Sony PlayStation VR
Sony finally announced the release
month, price, and specifications of its PlayStation VR (PS VR) headset at its
PS VR event at the Game Developers Conference 2016 (GDC 2016).
The contender to HTC Vive and Oculus
Rift will be available for US$ 399 in the US, 399 Euros in Europe, GBP 349 in the
UK and 44,980 Yen in Japan. Its price puts it on par of what the PS4 cost at
launch. You can expect the price for PS
VR when it hits India to be Rs. 39,990, which was the launch price of the PS4
in the country. Reason being, India comes under the European territories for
Sony. This also means that an exact India release date will be around the same
time it hits Europe. Pre-orders for the device begin internationally on March
16.
In addition to this, the company also
confirmed that it will be available the world over in October 2016. No exact
date has been given at the moment for each territory but safe to say we should
see a global roll out at the same time. It's unclear though if local BIS
regulations could see it being delayed for India as the PS4 was when it
launched two years ago.
Sony also revealed key specs of PS VR.
They are as follows.
- Display: OLED
- Screen size: 5.7-inches
- Resolution: 1920xRGBx1080 (960xRGBx1080 per eye)
- Refresh rate: 120Hz, 90Hz
- Sensors: 360 degree tracking/9 LEDs
- Field of view: approximately 100 degrees
- Latency: less than 18ms
- Controller: DS4, PS Move
House also claims that there will be 50
games for PS VR this year and an exclusive Star Wars Battlefront VR experience
to come. The price of the PS VR should come as no surprise though. At the Tokyo
Game Show 2015 (TGS 2015), House said the PS VR headset is due in 2016 and will
be the price of a new gaming platform.
