Most likely no.
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EDGE: Sonys VR tech will be revealed at GDC
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Most likely no.
But the job posting wouldn't be an official confirmation, anymore than the open fact they've been messing with this stuff.Hardly anyone remembers those devices. The first official confirmation needs to have some fanfare around it, not from a job posting
Damn... All those Oculus Rift developers must just be using their dev kits as paper weight.
googleplex
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But the job posting wouldn't be an official confirmation, anymore than the open fact they've been messing with this stuff.
I just want to see the damned thing and get confirmation that it actually works well. If Sony nails the hardware and price point, they automatically win the this gen.
I wouldn't be so sure of that.. Let's not get cocky now.
Yeah, I'm very eager for the announcement. I'm sure it's real, but until they reveal it, it's always easy to write off the R&D and kill the project. Once they show it, we're getting it.
I don't think we'll get a release date or price, but those things can wait. If they say "VR is coming to PS4, you're going to need a camera and Move shit", that's all I need.
I'm already very confident it will provide a worthwhile VR experience, and be a reasonable price. I just need the confirmation.
I'm hoping for at least a demonstration, list of developers and a demos or two,
Demos of course, but I think they should save all the announcements till E3.
TheRealTalker
Banned
you know what would be awesome?
VR capable LBP tool creator
VR capable LBP tool creator
Giant Panda
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James Sawyer Ford
Gold Member
No stream
Not much hype
Sounds like this is going to be a behind closed doors sort of reveal. I'm wondering if we'll even get to see the device.
Not much hype
Sounds like this is going to be a behind closed doors sort of reveal. I'm wondering if we'll even get to see the device.
serversurfer
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That's a bit harsh. The lightbar makes the DS4 functionally identical to the Move wand, which puts it miles ahead of the Wiimote+.
Granted, it offers a more limited range of motion than a wand, but playing with it last night, I discovered it wasn't nearly as limited as I anticipated. I was able to yaw the controller about 80º in either direction before the camera lost sight of the lightbar. Thanks to the sloping front, I was able to pitch the controller up more than 90º and maintain tracking, or about 45º down. It should be noted I have my camera on top of the TV rather than the 20" above the floor that Playroom recommends. I imagine lowering the camera will lessen my ability to pitch up, and increase pitch-down, but I'll need to test it.
Hmm. I was unable to reproduce this behavior. No matter how long or how vigorously I shook the controller, it never lost tracking unless it lost sight of the lightbar, and even then, it just made the vacuum effect go away, just as though you'd placed your hand over the light bar. It never came out at the wrong angle though.
I'm talking about gripping the right handle as you would a wand. Yes, it's a bit awkward, but you're still able to access X and the R buttons easily enough, and it doesn't obscure the lightbar at all. As I said, you're not going to want to do it as your primary form of interaction, but for the occasional reach-and-grab, it should be fine, I'd think.
Hmm. I hadn't really considered attachments for the wand. The Sharpshooter proves it's a viable option, and the attachment itself could provide the needed joysticks and buttons (as opposed to additionally slotting in a nav pickle, like you do with the Sharpshooter). That may actually be the best solution, when compared to break-apart DualShocks, or new, joystick-bearing wands.
TheRealTalker
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But the job posting wouldn't be an official confirmation, anymore than the open fact they've been messing with this stuff.
You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile.
:Oo
*Hides under bed*
We don't actually know there won't be a live stream. We know there won't be one for the programming talk the day after, but there's been no confirmation for what we're suspecting will be the reveal talk.
There's always the chance the reveal actually happens but we don't see it, we get a produced sizzle reel video released at the same time.
James Sawyer Ford
Gold Member
Won't reveal price
Probably won't reveal what the unit looks like
Probably won't reveal any games
I think the best we can hope for is for some journalist impressions, and maybe a demo of it running on DriveClub and/or the Witness (announced games)
But that may be it
But the job posting wouldn't be an official confirmation, anymore than the open fact they've been messing with this stuff.
Someone used that old tech to port a greek game to an FPS demo back in the day. Worked quite well but it was just a demo nothing more.
Crimson_Gold
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I see. So you're saying the newer tech is far improved and the actual unit is beautiful. I can always count on you to make my day.
Indeed, I wasn't suggesting it was the VR unit.
Just that if Sony can openly show tech demos of things like headset based motion tracking, it seems like they could mention VR in a job description without it hurting share prices or whatever.
I just don't believe it would make any difference.
vpance
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I think we'll get dev and press impressions, along with photos. It'll be hard to communicate the experience in a live stream anyways. E3 will be where it's at IMO.
It's gotta be pretty polished now too if they already wanted to show it last year.
This will be technical, both for software and hardware things they want to promote. Commercial presentation will be at E3, games, entertainment apps, price, and even final form of the device.
There is a very large chance that in 2 days they will show off some ugly developer kit.
Closer to DK1 than Crystal Cove confirmed.
That's a shame, but it's good you're here to drop bombs.
This is why I love Gaf
Crimson_Gold
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Marc
Member
So you are saying this VR will be as good as any available in the firefly future?
Wow, getting excited for this!
The mom from Homeland will personally be delivering the first one hundred units ordered.
geordiemp
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Tease
BRocknRolla
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Agreed. As much as I would love to see what this is all about, no public viewing = no real announcement. I could imagine them showing something like that eye tracking demo they did, but nothing amounting to a product announcement will come to pass. I don't even mean just no price or release date, I mean something that only vaguely hints at a future product is the most we'll see. I think people are setting themselves up for disappointment.
Marc
Member
Hmm yes, I could see why this will make them a lot of money.
vpance
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The only thing that matters is that specs are detailed, which there will be at a place like GDC. Who cares if we saw yosp twirling around on stage live. Wait for E3 for everything else.
BRocknRolla
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I'm saying you're not even going to get tech specs. Leaks if you're lucky, but nothing more. I hope I'm wrong.
I think it will be kind of like the very first E3 Move reveal. I know that was livestreamed, but in other respects, like that. No official name, but I think we will get a press release with information, it will be established that it is an in development product, and that it is something that they want developers to work on.
This is a private event, but it is not NDA-ed, and it is open to press as well as developers. Indeed GDC has been actively promoting it as something press should attend.
I think we'll get the real thing, what it looks like, what it's called, the specs, video of tech demos, and a confirmed launch window.
They can detail price, release date and software line up at E3.
If we literally get nothing, I don't think I'll be disappointed, I just want to know for a fact it's coming, I don't even care when.
They can detail price, release date and software line up at E3.
If we literally get nothing, I don't think I'll be disappointed, I just want to know for a fact it's coming, I don't even care when.
Sickboy007
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If they really show what it looks like it'll be the right time to update my avatar.
ShinMaruku
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I wonder if everybody so hyped up on the vr sets have any idea how they will work and how not all games can fit them. Maybe the next experience is not the games you want.
It's all said and good they have a vr set that will be expensive but temper your hype people.
It's all said and good they have a vr set that will be expensive but temper your hype people.
WooHooAlex
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I think we'll get the real thing too, a full-blown reveal where we actually see it in action, learn the name, get a few games announced for it, ect.... Especially if the rumors are true that they've been ready to show it for a while now but delayed the reveal a few times to tweak the final design.
I just have a feeling this is going to release in 2014.
Sidewinder
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Sidewinder
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I know that I won't be playing any online MP stuff, the lag and stuttering would fry my brains with that helmet on! Just played some BF4 before and it wasn't smooth sailing at all ;(
Please check this video of mine I took for you.
http://youtu.be/GFc5nwaon5k
Notice how:
1) During the first seconds of the clip, the tip of the cone loses alignement with the center of the lightbar as you push the controller towards the PS4 camera. Then it re-alignes as you pull it backwards. Not a big deal but definitely not a Move-like behaviour. I'm not sure why this occurs. Perhaps it's due to the fact that depth tracking is executed using stereo data provided by the camera rather than by measuring the size of the lightbar.
2) The rest of the video shows how (badly) you can fuck up the tracking in a matter of seconds. Of course, it doesn't get *that* bad during normal play, but you can tell the tracking is accumulating errors over time. And it doesn't dynamically "auto-fix" (which the PS Move tech does).
Of course it's better than Wiimote+ (which is limited by the narrow FOV of its camera - had it been 180° it would be closer) but it's nowhere near the PlayStation Move IMO.
serversurfer
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Thanks, TTP. I'll check it out when I get home. <3
I care.
Well, more about Rick and Anton, but yeah.
Yes, please.