{"id":84799,"date":"2015-12-24T11:43:12","date_gmt":"2015-12-24T09:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=84799"},"modified":"2016-01-05T15:48:41","modified_gmt":"2016-01-05T13:48:41","slug":"take-a-look-at-playstation-vrs-external-processor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/playstation\/84799-take-a-look-at-playstation-vrs-external-processor","title":{"rendered":"Take a look at PlayStation VR&#8217;s external processor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So, as we already thought PlayStation VR will <a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/ps4\/84561-ps4-requires-processing-box-for-playstation-vr-to-work-probably-wont-be-cheap.html\" target=\"_blank\">require an external processing box<\/a> to work with the PS4. This has just been\u00a0confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>Luckily, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/digitalfoundry-2015-playstation-vr-external-processor-revealed\" target=\"_blank\">guys over at Eurogamer<\/a> have been able to tell us all about the external processor.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LMq8gQkljMw\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The current\u00a0external processing box has roughly these measurements\u00a0140x140x35mm.<\/p>\n<p>This makes it slightly smaller than the Wii, which measures at 215x157x44mm, making the Wii\u00a02.2x bigger than the PlayStation VR&#8217;s external processor.<\/p>\n<p>The unit is actually quite small and also has a small power supply, that is included in the development kit, a\u00a012v unit rated for three amps.<\/p>\n<p>The external processor will be found between the\u00a0headset and the PS4.<\/p>\n<p>The unit has these inputs: a power input, HDMI input and output, for the &#8216;social screen&#8217; functionality, and also includes a USB port that connects to the PS4.<\/p>\n<p>At the front of the unit you can find\u00a0dual outputs that lead to the\u00a0PlayStation VR headset itself.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.polygon.com\/2015\/12\/16\/10287734\/retail-playstation-vr-box\" target=\"_blank\">Polygon<\/a> revealed that the unit looks a lot like the\u00a0image that was tweeted below from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VRFocus\/status\/673247402724233217?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">VR Focus<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PlayStationVR?src=hash\">#PlayStationVR<\/a> cable features power, volume, mic controls, first images revealed: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bMT3PCykef\">https:\/\/t.co\/bMT3PCykef<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7wzvQxAlzB\">pic.twitter.com\/7wzvQxAlzB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 VRFocus (@VRFocus) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VRFocus\/status\/673247402724233217\">December 5, 2015<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The only specification that has changed from the first\u00a0reveal of the PlayStation VR is the\u00a0refresh rate of the HMD&#8217;s display.<\/p>\n<p>Sony is now using a\u00a0full 120Hz OLED panel, with the assumption that the\u00a0PS4 will output 1080p120 (on native refresh software).<\/p>\n<p>So what exactly is the external processor doing?<\/p>\n<p>One of its functions is to\u00a0create the social screen via the\u00a0HDMI output, which allows gameplay to display on an HDTV for other people to watch and participate in.<\/p>\n<p>Eurogamer says:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The initial breakout box we saw took the warped output produced by VR, zeroed in on one eye view and then stretched the image back into shape. This produced the effect of higher resolution in the centre of the social screen image, with progressively lower resolution on the edges. We have to wonder if the second-gen development box does something a little more advanced.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"attachment_84803\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/jpg.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-84803\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-84803\" class=\"size-full wp-image-84803\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/jpg.jpg\" alt=\"PS VR outputs\" width=\"600\" height=\"147\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-84803\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Take a look at all those outputs! Image courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/digitalfoundry-2015-playstation-vr-external-processor-revealed\" target=\"_blank\">Eurogamer<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>By including\u00a0120Hz, Sony has implemented asynchronous time-warp. This allows\u00a060fps games to be frame-rate upscaled to the new native refresh rate.<\/p>\n<p>The image you see will also be warped\u00a0based on the latest motion data coming from the\u00a0headset itself.<\/p>\n<p>Async time-warp is excellent because it helps reduce potential nausea issues by making sure that\u00a0visual response to HMD movement is as quick as possible.<\/p>\n<p>We think that\u00a0at this point in time, the\u00a0external processor\u00a0should have a reasonable amount of processing power.<\/p>\n<p>This is plausible because the actual hardware is being actively cooled, and the CPU inside the unit must then have high needs for heat dissipation.<\/p>\n<p>The external processor&#8217;s fan is situated at\u00a0the rear of the box and measures around\u00a025mm in diameter.<\/p>\n<p>However, with that said, we shouldn&#8217;t expect miracles from\u00a0the external processor.<\/p>\n<p>The reality is that the\u00a0core graphics rendering all still takes place within the PS4 itself\u00a0.<\/p>\n<p>But if some of the\u00a0computationally heavy latency-sensitive tasks can in some way be\u00a0offloaded to the external box a better experience should be guaranteed.<\/p>\n<p>We can&#8217;t help but wonder how much the PlayStation VR will be now with all these additions as the build costs must certainly be increasing.<\/p>\n<p>Share your thoughts with us in the comments and forum below.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><strong>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.polygon.com\/2015\/12\/16\/10287734\/retail-playstation-vr-box\" target=\"_blank\">Polygon<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/digitalfoundry-2015-playstation-vr-external-processor-revealed\" target=\"_blank\">Eurogamer<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>More On PlayStation<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"Permalink to PS4 requires processing box for PlayStation VR to work: probably won\u2019t be cheap\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/ps4\/84561-ps4-requires-processing-box-for-playstation-vr-to-work-probably-wont-be-cheap.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">PS4 requires processing box for PlayStation VR to work: probably won\u2019t be cheap<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Permalink to Get the PlayStation Christmas deal #4theplayers\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/ps4\/84479-get-the-playstation-christmas-deal-4theplayers.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Get the PlayStation Christmas deal #4theplayers<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Permalink to PlayStation Plus subscribers, stop complaining about the instant game collection\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/columns\/84473-playstation-plus-subscribers-stop-complaining-about-the-instant-game-collection.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">PlayStation Plus subscribers, stop complaining about the instant game collection<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This might make for one powerful VR experience! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":224,"featured_media":84801,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11681],"tags":[16779,1969,1239,15880,16735,1853,6477],"class_list":["post-84799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-playstation","tag-external-processor","tag-news-2","tag-playstation-4","tag-playstation-vr","tag-ps-vr","tag-playstation4","tag-vr"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/224"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84799"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84799\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84807,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84799\/revisions\/84807"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}