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Nintendo Not On Board With Virtual Reality Hardware

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For the last few generations of gaming, the focus has been on better graphics and the ever growing online community. But recently, a push for Virtual Reality has gotten the attention of many a company. What was once just the Oculus has now grown with Microsoft’s Hololens and Sony’s Project Morpheus. Yet Nintendo, a company who actually dominated the last console war through the use of motion control technology, apparently isn’t game on joining in this race. Speaking with Polygon at E3, Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime stated why he and Nintendo, at present, aren’t on board with VR. “What we believe is that, in order for this technology to move forward, you need to make it fun and you need to make it social,” Fils-Aime explained. “I haven’t walked the floor, so I can’t say in terms of what’s on the floor today, but at least based on what I’ve seen to date, it’s not fun, and it’s not social. It’s just tech.” This is very interesting, as Microsoft actually

Sony To Launch Project Morpheus Before June 2016?

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When it comes to technology, there’s always a race to get the newest piece of “life-changing” tech out first. TV’s, video games and their consoles, the person who can get it out first, and hopefully do it right the first time, gets a LOT of momentum. In the world of Virtual Reality headsets, there are two main competitors going for that crown, Oculus and their Rift, and then Sony with their Project Morpheus. And if the Japanese newspaper Asahi is right, they’ll be launching their VR headset before June next year. This is fascinating on numerous levels, not the least of which is because of the timing. And by timing, I mean E3. By the time the Electronic Entertainment Expo arrives, it’ll be June, so thus if the report is accurate, we could be less than a year away from release. What this means, is that Sony would be very inclined to not only show off what Project Morpheus can do on a larger scale, they could unveil new details

Consumer Oculus Rift Not Due Until 2016

Consumer Oculus Rift Not Due Until 2016

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Oculus has today announced that their long-awaited virtual reality headset, the Oculus Rift, will not be made available to consumers until at least 2016. Reports over the last year have suggested the device would hit store shelves in 2015 but this new information confirms that isn’t the case. The company also declined to give a firm release date other than the first quarter of 2016, what specifications the consumer version will have or exactly how much it will cost. It’s been a busy 12 months for Oculus. In July of 2014 Facebook acquired the company for $2 billion in a move that was widely criticized by backers and fans who felt that the purchase could mean that the Oculus Rift headset might only be used exclusively on Facebook products. Executives from both companies went on record to confirm this would not be the case. In the same month, the second devkit of the product was shipped to developers who had backed the project. Known as the DK2, it featured a

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Gaming: The Harbinger of the Singularity?

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Is AI learning from human input and interaction? Will this bring our Robot Overlords to power? Don’t want the lesson? Skip to The Conspiracy! Defining the Singularity Singularity – The advent of Artificial Intelligence that exceeds that of its human creators. Along with becoming smarter than humans, these computers and machines also gain sentience and break free from the control of their human creators. Civilization is forever changed – but for better or worse is up for debate. It is important to note that Artificial Intelligence is disparate from the Singularity in that AI aims only to imitate human-like intelligence, and the Singularity is the rise of actual computerized intelligence – no longer artificially created. That is, AI can never exceed human intelligence because the intelligence present in an AI machine was given to it by its human creators. In the Singularity theory, machines are able to use the vast amount of human intelligence programmed into it to give itself true intelligence with which it may gain freedom from the programming bonds its

Project Morpheus Virtual Reality Headset Launching Next Year

Project Morpheus Virtual Reality Headset Launching Next Year

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Sony has revealed that its take on the virtual reality headset, Project Morpheus, will be launching in the first half of 2016. The device has been in development for several years, although Sony have never given any firm details about when consumers should expect to see it before today. The headset, which will allow players to play games in virtual reality using a PlayStation 4, will also have a dedicated briefing at E3 so that customers can get a better idea of the technology and how exactly it will work. The announcement also saw some new details emerge about project Morpheus, including information about its specifications. The virtual reality headset will not feature a LCD screen as previously thought but will instead be replaced with an OLED display. It will also be capable of a framerate of up to 120 frames per second. This higher refresh rate will require a software update for the PlayStation 4 that can currently only output 60 frames per second. It will also feature a

Sony working on ‘social experiences’ for Project Morpheus

Sony working on ‘social experiences’ for Project Morpheus

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Sony are looking to incorporate social experiences in Project Morpheus when the virtual reality headset releases. The London studio of Sony Computing Entertainment revealed to Digital Spy that the developer had been working on games that will involve multiple people in the virtual reality experience. Studio director Dave Ranyard said that their experience in producing games such as SingStar, The Playroom and EyeToy Play, gives them a unique chance to create games that have a strong social aspect, with the developer having already demonstrated two prototypes. “[Social games are] something we really want to bring to VR,” he said. “We made the EyeToy games, like EyeToy Play… and there was a point with those, before they were released, when the team realised actually we like watching people do this is almost as fun as doing it. Having that social screen is really important to us. There’s actually quite a lot you can do with that. We’ve been doing lots of companion apps as well – you can interact, you can

Sony Introduces VR Headset For PS4, Dooms Us All

Sony Introduces VR Headset For PS4, Dooms Us All

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Haven’t they seen Lawnmower Man? Read any dystopian cyberpunk. This kind of thing never goes well. Sony’s new offering for the PS4, unveiled at this week’s Game Developer Conference, is called Project Morpheus. Yes, they named it after the god of dreams and sleep. We’re all going to become VR junkies, aren’t we?   It’s an innocuous-looking enough device. As someone who has been following cyberpunk for nearly three decades now I’m a bit disappointed. I was promised big bulky gloves, damn it!   Instead of the gloves, Project Morpheus will work with PlayStation controllers and the PlayStation Move. According to the announcement it features:   • A head mounted display with 1080p resolution and a 90 degree field of view. • Accelerometer and gyroscope sensors built into the head mounted unit as well as PlayStation Camera accurately tracks head orientation and movement, so as your head rotates, the image of the virtual world rotates intuitively in real-time. • New 3D audio technology that re-creates stereoscopic sounds in all directions and changes in