[Lab] Playstation VR Demo at Rideau Centre

[Anthony Scavarelli]

Playstation VR should optically track both rotation and orientation of your
head; as well as two move controllers. It is basically a lower resolution
but more comfortable Oculus experience that will focus on forward seating
and standing experiences (in contrast to the Vive's focus on "room-scale"
out of the box).

The reviews sound promising though so I'll definitely try to check it out -
thanks for the heads up!

AS


On Tuesday, 4 October 2016, Jason Cobill <jason.cobill at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>    It's apparently VR week. ;)
>
>    Just a head's up that there's a Playstation VR demo going on at the
> Rideau Centre by the food court - they'll be there all week.
>    I don't know much about the system, but I suspect from the way they set
> up the demo that it's just tracking orientation and *not* the position of
> your head. Guests who were trying out the games were all seated, as they
> would be on a couch at home.
>    I think this makes sense - I could see a situation where in an intense
> game one might run face-first into a wall or pitch themselves over sideways.
>
>    I wonder if the Playstation VR shares any lineage with the HMZ-TV
> headset they've been selling in very low numbers since the early 2000s.
>
>    -Jason Cobill
>


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