Mark 2016 as the year that virtual reality becomes, well, a reality.
VR headsets go on public sale this year, including what is possibly the most viable system, the PlayStation VR. Thanks to it not requiring a high-end PC to use, players with a PlayStation 4 already have most of what they need.
Sony, though, hopes to make the move to VR gaming a little easier, thanks to a new PlayStation VR bundle the company announced today. That bundle includes everything players need to get started with VR on the PlayStation 4: the headset, cables, stereo headphones, a PlayStation camera and 2 PlayStation Move controllers.
The bundle also includes a VR demo, along with PlayStation VR Worlds, a collection of virtual reality experiences.
"PS VR Worlds is a collection of five different VR experiences that have all been built from the ground up exclusively for the PS VR headset," reads the PlayStation blog. "When we started out to make this game we wanted to create the very best collection of varied experiences, each to showcase VR in different ways and show how incredible VR can be as a media."
The PlayStation VR bundle goes on sale March 22 for $499.99, but interested players will have to act fast: only limited quantities are available and once they're gone, Sony won't release more for preorders until the summer.
This bundle becomes available even before the core PlayStation VR bundle, but for those gamers who already have most of what they need for VR gaming, the standard headset bundle will retail for $399.99.
The only thing left is to see what games will make it to PlayStation VR. The company recently laid out its minimum standards for game developers who plan on creating titles for the system, and teased a few games players can expect on PlayStation VR.
"With gamers in mind, PlayStation delivers a new world of unexpected gaming experiences through PlayStation VR," writes Sony on its website. "Play some of the most highly anticipated titles of 2016 on PS VR, including an all-new Star Wars Battlefront gaming experience and games like PlayStation VR Worlds, Golem, and RIGS Mechanized Combat League."
PlayStation VR launches in October, 2016.
