PlayView being updated for 4K resolutions, 3D support and in-game browsing.

Posted on 06.30.2011 at 16:44, by Anoop Gantayat

Sony Computer Entertainment's PlayView image viewing technology brought PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable users interactive manuals and manga. Now sony is taking the technology to a new level.

At the Game Tools and Middleware Forum 2011 event in Tokyo today (via Famitsu.com), the company revealed that PlayView will soon support 4K resolutions. This means 4096 pixels width by 2160 pixels height, or four times current full HD resolution.

The technology will also support 3D stereoscopic image output. Even when viewing in 3D, users will be able to zoom in and out just like with standard PlayView content. Sony suggested 3D photo albums as one possible application of the new 3D support.

Sony will also be more closely incorporating PlayView into games. Developers will be able to include PlayView-based content directly in games by making use of a PlayStation 3 library that allows them to call up a PlayView utility from the game and set what page to output and how large to output the images.

One of the first applications of the improved PlayView technology will be the new "Plup Series" visual magaizne series from Lucent Pictures Entertainment. As detailed at Famitsu.com, a digital version of the magazines will be released on PlayStation 3 and will make use of PlayView for 4K resolution, with some pages even supporting 3D output.

Two Plup Series magazines will be released, iQueen and aButton. iQueen's first issue will hit on August 9, priced ¥2011 for its standard 96 page A4 size edition. The PS3 digital version will be priced ¥2,100, and will arrive some time in the summer. aButton will be released between August and September. Both the print and PS3 versions will cost between ¥2000 and ¥2500. The PS3 versions of these magazines will be released through PlayStation Store.

Source: http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2011/06/30/playview_update/

so does this mean that they will be able to provide better resolution for games on the current ps3 hardware?

2160p, huh?

Well that's interesting for

Uh

What the Hell would that be used for right now?

Hahaha...dude...learn how to make titles which match the article.

More apropriate title for this would be:

"Sonys manual upload service called Playview will upload manuals and magazines at 4096x2160 resolution, so you can zoom in and see letters more clearly on your 1080p TV"

Oh, that's what it would be used for. A zoom function.

Delightful.

Thread title = Fail

LOL

Didn't understand the point until 3 replies down...

LOL, I just copy pasted the original title and added "(4K RESOLUTION!)" next to it, if someone wants to know all that detail they have to read the article... and that title is too long xD.

It'd be crazy to think games would be rendered in 4K res considering they can barely do it in 1280x720, there are so many games below that res :P

Ask the source to change the title :P