For the record, I fucking called it. I called it so hard. People scoffed at me, mocked me, and shouted obscenities at me when I predicted PlayStation VR would be well below Oculus\’s $599 price tag.
Ok. That\’s a lie. Not all of it. Just the part about vulgarities.
People really didn\’t believe me though. I figured Sony would launch the VR peripheral somewhere betwenn $299 and $399 with the latter being the maximium I could see them shooting for. Surely they can\’t ask for too much more than what the console itself sells for. I\’m really excited to try it out at PAX East this year, but even without trying it I\’m pretty sold compared to the few VR headsets I have tried. Here\’s the details we know currently.
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hardware specs
- launches worldwide for $399 in October 2016
- 5.7 inch OLED display that supports refresh rates of 120 Hz and 90 Hz
- resolution of 1920 x RGB x 1080, meaning each pixel gets full RGB color
- it will support a field of view of approximately 100 degrees
- 9 leds enable 360-degree head tracking
- boast latency of less than 18 ms.
- gameplay at 120fps
- 3D audio
misc info
- currently 230 developers creating VR titles
- Sony expects 50 titles to release for PlayStation VR between it\’s release and the end of 2016
- EA confirmed Star Wars Battlefront for PlayStation VR is in the works
- supports Dualshock 4 and PlayStation Move controllers
- a feature called \”cinema mode\” will allow all existing games and videos to be seen on a virtual screen in VR
- included co-processing box allows simultaneous video output to both the VR headset and the TV and enables local co-op gameplay with different views
….updating….
