Sony’s Shuhei Yoshida: VR Technology Is Like an “Ultimate Weapon”

Microsoft is working on its own HoloLens, which is offering augmented reality rather than VR, and the company has said that it might initially focus on more practical applications for the platform before moving into the gaming space with it.

When the PlayStation 4 launched in the United Kingdom in November 2013, it set early adopters back by £349 – so you can expect that PlayStation VR will cost a similar amount.

To further explain his statement, Yoshida brought up the example of a VR soccer game called “Headmaster”. Its developed by a small indie developer, but everybody still really enjoyed it.

PlayStation’s recently rebranded virtual reality headset will sell for around the same price as a new console, says Sony Computer Entertainment’s CEO Andrew House.

Yoshida went on to talk about how he’s encouraging developers to work with the technology now so that Sony can have games lined up for the launch of PlayStation VR in 2016.

“VR rewrites the rule book on how you can create games”, House told Bloomberg in an interview at Tokyo Game Show.

The teams at HTC and Steam working on the Vive have also been reluctant to talk about how much it will cost, with an official reveal probably coming before the end of the year.

According to Pocket Lint, the headset is going to be available in next few months, though the release date is yet to be announced. We can only hope that Sony will provide any extra peripherals needed to run PlayStation VR.

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