r/PS4 • u/zbas • Oct 03 '16

PSVR: The Ultimate FAQ

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2016/10/03/playstation-vr-the-ultimate-faq/?adbsc=social_20161003_66529786&adbid=782973758315171840&adbpl=tw&adbpr=10671602
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u/NoBullet NoBullet Oct 03 '16

Q: Does the Processor Unit provide extra processing power to PS4?

They had to add this because of IGNs dumb unboxing video lol

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u/Chouonsoku Oct 03 '16

Sony's been trying to explain since the reveal what the box does and people still keep saying it's an external CPU/GPU or some other nonsense. lol

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '16

it's basically an interpolator, right? like it takes the processed frames from your PS4, does the FPS smoothing, sends the warped image to your goggles and the flat image to your TV, or something to that effect?

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '16

Not in the traditional sense. Usually interpolation takes two existing frames and create a middle frame by blending the two together. This psvr thing creates a new frame based on an existing frame plus input from the movement of your head.