Sony to ship VR-style 3D headset in November
Japan first
The 3D headset Sony showed off at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas this past January will finally go on sale in November - though only in Japan.
Each pair sticks a tiny 1280 x 730 OLED before each eye, and they also incorporate a set headphones linked to on-board decoding to simulate 5.1 surround sound through the left- and right- speakers.
The headset is fed by an HDMI cable.
Sony sees the set being of particular appeal to Blu-ray disc buffs and to PlayStation 3 gamers.
Sony isn't setting a price for the headset - officially called the HMZ-T1 - but it said it reckons most buyers will pay the equivalent of $600 (£369). ®
COMMENTS
Ah, now we're getting somewhere.
Hopefully this is popular enough to warrant a few follow up models. When they have a set at 1080p with head tracking, I would probably be pretty interested.
Ideas
just had a brilliant idea that I am going to be contacting the manufacturers about for something which will make conventional 3-D goggles look like a children's toy.
Hint:- it involves some very clever optics used in a novel way.
:-)
And it will work with which platforms
I'm interested in this kind of product, but if they only work with PS3 and Sony Blu-Ray devices, then I can't use them as I have neither of those.
Fixed
Sony isn't setting a price for the headset - officially called the HMZ-T1 - but it said it reckons most buyers will NOT pay the equivalent of $600 (£369). ®
