Yeah, I don't care beyond the confirmation. I do think we'll get the specs, and that's cool, but stuff like software support can wait till E3, outside of surprises, you can make a pretty educated guess about that stuff.Just my speculationBut if you are looking for Sony to publicly confirm/announce this thing, I've no doubt that will happen. What we get beyond that might be up in the air.
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EDGE: Sonys VR tech will be revealed at GDC
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TheRealTalker
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http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=104709612&highlight=#post104709612
I believe it is ever changing so maybe a Day 2 etc..
whoa
KoopaTheCasual
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Ok, that's the craziest coincidence if I've ever seen one.
Stratostar
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LegendofDragoonLives
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Anything more than 250$, I won't care for it
Re. his session with Marks and Anton:
Sort of reinforces that it's SCE marketing/pr that's nervous about filming, perhaps. Or maybe they will record and edit their own video and release that. Which would be better than nothing!
This also reinforces the news that there will be no livestreams. We will maybe get video later, if someone gets all permissions.
$250 for base model is doable. But that is without camera and move controllers.
vpance
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It'd be funny if Cerny was behind the VR design too. He'd become God tier status, lol.
LingeringRegime
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IMO this will kick off the true powah of this generation. So hyped right now.
A Presentation by Anton Mikhailov for Sony, while Michael Antonov is presenting for Oculus Rift?
Anton Mikhailov
Mikhailov Anton
Michael Antonov
Antonov Michael
That cannot be a coincidence ;-)
Re. his session with Marks and Anton:
Sort of reinforces that it's SCE marketing/pr that's nervous about filming, perhaps. Or maybe they will record and edit their own video and release that. Which would be better than nothing!
I dislike PR just as much as I do HR.
TheRealTalker
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Re. his session with Marks and Anton:
Sort of reinforces that it's SCE marketing/pr that's nervous about filming, perhaps. Or maybe they will record and edit their own video and release that. Which would be better than nothing!
maybe a SCE BLOG post
they might want to also keep sometime secret from their competitors
if they meet each other a wormhole will open
I'm gonna repost from the 'Sony to integrate...' thread...
I'll be surprised to see a consumer unit this side of Xmas, and I'd be very surprised to see this launched as a 'big bang' type of deal. Unless MS announce something solid, there's no pressure on Sony to rush this out, or to have to unveil it as a second coming of entertainment.
Long lead time to a soft launch for interested buyers, coupled with dedicated VR demo retail units in Sony stores and pop-up stores in malls & other shopping centre type places. Couple this with a strong line up of well made experiential bits of software & games written well within the PS4's capacity to render the necessary FPS, resolution and AA solution comfortably.
Anyone expecting KZSF or a million sales out of the gate is crazy - I am certain that Sony know as well as OR that this has to 'work' properly. Equally, I'm certain that Sony see this as a way of potentially making PS4 another Wii by attracting an audience that will have far lower expectations and thus be more likely to be 'wowed' by relatively simple VR environment in terms of art styles.
Me? I'm eagerly awaiting a VR version of the Mars Orbiter Global Survey 3D map and to toddle off flying over Mars, around Olympus Mons and down through the Valles Marineris all the while pretending I'm Dr Manhattan in his glass clockwork palace.
To add - this is for developers. I can completely understand why Sony PR might be nervous about how this is communicated to the outside world, since it may very much be the case that non-specialists won't get what's going on and say 'POS, forget it.'.
I'll be surprised to see a consumer unit this side of Xmas, and I'd be very surprised to see this launched as a 'big bang' type of deal. Unless MS announce something solid, there's no pressure on Sony to rush this out, or to have to unveil it as a second coming of entertainment.
Long lead time to a soft launch for interested buyers, coupled with dedicated VR demo retail units in Sony stores and pop-up stores in malls & other shopping centre type places. Couple this with a strong line up of well made experiential bits of software & games written well within the PS4's capacity to render the necessary FPS, resolution and AA solution comfortably.
Anyone expecting KZSF or a million sales out of the gate is crazy - I am certain that Sony know as well as OR that this has to 'work' properly. Equally, I'm certain that Sony see this as a way of potentially making PS4 another Wii by attracting an audience that will have far lower expectations and thus be more likely to be 'wowed' by relatively simple VR environment in terms of art styles.
Me? I'm eagerly awaiting a VR version of the Mars Orbiter Global Survey 3D map and to toddle off flying over Mars, around Olympus Mons and down through the Valles Marineris all the while pretending I'm Dr Manhattan in his glass clockwork palace.
To add - this is for developers. I can completely understand why Sony PR might be nervous about how this is communicated to the outside world, since it may very much be the case that non-specialists won't get what's going on and say 'POS, forget it.'.
serversurfer
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Kinda weird that he "hopes" someone is recording it, especially since no one else is allowed, including GDC themselves. Shu may just not be aware of the details though. Just in case, I responded to him and pointed out that it sounded like it'd be Sony or nobody though.Re. his session with Marks and Anton:
Sort of reinforces that it's SCE marketing/pr that's nervous about filming, perhaps. Or maybe they will record and edit their own video and release that. Which would be better than nothing!
Also, yay, Shu responded to me!! \o/
1.21Gigawatts
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What did he say?
The suspense is killing me lol
serversurfer
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Freak posted the pic. I'm TheServerSurfer on Twitter. Some German dude nabbed "serversurfer" before I signed up. Bastard.
1.21Gigawatts
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Oh. Now I understand
Lord Error
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Is their talk supposed to be today?
tomorrow
Liberty4all
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Just in case they weren't already aware I let them know the hype train for this presentation is running at full speed.
Where is that old gif. Oh yes here it is:
Where is that old gif. Oh yes here it is:
I was searching for that gif and gave up.
Mr. PlayStation
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If Sony's VR Kit does 1080 and it's under $500 (considering $1000 for the HMZ headsets), it would go mainstream instantly. Please Sony if you're indeed working on such a head mounted display, please please price it under 500
Sephiroth_VII
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redblack85
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I'm really curious to see how it will be
Ha. That's funny.
Thanks!
This, but I doubt it will count down to anything apart from the start of GDC - http://us.playstation.com/develop/gdc-2014/
serversurfer
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Wowzers. That is pretty fucked up.
I wonder what's causing that. I suppose it could be related to the fact that the lightbar isn't as easy to track as the sphere, but I'm more inclined to think it's just a bug in Playroom, especially since it didn't correct itself once it regained sight of the marker. Even if the lightbar is harder to track accurately, I wouldn't think it would get that fucked up. That's just weird. =/
Has there been any actual confirmation of them using the stereo camera to improve z accuracy? I know that on the PS3, they were getting sub-mm accuracy on x and y, but only sub-cm on z. I was thinking the stereo camera could improve z, but I wasn't sure how much, and if it would be worth the extra computational effort, or if they'd instead just rely on the increased resolution of the camera to improve z accuracy.
George Claw M.D.
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I was just thinking about the no-filming policy for the presentation. It's GDC, not E3. It's not going to be spiced up for a general audience. It's a presentation for devs. As such, livestreaming the full unedited presentation would probably be pretty dry and boring for the average customer. Not a way you want to introduce such an important new product to the world. I think Sony will be recording it themselves, then use edited footage of it along with other prepared media for public consumption. Just a guess.
Just in case they weren't already aware I let them know the hype train for this presentation is running at full speed.
Where is that old gif. Oh yes here it is:
:lol
Spectacular train wreck or revolutionary new tech reveal. Both outcomes excite me equally.
Iced_Eagle
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No filming sad.
I worked at GDC before as a CA, and GDC owns the rights to filming presentations presented at the conference. I've never seen a case where companies were allowed to film their own presentation (outside of a keynote).
However, it will surely be recorded and it will be up at GDCVault.com after the conference.
*Edit* Also, that GDC page mentions new technologies for AR.
http://us.playstation.com/develop/gdc-2014/booth-features/#cutting
I still think Sony is going for VR and not pushing AR as much, and this is probably about AR tech used in PlayRoom and things like that. Still, seemed relevant.
KennyLinder
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Is that 1AM UK time? Ugh.
AR eh. Train wreck imminent?
useyourfist
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Could be that sony hmd demoed in japan last year that had a camera on the front for ar experiences that were said to be very good. A dual ar/vr headset could set it apart from rift
Edit, was 2012 not last year link http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hUKUKVb9gKc
Broken Hope
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What if it's just Oculus Rift support for the PS4?
Freeman
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I always expected the rift to come with two front facing cameras, seems like a no brainier to me.
Rogue_Ledr
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Wat about $300?
That is what the Rift costs.
That is a competitive price.
Marc
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Just in case they weren't already aware I let them know the hype train for this presentation is running at full speed.
Where is that old gif. Oh yes here it is:
Too late, already hyped!
useyourfist
Member
Fully agree with that, would just allow for so much more to be done with it.
