Playstation VR comes with a powerful processing i.e. the break out box

[backbreaker65]

Sony's Ram Madhavan(developer services and support) reveals at the Unite 2015 talk. The revelation comes at the 14min 28 sec mark of the talk, and reiterates it at the 19min 48sec mark

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RNbZpcfAhE

SDK's have improved on all fronts new device tracking and audio

Lots of new info
reducing latency
why reprojection

 

[BlindSwordsmanZ]

That's awesome. Probably not awesome for the price though...

 

[Riki]

PS4 expansion card?

 

[Mushroomer25]

So there IS a second box.

No way the whole package hits for less than $300.

 

[TraBuch]

I was thinking $300 for just the headset. Now I'm thinking $400.

 

[Transistor]

So there IS a second box.

No way the whole package hits for less than $300.

Shu said in the beginning that this was going to roughly be the price of a console

 

[Blackleg-sanji1]

*chants $350 $350 $350
Come on sony,hardware looks good, launch software looking like a good entry point give me $350(or under but i doubt it being realistic) and im day one

 

[Enter The 36 Chambers]

I'm really interested for these VR things to release just to see how the market reacts.

 

[bigkrev]

So, $350 with 1-2 Move controllers? They can't price it higher than the PS4 itself, right?

 

[wanderingprostheyltite]

Excellent news. Bring on that Dreams VR in its full glory.

 

[Tesseract]

$598

 

[Neat Machine]

If it works and is supported I'll gladly pay the price of the console.

 

[Sesuadra]

That sounds really incredible.

I hope they can hit a 299€ price

 

[Collateral22]

399 I reckon

 

[Maiden Voyage]

I was wondering how they were planning on making this happen with just a PS4. Really cool way to handle it. Now the question is price, especially in comparison to the PC headsets.

 

[Jacksinthe]

If it works and is supported I'll gladly pay the price of the console.

It works.

 

[KingSnake]

That's great for the end result. But the price? oh man!

 

[Vashetti]

So there IS a second box.

No way the whole package hits for less than $300.

We've known this for ages

I wondered in a previous PSVR thread whether the box would have additional power, nice to see it confirmed.

 

[Matush]

Welp, there goes $299. I still hope it is $300 at most for VR alone, but with second processing unit I doubt. $400 with Move + camera, anything higher than that and I will probably bomb.

 

[StoopKid]

Secret sauce is real!

 

[DieH@rd]

So, we know now that Processing Unit is handling video splitting and 3D spacial audio processing.

 

[Blackleg-sanji1]

Idk what people were expecting even without shu saying it will be priced like a nee gaming platform i already assumed 300-400. All the others will be too

 

[SpaceWolf]

Excellent news. Bring on that Dreams VR in its full glory.

....wait a minute. Are you saying Media Molecules Dreams can be experienced in VR? Is that official?

 

[benny_a]

So, we know now that Processing Unit is handling video splitting and 3D spacial audio processing.

This is all it does, which is good but this is not secret GPU special sauce before this stupid stuff starts.

 

[bomer]

Wait, break it box to allow for 120hz? I wonder if that means we could do 4k at 60hz. Also I could definitely see future models just coming with the beefier gpu inside.

 

[Pie and Beans]

Still no mention of a Move 2.0 If it doesn't get announced at the very start of 2016, I guess its not happening.

 

[Mushroomer25]

Shu said in the beginning that this was going to roughly be the price of a console

Yeah, though plenty of people took that statement to mean it could be as low as $200 (on par with a handheld system).

My guess is a basic package (Headset, box, disc of tech demos) for $300, premium (basic+two Move controllers, additional game) for $375, and a console bundle for $600.

 

[Blackleg-sanji1]

....wait a minute. Are you saying Media Molecules Dreams can be experienced in VR? Is that official?

Its been hinted at several times idk if its confirmed as it's more so expected at this point

 

[Sami+]

Pretty clever way to boost PS4 performance without forcing in a separate expansion pack. Hopefully it's not too expensive.

 

[Dibils2k]

time to end current gen and start a new gen

we have always known these consoles werent future proof

 

[FinalStageBoss]

It's been said already it's going to be priced similar to the console, which isn't bad imo.

 

[backbreaker65]

This is all it does, which is good but this is not secret GPU special sauce before this stupid stuff starts.

I think it does more than that, he talks about it getting better as well as improving latency

 

[MilkyJoe]

 

[Tom Nook Sawyer]

Super VR Chip?

 

[kiguel182]

This is really cool for VR since it will allow better VR experiences but yeah, the price is going to be rough.

I think it would be great if this could work on less-powerful PCs. Would be a great competitor do the Oculus if that was the case.

 

[DieH@rd]

This is all it does, which is good but this is not secret GPU special sauce before this stupid stuff starts.

Yeah, PU will lift some job from PS4, but that will not bring miracles.

 

[Ploid 3.0]

So that's what those ports are for on the bottom of the PS4.

I kid. Looking forward to seeing the final package. Hope it's nice.

Binuaral sound jpg

I want this for normal games too. Good thing they are using it for the VR stuff. I want more of this in games after witnessing how awesome binural videos with earphones can be (barbershop binural for example). I bet a lot of people play games with headphones providing sounds especially at night.

 

[Vinc]

VR + expansion box for current PS4s = 399 to 499

VR alone that works out of the box with any newer PS4 that includes the extra hardware inside (aka "premium sku" they were talking about) = 299 to 399

 

[DeepEnigma]

Its been hinted at several times idk if its confirmed as it's more so expected at this point

I remember them hinting as well, especially when they said the technology is far less taxing since it does not use a tradition poly calculation method. They are not polys at all. Very impressive tech.

 

[wanderingprostheyltite]

....wait a minute. Are you saying Media Molecules Dreams can be experienced in VR? Is that official?

Yup

https://twitter.com/mmalex/status/659791802287919104

 

[Sakura]

An additional processing unit is cool, but I don't see it making up for the weaker GPU.

 

[virtualS]

I believe the PS4 contains a TrueAudio processor just like modern AMD cards. Always assumed that would handle 3D audio for VR.

 

[Bitch Pudding]

Just a "powerful unit"??? I am dissapointed that they do not use industry-leading tech here...

 

[benny_a]

I think it does more than that, he talks about it getting better as well as improving latency

It certainly will do useful things. Shu and Dr. Marks both said this thing is not seen as an additional power processing unit that will improve the game's visual quality what people usually associate with "powerful processing."

 

[Ashler]

So... Improved PS4 SKU will contain the VR box inside. Calling it now.

 

[jhmtehgamr20xx]

Ah, so it's gonna have on-board processing hardware? Figured as such but wasn't so sure.

That might break the wallet but DREAMS supports this and they do a bundle there, I'm in.

I miss Chef.

This is all it does, which is good but this is not secret GPU special sauce before this stupid stuff starts.

Too late x3

 

[ElTorro]

Probably performs the reprojection and maybe some pre-processing for the motion controls?

 

[minameissteve]

Maybe the "enhanced" PS4 that was recently mentioned could include this extra processing (preventing the need for this extra VR unit)?

 

[Blackleg-sanji1]

I remember them hinting as well, especially when they said the technology is far less taxing since it does not use a tradition poly calculation method. They are not polys at all. Very impressive tech.

Yup dreams,gt,driveclub(just a demo so far)summer lesson,tekken 7 vr,no mans sky(o its happening) all very strong hitters to push ps vr. Im actually surprised at the first three i didn't expect such strong first partu support lets me know they are serious

 

[wanderingprostheyltite]

This is really cool for VR since it will allow better VR experiences but yeah, the price is going to be rough.

I think it would be great if this could work on less-powerful PCs. Would be a great competitor do the Oculus if that was the case.

It would considering the res is 1080 vs Oculus' 1440, plus it has almost no screen door effect due to its superior optics. As an Oculus devkit owner I kinda wish we were getting it for PC too, but knowing Sony that would never happen. Gonna stay firmly in the PS ecosystem.