Sony plans to launch virtual-reality headset in 2016

Sony intends on unleashing its virtual-reality headset on consumers next year. The gaming and electronics giant says its Project Morpheus VR system will debut in early 2016. The announcement was made y at a news conference held during the Game Developers Conference. Sony originally unveiled a prototype of the headset nicknamed Project Morpheus at last year’s conference. The headset works in tandem with Sony’s PlayStation 4 console and camera by covering users’ eyes and simulating virtual worlds on screen. The company showed off an updated prototype of the headset. It features 5.7-inch (14.5-centimeter) OLED screens that display a 100-degree field of view and nine LED lights used to track movement. Sony says the headset can render games at 120 frames per second. No price was announced. Earlier this week,  **HTC** is stepped into the territory of virtual reality and partnered with a company called Valve (a video game platform company that distributes and manages thousands of games such as Counter Strike etc) to launch its own virtual reality headset. The HTC Vive headset as it’s called, will get a consumer edition by 2015 and the developer addition will launch this Spring. With inputs from Associated Press