Sony unveiled a head-mounted virtual reality display for the PlayStation 4 at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco.
Codenamed Project Morpheus, it has a 1080p display with a 90-degree field of view that can track head movements.
The headset resembles a pair of ski goggles. Unlike other similar yet bulkier displays, Morpheus looks to be relatively lightweight, which could make a considerable difference in extended gaming sessions.
The Morpheus headset also offers some tantalising possibilities for gamers when paired with Sony's Move controller and is Sony's first head-mounted display for the PlayStation. Being the first console on the block with a VR option, Sony also gain a potentially compelling point of differentiation over their arch rival, Microsoft's Xbox One console.
The Morpheus headset is still a prototype and has a few wrinkles. For a start it attaches to a PS4 via a 4.5 metre cord. This said, the headset can also display its output on a television screen. Sony's President of their Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios, Shuhei Yoshida, said Sony has been working on the technology for more than three years.
