The Morpheus project
Sporting blue LEDs and a futuristic look, Sony makes its VR head mount, known as Project Morpheus, official at GDC 2014.
Are your base
Side view
Rear tracking
Adjustments
Light
Project Morpheus unveiled
Yoshida leads the way
Led by Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios President Shuhei Yoshida (above), the Japanese tech giant officially unveiled a virtual-reality solution (similar to the Oculus Rift).
Virtual reality is a-go
Sony confirms that its product announcement relates to virtual reality.
Novel new way to play
First person POV
Imagining first-person gaming with the head mount.
Experimenting with VR
Homemade VR experiments started at Sony in 2010, said Yoshida.
Human being for scale
President Yoshida next to the Project Morpheus prototype.
Richard Marks, Sony R&D
Richard Marks from Sony R&D takes the stage now with the head mount.
What VR mounts need to be
More concepts and ideas of what VR head mounts should look like and need to be.
Sound with VR
Tracking with VR
Sony's in control
What makes VR special
Sony explains its outlook for virtual reality.
New medium, new rules
Developing for VR means having to deal with different rules.
Mikhailov from R&D
Anton Mikhailov, also from R&D, talks about the dev kits coming soon with Project Morpheus.
Keep this in mind
With frame rate a priority, Sony sets the rules for developing apps for VR.
Info about the dev kit
Sony's dev kit for the head mount.
More specs outlined
More specs for Project Morpheus.
Yoshida approves!
Finally, Sony says that Project Morpheus will be available when it can get the "highest frame rate we can get and the lowest latency we can get. Coming out as soon as possible, for as low as possible," and is compatible with the PS4 only.