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May 6, 2015

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

March 4, 2015

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

October 2, 2014

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