Right around E3, Sony and Capcom were showing off a brand new tech demo for Project Morpheus. It was simply called "The Kitchen," and those who strapped on the helmet and experienced the title came away absolutely horrified. The PlayStation Access video you see above pits one man who hates horror games (much like myself, I'm way too chicken) against "The Kitchen." You watch him suffer...
I put on a VR headset for the first time last week at E3 in a preview session held by Sony. Rather than trying to show off one game, they showed a bunch of smaller games, each of which highlighted a different way to use the headset. Monster Escape had one player as an armless monster, causing chaos with its head. London Heist put you in the seat of a getaway car next to a British tough...
Gimmicks come and go, and that has some consumers posturing that VR gaming is of the same gimmicky ilk as 3D. We disagree.
Crytek, makers of Crysis and the Crytek Engine, brought a special tech demo with them to GDC a month or so ago. This was a virtual reality build of a “game” they’re calling Back to Dinosaur Island. We throw game in quotes because this isn’t much more than a tech demo at this point. It has a title, there’s a bit of a narrative here and you can interact with it, but that’s about as far...
I don’t think Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe was threatening Sony over Morpheus as much as he was pleading with them. The CEO apparently offered some insight to Sony regarding that incoming play for the virtual reality world. “Please make sure your product is as good or close!” The Guardian has it from Iribe at the recent Web Summit Conference. Oculus is worried that big consumer companies...
You know that light on the top of the DualShock 4? The one that changes colors based on what you're doing with your PlayStation 4, or what's happening in the game you're playing. That light has been a minor source of annoyance for some gamers. A few have even voiced frustration that Sony won't let them turn it off, citing TV glares and the false notion that it drains battery life...
Sony confirmed it’s working on virtual reality technology, codenamed Project Morpheus, though things are still in the prototype stage. The company made the big announcement at GDC up in San Francisco, showing off a really futuristic pair of goggles that glow and look like something RoboCop would wear. Shuhei Yoshida, president of Sony Worldwide Studios, said Sony had been at work on the...