Still A Thing For Dreamcast

A trailblazer for online gaming, some players are still holding a candle for Dreamcast.

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purple1011d 16h ago (Edited 1d 16h ago )

such a shame, its my fav console by far. it was way better than ps1, problem was ps2 was due to come out, a year or so later, and many just waited for that, especially after the flop that was the Saturn,. (even though it way okay, it didn't sell well,).

ps1 did sell well, a lot of those fans waited for ps2. thus, the downfall of Dreamcast,,

Jingsing23h ago(Edited 23h ago)

Every console is responsible for its own destiny, You don't go around pointing fingers at him or her or anybody, cowards do that and that ain't you! you're better than that!

lodossrage22h ago(Edited 22h ago)

Not true,

The Dreamcast falling apart was because Sega couldn't make up the pay for the increasing debt from the Sega Master System, Game Gear, 32x, Sega CD, and Sega Saturn. The Dreamcast and Genesis were profitable. But the profits weren't outpacing the debt plus interest.

It had nothing to do with anyone waiting for the PS2

MetroidFREAK2122h ago

You're forgetting the most important part of the story. Sega was losing so much money so fast due to their past failures, they couldn't sustain the business. Even if the PS2 did help the demise of the system, the true blame is Sega themselves

lodossrage19h ago

Exactly

Even Bernie Stolar R.I.P (former Sega exect) admitted in an interview past debt was what hurt the Dreamcast.

Everyone says "Sony killed Sega" when that's not even remotely true. Not just that, but most of their debt came from fighting Nintendo, not Sony

ZeekQuattro17h ago

This. The only truly successful home platform Sega made was the Genesis. Every thing else flopped to varying degrees. The real culprits were Sega of Japan and Sega of America which went to war against each other for some odd reason.

Chocoburger1d 3h ago

I bought a DreamPi to play both Dreamcast and Saturn online! So far I'm only played with two people online with Saturn, and I need to spend more time with the Dreamcast community in order to play with them. I miss ChuChu Rocket online, good times!

Profchaos1d 2h ago

P2P there's even Sega genisis games that still connect online based on this.

Hosted servers wasn't really something I saw regularly on non oc platforms until the 360 era.

Ravenkiss22h ago

The Dreamcast was easily my favorite console of all time, home of many good fighting games

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Report: Sexual Misconduct Investigation Conducted at EA, Suspects Named and What They Did Revealed

EA senior staff has been investigated for sexual misconduct involving female coworkers, and these said people have been named publicly.

isarai2d ago

Aye just call Phil, i mean he somehow made Bobby Kotick's scandal disappear and gave him a few million dollar high five on the way out.

Cacabunga1d 20h ago

I wonder if it will be censored with some in game ads.

XiNatsuDragnel2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

EA about to go down like Activision and then Phil saves the day saying.this is good for the industry and consolidation will help create competition. /s.

ravens522d ago

What's up with all these horny creeps. You gon be horny, fine. Just not at work take care of that shit before you go in. Rub one out if you have to. Don't be a creep at all. ESPECIALLY at work. But don't be one AT ALL.

Extermin8or3_1d 19h ago

I mean part of the issue is that things transpired outside of work....

KwietStorm_BLM1d 19h ago

You think deviants care where they are? Work sometimes makes it an even better situation for them because they can abuse their power.

mudakoshaka1d 3h ago

Nerds think they are Gods when they are making video games.

NotoriousWhiz1d 23h ago (Edited 1d 23h ago )

"it seems that according to EA, given the events transpired outside of work between two adults, and the fact that once investigation has started that the alleged perpetrators didn’t do it again, the investigation is considered closed. [...] The victim still has to work with the people that harassed her."

Yep, EA is disgusting.

Extermin8or3_1d 19h ago

I mean the fact stuff happened outside of work puts EA in quite a difficult position legally. These women don't seem to have reported the matter to the police which kinda ties EA's hands on what they can do. If they don't file reports of the crimes then yeah from EA's perspective it is stuff that happened outside of work. The only exception is the guy that apparently referenced things in the slack channel for work, spending on what he said proving it may be very hard and he may well be able to get away with plausible deniability. I don't like EA and I think these people need to be dismissed but without any legal action being taken, EA can't really do much without risk of being sued themselves for unfair dismissal etc.

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Xbox No Longer Has Its Head In The Game

Microsoft & Xbox have shut down Arkane Austin and Tango Gameworks to lay off more workers, insinuating that they're not in the game anymore.

XiNatsuDragnel2d ago

They're headless for a long time because closing tango isn't exactly a good move

PapaBop1d 22h ago

Ever since that cringe Kinect reveal they've never been the same. They used to make some amazing games and do great deals with third parties Early on in the 360 era they had games like Chromehounds and Shadowrun, both well ahead of their time. Now instead of nurturing their studios, they'd rather gaslight gamers and throw billions on pre existing studios. Not sure how Spencer is still in a job, I wouldn't trust him to organise a piss-up in a brewery.

Father__Merrin1d 22h ago

We've said all along Spencer needs to go. I wish xbox went back to xbox only with new gears fable forza halo releases lots of third party releases

Those early rainbow 6 Vegas days and phantasy star universe are gone forever

S2Killinit1d 19h ago

MS has its head in the game but the game they are playing is something different from what console gamers expect from a platform. MS’s end game has always been to use the xbox as a trojan horse.

XiNatsuDragnel1d 17h ago

Lol that's funny well this plan they have isn't working homie

1Victor2d ago

“Acquisitions always come with cuts”

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All damage reduced to 1 for 343 trillion turns.
MICROSOFT DEFENSE FORCE IS A GO

Tacoboto2d ago

Especially for Microsoft, when Booty pretty much said they didn't know how to handle that many studios.

Why even make the acquisition then.

-Foxtrot2d ago

Didn’t they make the swipe for Bethesda when Sony wanted like 6 months exclusiveness for Starfield

It’s like…chill, you got Rise of the Tomb Raider for a year.

romulus232d ago

Do they always come with senseless cuts becasue that's exactly what cutting Tango was, senseless.

H92d ago

Everyone's acting now that game companies care about games and Xbox is committing the Ultimate betrayal, they are all like this and you have just been quiet about it for far too long

Nuclearmoon2d ago

I wonder if Microsoft do pull out of the console market that it might open the door for valve to relaunch the Steambox. Competition is good for the industry but Microsoft don't even seem to be trying anymore.

UltimateOwnage2d ago

Steam / Valve are one of the few truly pro-consumer bright spots in gaming right now. Thankfully.

Jingsing23h ago

From all the money Valve make from Steam they reinvest almost 0 into creating new AAA titles for the PC platform, Absolutely no giving nothing back in that regard. Wake up.

jwillj2k42d ago (Edited 2d ago )

“Your game has won some pretty significant awards and is a show piece for where we want to go in the future.”

1 hour later.

“We’re gonna have to let you go. You can’t cover our 100 billion dollar acquisition. Oh and take your awards too 👍🏾”

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