Sony testing virtual reality options for video games

By Nick Baumfeld
Posted on July 18, 2011 AT 04:08pm

After helping to launch 3D support for games on the PlayStation 3, Mick Hocking is looking to add an even deeper dimension to gaming: virtual reality.

In an interview with develop, Hocking talked about the 3D OLED headset the company unveiled earlier this year at CES. While the headset that was shown doesn’t include head tracking, Hocking says other versions at Sony do, and that “what weve done in the R&D projects has just been fantastic.”

He also then went on to say that tests have been run at Sony with a few game prototype to explore the idea of doing virtual reality gaming.

Source: develop

Bio: Nick Baumfeld has been involved in the video game industry for a good 12 years. He has seen the industry from all view points and has a background in websites, website integration and social media. Nick pioneered the online video game rental business back in the day, moved forward into online video game trading and then moved viral with the well received Video Games Application on Facebook. Today, he has joined up with EGM founder Steve Harris to create something truly unique and special; EGMNOW, a community dedicated to all manner of gamers.

Gaming MO: Nick is a first person shooter type of gamer and enjoys heated bouts of Halo with friends and family (even while being schooled by his children).

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