PlayStation VR: announced date and price

Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. announced that Playstation VR (VS VR), the virtual reality system for PS4, will debut in October 2016, in Italy, at a recommended price of € 399.99. A price received with astonishment from the gaming community, because significantly lower than those of Oculus Rift and HTC Vive.

"Since the announcement of PS VR at the Game Developers Conference 2014, we received an incredible response from gamers and developers," said Andrew House, President and Global CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. "To ensure that we provide a sufficient number of units PS VR and a wide variety of titles to consumers around the world, we decided to launch PS VR to October 2016. we wish to thank you for your continued support, all who have it the forward output. we are very excited to offer the incredible PS VR experience "to users.

According to the release of Sony more than 230 between developers and publishers I am now working on software for the PS VR. Working on the development of about 160 titles, of which 50 will come in the course of 2016. The developers working on VR also belong to either the independent sphere of the big production sphere.

There is talk of Eagle Flight (Ubisoft), EVE: Valkyrie (CCP Games), Headmaster (Frame Interactive), Rez Infinite (Enhance Games), Wayward Sky (Uber Entertainment), RIGS: Mechanized Combat League, Tumble VR, Until Dawn: Rush of Blood and Playstation VR Worlds (SCE WWS). Electronic Arts Inc., Lucasfilm and DICE are working on a brand new gaming experience of Star Wars Battlefront, exclusively for PS VR. And there's more: The Playroom VR1 SCE WWS will be available for free download from PlayStation Store for all the holders of PS VR, simultaneously with the launch of the new virtual reality viewer.

The display also offers a Cinema mode that allows users to enjoy a wide range of content as if they were in front of a virtual big screen. Users can also use PS VR, using the Media Player of PS4, to watch pictures and videos with a 360 degree viewing, captured thanks to devices like the omnidirectional cameras, and feeling physically part of the scene immortalized.

Sony will continue to invest in virtual reality until the time of availability in stores, now, therefore, expected in October. It will be an experience that we can place halfway between the furniture as Gear VR and that of Rift / Lives, because it will be more comprehensive than the videoludicamente Mobile VR but will not be able to offer a detailed and realistic graphics that more fans engaged expect.