Vision 2017 - Making Magic Across Both the Virtual and Real World at PlayStation
18PlayStation’s Magic Lab is a research group that looks to the future and explores a variety of innovative entertainment experiences through technology, including VR. We choose Unity for many of our prototypes, often using it in novel ways. For instance, support for PlayStation VR in Unity was born in Magic Lab so that we could explore different experiences and interactions in virtual worlds; from standing on the surface of Mars, to controlling a virtual humanoid robot on the International Space Station, to navigation techniques, and most recently to exploration of believable virtual characters. As we continue to expand our scope, we’re looking to ways to bridge the gap between the virtual and real worlds. In some cases we move completely to the real world, with AI on a PlayStation flying drones to bring a real, physical side to play.
Steven Osman - Sony