PS4 News: Another Patent for Head-Mounted Display, Bio-Sensor; PS4 Coming to GameStop; Details on 3 More Games
Following the patent that Sony has filed for what appears to be a next-gen PlayStation Move device, another patent has been spotted, this time for a head-mounted display with bio-sensors.
This seems to be in line with reports from weeks back, on how Sony plans to create its own head-mounted display in order to match up against Oculus Rift's technology on the PC.
GamingBolt has spotted the patent, and detailed a few more information that prove to be interesting, if Sony does pursue the plan and execute it for a PS4-tailored head-mounted display.
Part of the patent states that Sony's potential future head-mounted display may include sensors and GPS that would measure the position of the player, bio information utilised to get more details on the player's temperature, blood-related measures, brain waves, and even a camera that would capture images of the user's line of sight and blinking motions.
It's a very detailed plan, and one that may be the future for enhancing next-gen gaming to be more dimensional than how it is now. But Sony has yet to put any of these speculations into concrete plans.
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GameStop replenishing PS4s on Sunday
With the availability of the PS4 still scarce and by pure luck for others, it helps that there are announcements of the console's appearances in various stores.
Aside from Walmart, which will be getting its largest shipment of PS4 to date, a new PS4 Reddit post has also named another store that may get some PS4 stocks. According to Redditor Espelyn, GameStop will also have some PS4s in-store over the weekend.
"GameStop stores are having some sort of sale on Sunday and are required to have both the PS4 and [Xbox One] in stock on Sunday. The system itself will not be on sale, but stores are, at minimum, required to have three of each. Whether or not they have more in stock is up to the store manager," said Espelyn.
It helps that there are advanced announcements and heads-up on these kinds of stock shipments and the possibility of obtaining PS4 consoles, as they can allow you to plan out on what and where to get them if you still haven't yet.
Still Sony UK did promise that there will be replenishments in stock that will be hitting the UK, before the year ends so that's something to lok forward to for Christmas.
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3 more games possibly on the PS4?
More games have been rumoured to come out on the PS4. One of these is Papers, Please, which, after a fan inquiry on Twitter, was discovered to be coming out on both the PS4 and PS Vita platforms.
Another interesting game that's been rumoured to head for Sony's next-gen PS4 is Katamari Damacy, which first debuted on the PS2 way back in 2004. According to Junkie Monkeys, video game consultant George Bray was the one who had hinted at the possibility of the game coming onto the platform.
The teasers started first as hints, with Bray tweeting something like, "Imagine if Namco/Bandai Games brought Katamari Damacy to the #PS4-I'd buy the console just for that game!"
More recently, the tweets seem to have a more confirmatory tone, with Bray tweeting, "GREAT NEWS: KATAMARI DAMACY IS COMING TO THE PS4!"
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Sony has yet to release any official statements announcing the release of Katamari Damacy on the PS4, but it is an inviting game for those who have been avid fans of the PlayStation since its earlier generations.
The Elder Scrolls Online has also been dated for both the PS4 and Xbox One, but it will still be a six-month-long wait. GameSpot reports that The Elder Scrolls Online will debut on the PC first on April 2014, but will not see light on the next-gen consoles until after two months in June 2014.
Bethesda did release a new trailer for the game, which you can find in the link to GameSpot. It's not enough to alleviate the half a year of waiting, but it's a good glimpse anyway.