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backbreaker65 · Dec 6, 2015

Per VR Focus
http://vrfocus.com/archives/26141/p...er-volume-mic-controls-first-images-revealed/

while its hard to work out the markings for each on-screen, they feature icons relating to volume control, a microphone input and a power button. These are all featured on the cable that leads into the kits additional power unit.

Cthulhu_Steev · Dec 6, 2015

What's under the flap?*

*There is no flap.

crazysapertonight · Dec 6, 2015

Is that PU on the right? Looks like another PS4.
Probably there will be another GPU and CPU

Cheeseman Battitude · Dec 6, 2015

The one cable thing became immediately less impressive once I saw the size of the power brick.

DieH@rd · Dec 6, 2015

crazysapertonight said:
Is that PU on the right? Looks like another PS4.

Yeah they've redesigned it a bit. This is the old one

Cheeseman Battitude said:
The one cable thing became immediately less impressive once I saw the size of the power brick.

That's not the power brick.

Danlord · Dec 6, 2015

crazysapertonight said:
Is that PU on the right? Looks like another PS4.

Yeah that's the Processing Unit.

To pre-empt anyone that mentions this box, NO this Processing Unit cannot increase the power of the PS4 to make VR games better for PS4. It only handles 3D Audio, HDMI splitting (to the VR headset and TV_), un-warping the image to the TV and processing VR sensor data.

trebbble · Dec 6, 2015

Danlord said:
Yeah that's the Processing Unit.

To pre-empt anyone that mentions this box, NO this Processing Unit cannot increase the power of the PS4 to make VR games better for PS4. It only handles 3D Audio, HDMI splitting (to the VR headset and TV_), un-warping the image to the TV and processing VR sensor data.

Thanks, I was just about to ask about its capabilities

Kysen · Dec 6, 2015

That whole setup screams expensive.

Sectorseven · Dec 6, 2015

Can the processing unit stack underneath the PS4?

Insane Metal · Dec 6, 2015

LoL the PU looks like a mini PS4

Cheeseman Battitude · Dec 6, 2015

DieH@rd said:
Yeah they've redesigned it a bit. This is the old one

That's not the power brick.

Even worse then.

whitehawk · Dec 6, 2015

Sectorseven said:
Can the processing unit stack underneath the PS4?

Considering it looks smaller, no. Maybe on top.

crazysapertonight · Dec 6, 2015

Danlord said:
Yeah that's the Processing Unit.

To pre-empt anyone that mentions this box, NO this Processing Unit cannot increase the power of the PS4 to make VR games better for PS4. It only handles 3D Audio, HDMI splitting (to the VR headset and TV_), un-warping the image to the TV and processing VR sensor data.

Why it so big then? Bigger than first version... I really think. that it could give additional processing power for complex games.

backbreaker65 · Dec 6, 2015

Cheeseman Battitude said:
Even worse then.

You're trying to hard homie, this has been known since day one.

Nafai1123 · Dec 6, 2015

Haha my buddy and I were at the RIGS booth and we could've sworn they were secretly using PS4 slims or something because they looked way smaller. Glad I'm not going crazy.

Danlord · Dec 6, 2015

crazysapertonight said:
Why it so big then? Bigger than first version... I really think. that it could give additional processing power for complex games.

No.

The box design has changed since they've finalised the internal components, and perhaps an aesthetic redesign was to bring consistency in the design of the box, since it looks more like a PS4 shell, going from glossy to matte which the newer PS4's have also done.

LiquidMetal14 · Dec 6, 2015

Nice and sleek while matching the aesthetic of the console.

Man · Dec 6, 2015

Seems like the box is about 15cm x 15cm x 4cm (5.9' x 5.9' x 1.57').

Panajev2001a · Dec 6, 2015

Danlord said:
Yeah that's the Processing Unit.

To pre-empt anyone that mentions this box, NO this Processing Unit cannot increase the power of the PS4 to make VR games better for PS4. It only handles 3D Audio, HDMI splitting (to the VR headset and TV_), un-warping the image to the TV and processing VR sensor data.

Thus increasing the power of the PS4, HDMI splitting aside as that need extra hardware by default, because processing sensors data and doing full 3D audio processing is still precious time when you are trying to render a full frame in 6-7 ms.

Nikodemos · Dec 6, 2015

Panajev2001a said:
Thus increasing the power of the PS4, HDMI splitting aside as that need extra hardware by default, because processing sensors data and doing full 3D audio processing is still precious time when you are trying to render a full frame in 6-7 ms.

This.

By moving tasks away from the PS4's GPU/CPUs, the box does actually increase the PS4's raw bit crunching capabilities.

Shin-Ra · Dec 6, 2015

Tidy looking hardware, looking forward to clearer pics.

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