Zuckerberg tried PS4 VR ahead of Oculus purchase, says Sony exec

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Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg requested a demo with Sony's Project Morpheus PS4 VR headset just one week before announcing his acquisition of Oculus, according to PlayStation marketing exec Guy Longworth.

Speaking during a panel at the Games Marketing Summit 2014, Longworth revealed that Zuckerberg asked for a "tech demo" just before Facebook revealed plans to acquire rival VR firm Oculus.

"I wish he bought ours," joked Longworth, as he recalled wondering why Zuckerberg wanted a VR demo, according to Gamespot.

The Facebook founder, it seems, was sizing up the competition before agreeing to drop $2 billion on a VR startup firm.

Sony revealed its PS4 headset Project Morpheus at GDC in March, just ahead of the Oculus Facebook buyout. "All the folks at Oculus have got big smiles on today," said Longworth, who insisted that Sony remains optimistic over its VR venture despite the the Oculus acquisition.

"If you think about VR, not just in terms of gaming, I think wearable technology is a huge trend that's going to continue," he said. "I think that being able to have experiences that are truly deep and immersive - that it somehow makes you feel you are there - is something that people want. If you could really deliver that in the future, that would be huge."

In the same panel, head of product planning for Xbox Albert Penello also expressed excitement for the future of VR. "I think [VR is] great," he said, comparing his early experiences with VR to that of his first encounters with Kinect.

Microsoft is rumored to be working on its own VR solution, although the firm is yet to officially reveal any such device. Microsoft's director of programming for Xbox Live Larry 'Major Nelson' Hryb has admitted recently, however, that Microsoft is continuing to explore the possibility of entering the virtual reality market.

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KixaPosted:

im really surprised mark is into these thing

AR15Posted:

This is for the PS, so it doesn't affect me. Therefore, I don't care about it :p

ZipsPosted:

Dorkus Microsoft shouldn't really copy the oculus, they should make something that will revolutionize the xbox, not just copy 2 different companies for their products.


They should battle it out and make new things. Instead, they copy.

Evo8Posted:

I am not even excited for VR.

MissPosted:

He was probably really jealous of it, hence why he bought em.

TitanFallPosted:

Dorkus Microsoft shouldn't really copy the oculus, they should make something that will revolutionize the xbox, not just copy 2 different companies for their products.


Wow really... you are so stupid.

SIKSPosted:

Microsoft shouldn't really copy the oculus, they should make something that will revolutionize the xbox, not just copy 2 different companies for their products.

ODSTPosted:

Merchandise Hopefully MS makes one epic and blows everything outta the water like they did with kinect


Technically speaking. Microsoft's Kinect was outstanding but as we've seen with all cameras so far; neither the PS Camera nor the Kinect 2.0 are catching. Virtual reality is virtual reality, it's a fad right now but let's see where these fads lead to. Everyone wanted "motion gaming", we get the Wii and PS Move. Everyone wants to be lazy and not have to hold a controller while "moving", we create the Kinect and newer versions of the PS eye and camera. We've created the virtual reality headset fad and seeing as how our last few trends haven't lasted very long, there isn't a good track for VR too.

MerchandisePosted:

Hopefully MS makes one epic and blows everything outta the water like they did with kinect

-Pinkie_Pie-Posted:

i realy hope they go through with this but the oculus rift will always be the best for a log time