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Forums - Sony - PS4 Masterrace? PlayStation VR requires some extra hardware; a processing box

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PlayStationVR will come with an extra processing box, it has the same size like a wii or wii u

 

Intrresting, i think its a good decision by Sony to use extra hardware, VR takes a lot of power and will be expensive anyways. I hope this means uncharted 4 like games will be possible without segnificant downgrades in VR too.



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May be good for the processing and all, but now it makes me wonder how damn expensive will it be.I was thinking 300 dollars was a good prediction, but now im thinking it is more around 400...



My (locked) thread about how difficulty should be a decision for the developers, not the gamers.

https://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=241866&page=1

this box will only handle outputting the TV image (split up and de-warp it for 2D plane) aswell as processing the 3D binaural audio

it won't provide any additional gpu power and it's only connected via HDMI and USB(power), so the data transfer would be waaay to slow to add to graphics processing anyway



Nautilus said:
May be good for the processing and all, but now it makes me wonder how damn expensive will it be.I was thinking 300 dollars was a good prediction, but now im thinking it is more around 400...

 


I would much rather have it expensive than weak, the VR games they have shown so far look all like indies. I hope this is sonys last minute decision to make it relevant, they have announced driveclub, tekken 7 and gt sports as only AAA titles being compatible with VR recentley. I hope this is because of this extra hardware change rather than heavy downgrades



Ruler said:

http://www.gamedynamo.com/images/galleries/photo/5045/PSVRCable4-266.jpg

PlayStationVR will come with an extra processing box, it has the same size like a wii or wii u

 

Intrresting, i think its a good decision by Sony to use extra hardware, VR takes a lot of power and will be expensive anyways. I hope this means uncharted 4 like games will be possible without segnificant downgrades in VR too.

 

What the heck ? Is that a PlayBox One ? LEL!





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Lafiel said:

this box will only handle outputting the TV image (split up and de-warp it for 2D plane) aswell as processing the 3D binaural audio

it won't provide any additional gpu power and it's only connected via HDMI and USB(power), so the data transfer would be waaay to slow to add to graphics processing anyway

Isn't it used to double the frame rate? I thought it was supposed to up the fps to 120, probably by techniques used in tv's nowadays.
Hopefully the specialized box will keep the display lag as low as possible and add final headtracking corrections to the image, so turning your head will have the lowest lag possibe.



Ruler said:
Nautilus said:
May be good for the processing and all, but now it makes me wonder how damn expensive will it be.I was thinking 300 dollars was a good prediction, but now im thinking it is more around 400...

 


I would much rather have it expensive than weak, the VR games they have shown so far look all like indies. I hope this is sonys last minute decision to make it relevant, they have announced driveclub, tekken 7 and gt sports as only AAA titles being compatible with VR recentley. I hope this is because of this extra hardware change than heavy downgrades

 

Thank you. I wish all people would think like you. 



You forgot RIGS, Summer Lesson, DOA Xtreme 3, DREAM and No Man's Sky.
I'm pretty sure the last 2 games i mentioned will has VR supported. Infact, any First Person games could do. So don't be so surprised when the next Call of Duty or Battlefield will be compatible with Oculus Rift and PlayStation. VR



SvennoJ said:
Lafiel said:

this box will only handle outputting the TV image (split up and de-warp it for 2D plane) aswell as processing the 3D binaural audio

it won't provide any additional gpu power and it's only connected via HDMI and USB(power), so the data transfer would be waaay to slow to add to graphics processing anyway

Isn't it used to double the frame rate? I thought it was supposed to up the fps to 120, probably by techniques used in tv's nowadays.
Hopefully the specialized box will keep the display lag as low as possible and add final headtracking corrections to the image, so turning your head will have the lowest lag possibe.

no, the PS4 handles the reprojection, from what I read it's a very fast GPGPU task that uses minimal processing time right before the frame is output

and it's very different to how a TV adds in-between frames - a TV takes 2 frames and generates an image based on the differences (it's output before the 2nd of the 2 frames, but obviously has to wait for that 2nd frame to be received and for processing for the generated one to be done -> added lag), reprojection uses the last complete frame and adjusts it based on the latest tracking sensor data



Ruler said:
Nautilus said:
May be good for the processing and all, but now it makes me wonder how damn expensive will it be.I was thinking 300 dollars was a good prediction, but now im thinking it is more around 400...

 


I would much rather have it expensive than weak, the VR games they have shown so far look all like indies. I hope this is sonys last minute decision to make it relevant, they have announced driveclub, tekken 7 and gt sports as only AAA titles being compatible with VR recentley. I hope this is because of this extra hardware change than heavy downgrades

Yes, well for us gamers that would be the best decision.But business wise this is not good.The more expensive it is, the most likely it will sell less.And if it dosent sell well, well... you know what will happen.





My (locked) thread about how difficulty should be a decision for the developers, not the gamers.

https://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=241866&page=1