Sony Unveils Project Morpheus, Its Virtual Reality Headgear for the PS4

Sony is looking to revolutionize the gaming industry with a virtual reality headset for the Playstation 4. The company made the announcement at this year's annual Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. Titled Project Morpheus, the headset is a challenger to the Oculus Rift virtual gaming headset that has been making waves throughout the industry.

Here's the full announcement via the Official Playstation Blog:

Credit: Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc.

Our current prototype for Project Morpheus features a head mounted display with 1080p resolution and a 90 degree field of view. Accelerometer and gyroscope sensors built into the head mounted unit as well as PlayStation Camera accurately tracks head orientation and movement, so as your head rotates, the image of the virtual world rotates intuitively in real-time. Project Morpheus also features our new 3D audio technology that re-creates stereoscopic sounds in all directions and changes in real-time depending on your head orientation. In addition to PlayStation Camera, Project Morpheus works with DUALSHOCK 4 Wireless Controller and PlayStation Move to deliver an easy-to-use, plug-and-play VR experience.

The prototype for Project Morpheus is the culmination of our work over the last 3+ years as we’ve refined our vision for VR. This prototype will serve as the first development kit for PS4 developers that are as enthusiastic about this new medium as we are.

At GDC 2014 this week, attendees will be able to check out Project Morpheus in action at the SCEA booth through a handful of technology demos.

Granted, it's not the first time this has been attempted, but there's no reason this shouldn't work out better than that other virtual headset a gaming company tried.