Hands On: Sony’s New Morpheus Is The Best VR Headset Yet

I just survived a shark attack . I just stole a priceless baseball diamond in an upscale London heist . I did it with Sony ’s new Project Morpheus headset . It ’s the best I ’ve ever tried .

I ’ve used a lot of VR headsets . Each one ’s a tiny bit well than the last . The flick ’s always a little clean-cut , the experience a little less probable to make me violently sick . Sony ’s newfangled Morpheus prototype is no exception . But in one fundamental way , it stands head and shoulders above the remainder .

There are many fancy technological way Morpheus leapfrog the competition . The fresh organic light-emitting diode screenland can update at 120 frames per mo , making for double that are smoother than anything we ’ve seen so far . ( The one thing I ’ll say is while the OLED ’s pel are a dainty inky black when totally off , they shimmer with a weird iridescent effect in scenes that are n’t well - lit . ) Thanks to a expanded 100 - degree theater of view , I did n’t have to worry about much burrow visual sense proceed me from fending off British thugs and deep - sea shark . Nine blue light-emitting diode dotting the bod ensured that when I turn 360 degrees to check out the undersea aliveness behind me , I did n’t get featherbrained from the drive .

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But I ’d be lying if I said they were the reason why Sony ’s headset is so excellent . The new Sony Morpheus prototype is the only one that ’s completely comfortable to weary .

I do n’t recall it ’s actually as light as the flimsy - feeling Oculus Rift Crescent Bay prototypethat mishandle me away last September . And awkwardly , it does n’t have headphones built in . But unlike Crescent Bay and every other VR headset that uses pliant banding to oh - so - gently frailty grip your point , the Morpheus just catch one’s breath there . you may cinch up the rear circle by rotating a dial , and press a button to eject its clutches , but honestly the Morpheus is balanced so well you do n’t need to tighten extensively .

Silky gentle black rubber cushions your olfactory organ and blocks out light around your eyes , but again , you do n’t need to squish them into your face to get the effect : the total showing just float in the air decent in front of your center .

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Which also allows the headset to perform a truly awesome trick : you’re able to press a button to rend the display aside from your cheek for a sec so you’re able to see your surroundings , without ever take away the Morpheus from your head .

So what about the games ? They did n’t disappoint . The Deep starts as a ho - hum “ I ’m in a shark cage watching nautical life fly by ” experience where you just look around a lot , take in the sights , but soon there ’s a deadly shark rend apart the batting cage . I flinched . A lot . The demo still did n’t give me any arms and feet , which made for a duo awkward moments when the shark John Milton Cage Jr. shook yet I stay perfectly standing still .

But the piece de immunity , The London Heist — I’d pay off $ 60 for this to be a full plot right now . At first , it too seemed like nothing special , another one of the familiar stationary optic - case experiences where I sat attach to a chair as a muscular thug towered over me , threatening torture via third - degree burns from his propane woolly mullein .

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His smartphone ring , interjecting some welcome comical embossment , and I was impressed when I happen I could pass out , pick it up out of his deal , bear it up to my auricle , and hear the audio follow my hand . ( Sony ’s been working on positional audio for a while , after all . )

But what got really got my lineage flowing was the heist itself . It ’s a simple-minded scene , rooting through some desk shorts for a key to a good — and then a side arm and some ammo clip when you set off the alarm — but the fact that I could just reach out with the PlayStation Move and open up those drawers , shove clips into the pistol , and cower behind the desk while taking out guard … it made all the difference in the world .

To find like you ’re really doing something , rather of just pressing push button — I want more .

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