Tue, Sep 11, 2012 | 12:22 BST
Sony to reveal head-mounted AR device at TGS, trailer emerges – report
Sony has posted a stylish trailer for what appears to be an AR head-mounted device online. The accompanying text crawl makes reference to TGS 2012, suggesting a reveal is on the way.
Eagle-eyed GAF member onQ123 spotted the clip on an official Sony YouTube channel. Users then Google-translated the accompanying text crawls:
People, how far immersive?
It experiments explore the possibility of new entertainment
“Institute immersive pleasure HMZ” head mounted display
Has been developed for the open experiment, models with head tracking system / live camera
Tokyo Game Show head-mounted display “PROTOTYPE-SR” Limited 2012 Specifications
※ jointly developed with RIKEN team Fujii
New 360 degree immersive entertainment sensation
World of the music of the movie world flew in to the real world
Experiments conducted public 9/22, 23
(Deadline September 13, 2012) in recruiting an experience
You will witness the future of entertainment
The video follows a NY Times reporter’s account of Valve’s prototype AR goggles, proving that the company is indeed looking into wearable hardware. Would you like to see Sony enter the head-mounted race as well?
16 comments
#1
xxJPRACERxx
11/09/12, 10:34 am
I want good VR. Don’t care for AR.
#2
xXNapsterManXx
11/09/12, 10:36 am
God dammit I hate this head gear stuff couldn’t they come up with anything better?
#3
Pytox
11/09/12, 10:37 am
will this work the vita? :p
#4
Telepathic.Geometry
11/09/12, 10:57 am
Seems like quite a few companies are getting their headgear plans up and running. Occulus Rift, Valve and now Sony? WTF?
#5
GwynbleiddiuM
11/09/12, 10:59 am
Just a question, what’s the differences between AR and VR functionality and feature-wise?
#6
roadkill
11/09/12, 11:06 am
What xxJPRACERxx said!
@5 AR is augmented reality. What you see is the real world through glasses that show additional information about different points of interest. VR is virtual reality. What you see is a virtual world. Everything is computer graphics. You see this on monitors placed really close to your eyes. You can not see anything through these monitors. I hope I make some sense. I’m really bad at explaining stuff.
#7
The_Red
11/09/12, 11:29 am
So now there are two separate AR goggles and one VR goggle in development?
#8
xxJPRACERxx
11/09/12, 11:41 am
@5 Like roadkill said AR is Augmented Reality. It’s more like a HUD. It’s a projection of computer images superimpose over the real world. VR is Virtual Reality and it’s all computer generated worlds, you don’t see your actual, real surrounding.
For gaming VR is where it’s at. AR is more for practical application than gaming.
#9
manamana
11/09/12, 12:46 pm
*yawn* – still no head tracking. So its just a screen … VR needs head tracking.
#10
DrDamn
11/09/12, 12:52 pm
@9
How would it not have head tracking? AR is all about translating movement and augmenting based on that. It has to head track.
#11
GwynbleiddiuM
11/09/12, 1:16 pm
@6 and 8, thanks guys.
#12
mojo
11/09/12, 1:52 pm
4: Sony allready has headgear out since last year
the hmz t1 and t2 HMDs
http://gizmodo.com/5835977/sonys-hmz+t1-is-an-awesome-oled-3dtv-that-you-wear-on-your-head
#13
ps3fanboy
11/09/12, 1:55 pm
@8
AR will function well with games like eyepet(ps3/psp) invizimals(psp) and reality fighter(psvita)…
#14
manamana
11/09/12, 2:48 pm
@10 I thought it’s about HMZ-T2 which has no head tracking. But it’s about the Prototype SR, which has.
#15
xxJPRACERxx
11/09/12, 3:02 pm
@13 Ok… But come come’on… I meant real games, not some sort of Tamagotchi shit!
#16
roadkill
11/09/12, 3:39 pm
@9 As far as I know all present and future AR and VR devices are and will head track. That’s kind of the point.