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It appears as though Sony is making serious progress with its VR technology. Earlier today the company hosted an online event called Sony Technology Day, revealing new information on eight different technologies revolving around the theme of “Technology that inspires emotion.” Image Credit: Sony.
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Sony revealed the first details of its upcoming console today in an exclusive interview with Wired. Nintendo’s recent dip into VR has likely only encouraged Sony further, along with the competitive advantage that PSVR has brought the company’s current consoles over Xbox.
Sony is demonstrating controller-free hand tracking on PlayStation VR2 at SIGGRAPH Asia 2024. It also lists the tracking rate at 60 FPS, and claims the system "displays the hands smoothly" with "low latency". It also lists the tracking rate at 60 FPS, and claims the system "displays the hands smoothly" with "low latency".
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We broke down why we were impressed earlier this week when we went over the controller’s features : […] Sony seems to have found some ultra-precise IMU because, even without any external reference point, the DualSense controller seems almost devoid of drift. That’s counter to my experience with PSVR devices in the past.
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Sony today revealed its newest console, PlayStation 5. Image courtesy Sony. Sony didn’t talk about that today, but it’s already been confirmed that PS5 will support the current PSVR headset. Image courtesy Sony. Image courtesy Sony. It seems obvious for Sony to use the PS5 HD Camera to track PSVR 2.
JDI), a display conglomerate created by Sony, Toshiba, and Hitachi, today announced the mass production of a new high pixel density, 2.1-inch The panel, which was 2,160 × 2,432 resolution and also clocked at 120Hz, did however boast a lower latency of 2.2 Japan Display Inc. inches , but at a slightly lower pixel density of 1,001 ppi.
Already, several top-level companies like LG, Apple , and Sony are joining the market of AR hardware producers, dominated so far by Microsoft and Magic Leap. Also, developers are constantly working on improving facial recognition, latency, and other factors to make product try-on more realistic.
JDI), a display conglomerate created by Sony, Toshiba, and Hitachi, today announced the development of a high pixel density, 3.25-inch JDI’s upcoming 1001ppi low temperature polysilicon (LTPS) TFT LCD is said to feature an improved latency of 2.2 Japan Display Inc. inch 1001ppi LCD created specifically for VR headsets.
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Image by Sony Interactive Entertainment). The channel says that according to “credible sources”, Sony may launch PSVR 2 sometime in Q1 2023. Of course, take this rumor with a grain of salt: Sony could still decide to launch the new headset in 2022 to exploit the holiday season. Other relevant news. PSVR 2 may launch in Q1 2023.
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PlayStation announced an official pair of wireless Bluetooth earbuds, promising lossless audio and low latency on PS5 and PC. New wireless technology will deliver lossless audio with low latency." Elsewhere, Sony's PlayStation Showcase provided several new PSVR 2 announcements.
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He adds that one of the main causes of motion sickness in VR experiences is poor latency. When a delay in latency occurs, your real and virtual movements no longer match, knocking the equilibrium out of balance and causing ‘cybersickness.’
Sony – Playstation VR. Zero Latency. Zero Latency – Zero Latency. Something to note, all nominees had to be centered on a virtual reality experience, and not an augmented reality experience. Nominees for VR Headset of the Year. HTC – Vive. Oculus – Rift. Razer – OSVR. Samsung – Gear VR.
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I think perhaps a very fixed way of describing these time steps allows for developers to have a bit more flexibility in dealing with latency issues and making sure videos stay in sync.” An Oxford University researcher, who chose to remain anonymous, told the BBC that, “Presence is very, very easy to break.
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Thankfully, the latest version of AirPods Pro will support lossless audio with ‘ultra-low latency’ to ensure that what you see and what you hear are closely synchronized for an immersive experience. Still, Apple officially support’s Sony’s controller for PS5, which you’ll find useful in games available through Apple Arcade.
JDI is a Japanese electronics conglomerate that combines the display enterprises of Sony, Toshiba and Hitachi. ” The final hurdle JDI hopes to overcome through this new project is system latency. ” If this latency is overly significant it can lead to immediate motion sickness inside of a VR experience. .”
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That fifth headset was revealed to be Sony , and HTC still hasn't revealed its headset. The headset features dual 3840×3552 micro-OLED displays from BOE, higher resolution than Vision Pro 's Sony panels, with a refresh rate of 90Hz and 92% DCI-P3 color gamut, the same as Vision Pro. storage, depending on the model you buy.
Chinese manufacturers BOE and SeeYA may provide cheaper displays in higher quantities than Sony is doing now, while Samsung may be supplying the DRAM components. According to a recent report, the successor of the first Vision Pro may come in 2026 and have a price comprised between $1500 and $2500.
But in reality, achieving this would require perfect eye tracking with zero latency, an absurdly high display refresh rate, and a high-quality reconstruction algorithm so you wouldn’t notice flickering & shimmering. Sony claims its FFR saves around 60%, while its ETFR saves around 72%.
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On the technological side, it seems all is set to start using cloud rendering, but the big problem of the latency from the nearest server remains; VRSS (Variable Rate SuperSampling) v2 has been announced. This new money, that has been given by Sony and other investors, has been explicitly gathered to build the blocks of the future Metaverse.
The headset features dual 3840×3552 micro-OLED displays from BOE, higher resolution than Vision Pro 's Sony panels, with a refresh rate of 90Hz and 92% DCI-P3 color gamut, the same as Vision Pro. storage, depending on the model you buy. Image from Malaysian outlet Gamer Santai.
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The researchers even claimed the resulting accuracy and jitter are superior to worn IMU trackers – devices with only an accelerometer and gyroscope such as Sony's Mocopi. The system’s latency is also the equivalent of many frames in VR. The resulting avatar motion matches the user’s real motion fairly closely.
It’s built by Goertek, the manufacturer used by Meta, Sony, and Pico for their VR headsets. Qualcomm claims there’s less than 3 milliseconds of latency between a smartphone and the glasses and the reference design carries a 90Hz refresh rate with 1920 x 1080 resolution per eye from a micro-OLED display.
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