last Thursday, Sony launched the new helmet of virtual reality PlayStation (PSVR), as did Facebook, Samsung and Google, in a market that analysts believe will propel the video game industry.
The japanese giant of the electronics, which is based on the business of video games to recover benefits, you will start to sell its virtual reality helmet PSVR in the markets, japanese and american.
With a price of $ 399, the new device of virtual reality of Sony is significantly cheaper than the offers of rival firms, therefore, expected that the product will be sold quickly in the upcoming holiday season.
The helmets VR work with consoles PS4, already have sold about 40 million in the world. In addition, it is necessary to have the camera for the PlayStation.
The device includes a 3.5 mm input for headphones, connecting to another cable that ends in the box that accompanies the helmet and that makes replicator HDMI signal.
Tens of games are ready for use, which make it possible to fly like an eagle, driving sports cars in contests of speeding and explore castles.
players will also be able to increase your fantasy to flirt with women virtual thanks to the perfected technology of realistic VR.
health is also considered, for the standard that has been raised is of games of virtual reality with segments that last only several minutes. The creators try to determine up to how much they can extend the duration of the games without causing fatigue to the user.
Sony has promised that more than 50 games will be available on the market for the helmet PlayStation VR, including classics such as Resident Evil, zombie killers, and games based on the franchise film Star Wars.
Some of the titles that are already available in the shops are Batman: Arkham VR and Until Dawn: a Rush of Blood. The people who have already tested these games say they use the devices of virtual reality with success to increase the surprise and the suspense in the players.
Sony’s part with advantage to their competitors in the world of game consoles because it already has a range PlayStation very well deployed, and the helmets work with devices that are already in millions of homes, according to the analysts.
At the beginning of this year, the company Oculus, Facebook, began to sell their helmets Rift virtual reality for $ 599, a price that does not include the cost of the console, capable of displaying the process and respond to the requirements of graphics technology.
The taiwanese company HTC launched the price of $ 799 to your helmet Live VR Gear, which requires systems that are able to deploy their rich experience.
For its part, Google revealed its virtual reality helmet Daydream View, which is compatible with smartphones and is a direct challenge to the Samsung Gear VR.
Microsoft announced on Wednesday that it already takes pre-orders for its HoloLens -hull perfected virtual reality, according to the company, it facilitates users to interact with holograms-and says that will send the device to their customers in November.
The dawn of virtual reality
"This year will be the dawn of the virtual reality game," says Hiroshi Sakai, an analyst at the research center SMBC.
"The launch will be the mark of the day that VR will turn the main trend".
Sony has not released yet the forecasts of global sales of their helmets of virtual reality.
The technology, which will continue to be, however, unfamiliar to many consumers, it will be a supplement more to the industry rather than transform it, added to Sakai.
"In time that will mean a change for games, VR what it will do is drive the video game industry," said Sakai to the specialized press.
According to a journalist of the AFP that had the opportunity to test the performance of the new helmet, it is lightweight and comfortable, but at the same time it is complicated to install, since it requires numerous cables to work correctly.
it May be that for some players it is initially confusing to adapt your play style to virtual reality, added the journalist; in addition, users must buy a camera PS4, that does not bring the hull.
For Sony, the new helmet will be a key to propel the brand to PlayStation and recover your finances hit by years of losses because of the crisis in the sectors of television and electronics.
"The helmet PSVR could be a very significant factor if we project toward the future businesses of Sony, from a broader perspective," concluded Sakai. (I)
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