Perhaps you, like most people, wondered just what the purpose was for the lightbar on the PlayStation 4's Dualshock 4 controller. It turns out that it wasn't just to give you annoying glare from your TV- it was put in place for Project Morpheus, the PS4's virutal reality headset.
Project Morpheus PS4 VR Headset Will Be Affordable, Have Indie Game Support, Says Sony
Jed Ashforth, Senior Designer at Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, talked to TechRadar and revealed that the virtual reality team made sure that the tracking light was put into the controller, but couldn't reveal what Sony's virtual reality superteam ensured the tracking light was put into the controller - though everyone had to keep quiet about its main purpose.
"The tracking light... it was our department that said we need that on," said Ashforth. "It was for tracking for VR." "And when all these things were coming out six months ago and everyone was going 'it's reflecting in my TV,' we were going 'oh no' because we couldn't tell anyone what it was for."
How To Dim The DualShock 4's Lightbar
Well, that shows you just how important Sony thinks VR is for their future. The lightbar certainly couldn't have been cheap to implement, and with all of the gamers griping about not being able to turn it off, you had to wonder just what they were doing with it. This is the reason that you can't turn off the light completely, even though a recent system update at last allowed you to dim it.
Expect to hear much more about Project Morpheus at E3 this June.
