If you believe the company Valve, but rather the results of its numerous studies, virtual reality, described in the most popular science fiction novels, is about to come down from their pages and become an ordinary thing for most users.

On this and many other things during the conference Steam Developer Days told Valve engineer Michael Abrash. In order not to repeat all, is to provide the most interesting abstracts. So, according to Mr. Abrash available to most virtual reality devices to hit the market within the next two years. He admitted that at present there are still many problems that hinder the rapid commercialization of ongoing projects to develop virtual reality devices. He mentioned not high enough resolution («1080p has been achieved, but this is not enough”), the need to make virtual reality wireless devices, as well as the fact that a system for tracking the head position in space still not good enough. Moreover, the current prototypes require users to manually adjust, and it’s too hard.

“I’m sure many have heard about the glasses Oculus Rift DK1 and I guess most people think at this stage it’s just one of the interesting projects. At the moment it is quite deliberate decision, and we believe that many should be paid to Oculus Rift much more attention, so the device will have a dramatic effect much sooner than you think “- said Michael Abrash.

It is worth noting that the company Valve itself develops virtual reality device (image above). However, they do not focus on the competition with the company Oculus, which, according to Abrash, is an obvious candidate. Conversely, Valve derives from Oculus invaluable experience.

Finally it is worth mentioning that the best platform for the creation and development of prototype virtual reality devices Abrash said PC instead of game consoles.

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Sony has unveiled the third generation of personal head display HMZ-T, whose history dates back to 2011. It’s not a virtual reality helmet, even though such a device remotely and reminds. In fact, accessory allows you to get the equivalent of watching a huge screen with a diagonal of hundreds of inches, using a lightweight head unit. In the past, we surveyed the second-generation model, Sony HMZ-T2 , but the new HMZ-T3W much her ​​superior in all respects.

Accessory, or rather, his worn piece weighs only 320 grams and it provides the equivalent of 750-inch viewing screen in 3D, at a distance of 20 meters of built-resolution OLED-panels of 1280×720 pixels. Communication with the PC and PlayStation 3 via HDMI, it uses a special complete module (three inputs HDMI, one through output is HDMI, a single input MHL / HDMI). In addition, there is a module for wireless content delivery (Wireless HD), and it has a built-in battery that can recharge the smartphone. 

Also included are supplied headphones with very impressive features (16 mm speakers, the sensitivity of 106 dB / mW, impedance – 16 ohms, frequency range – 4-27000 Hz), plus there is support for virtual 7.1-channel sound. The battery life of head unit is within seven hours. 

It should be noted that for the PlayStation 4 , Sony has developed a separate model of personal 3D-display, which will be shown at the exhibition Tokyo Game Show later this month. As for prices HMZ-T3W, it is traditionally harsh – $ 2,030.

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