Sometimes a rumour seems to appear from all sides at once. Breaking to the surface and barely disappearing before it breaks again, like bubbles in boiling water. It becomes so ubiquitous that it is almost accepted knowledge among those who see the bubbles burst. We forget that it’s not actually real yet.
So it is with Sony and VR gaming hardware. It’s generally accepted, although not confirmed, that Sony is working on getting some kind of VR headset – probably for the PlayStation 4. There have been regular suggestions of Oculus Rift support, not least because of Shuhei Yoshida’s ambiguous tweet almost exactly a year ago:
I say Oculus, you say _ _ _ _?
— Shuhei Yoshida (@yosp) January 24, 2013
And now there’s a blog post, ostensibly from an indie developer who has been at Steam’s Dev Days, exploring their new enthusiasm for VR tech and talking to developers about the VR tech they’re working with.
“The devs I spoke to talked about the actual PlayStation vr headset.They described super stardust vr to me and explicitly talked about how it was different than the hmz line.”
Super Stardust seems a fairly obvious candidate for testing VR tech. Not only is it absolutely gorgeous but it was the first PlayStation game to have trophies and the first to go 3D. Being the first with a VR mode would be a nice little continuance of that mini-tradition.
The short blog post goes on to say that Sony has been working on the tech for a long time and are interested in seeing the whole system become a success, rather than simply pushing their own hardware.
It’s not a firm indication. It’s not confirmation. But it’s another interesting bubble breaking to the surface and hopefully that means it won’t be too long before the pot boils over and Sony let’s us all see what we’ve been assuming for so long. VR is an exciting technology that seems to be really capturing the imagination of developers this time around, it’ll be great to see the PlayStation-themed take on it.
Source: Twitter, TheSonicReblog
Foxhound_Solid
Really hope this comes to fruition, as good as I hope at a reachable price. Imagine Dead Space on these or as it would be know – terror in a headset….