Project Morpheus brings co-op play to The Tonight Show

Sony's Project Morpheus VR headset received some national exposure earlier tonight when talk show host Jimmy Fallon and 22 Jump Street star Channing Tatum tried out the device on Friday's edition of The Tonight Show.

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Sony's Project Morpheus VR headset received some national exposure earlier tonight after the device was demoed on NBC's The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. While the device is still in its prototype stage, talk show Jimmy Fallon did get a rare opportunity to try it out before a nationwide television audience.

The Verge editor-in-chief Joshua Topolsky introduced Fallon and 22 Jump Street star Channing Tatum to Project Morpheus, giving them a chance to dive into one of the medieval software prototypes. The demonstration is notable for being the first to utilize Morpheus in a co-op setting. Fallon and Tatum wasted no time messing around with the PlayStation Move controllers, which simulated arm movements, before they were summarily eaten by a dragon.

Visuals still to be a bit rough. Notice that when Tatum's camera attempts to locate Fallon's character, he only sees a floating helmet and other random floating textures. Aside from that, however, the demo ran well, with full 1080p visuals on display.

Catch the full demonstration below.

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    June 6, 2014 11:00 PM

    Ozzie Mejia posted a new article, Project Morpheus brings co-op play to The Tonight Show.

    Sony's Project Morpheus VR headset received some national exposure earlier tonight when talk show host Jimmy Fallon and 22 Jump Street star Channing Tatum tried out the device on Friday's edition of The Tonight Show.

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      June 6, 2014 11:09 PM

      Need to get the Oculus DK2 on the show and set Jimmy up with a horror game. Or even better have Conan do a clueless gamer segment.

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      June 6, 2014 11:17 PM

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      June 6, 2014 11:47 PM

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        June 6, 2014 11:57 PM

        Kinda crappy compared to a lot of Oculus stuff

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          June 7, 2014 12:51 AM

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            June 7, 2014 4:11 AM

            You have to keep in mind (as I feel like people here often forget) "a pc" is not some term that means anything. Yes, Oculus will be great on high-end gaming PCs, but for a large portion of the people out there, PS4 is probably a stronger gaming machine than their PC.

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        June 7, 2014 1:08 PM

        I doubt it, if anything it's free marketing for OR. Let Sony spend the dollars to familiarize people with what's coming down the pipe using their half baked hardware and then hit them with your polished tech that has a ton of developers on board a year later.

        If it were already a mature and loaded market with refined tech then being first matters. In this case it's the second man in that will probably reap most of the rewards. Personally I don't understand why Sony is rushing this into the market so quickly.

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      June 6, 2014 11:57 PM

      Nice to see the move controllers are still worth something in the interim.

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      June 7, 2014 12:12 AM

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      June 7, 2014 4:20 AM

      Eh, looks like crap compared to the VR control gloves.

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      June 7, 2014 5:05 AM

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      June 7, 2014 1:03 PM

      That guy has said "m'lady" in a non-joking way at least once.

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        June 7, 2014 3:13 PM

        That Verge guy is an idiot. Yes, I still want to strangle him for his Google Glass article.

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      June 11, 2014 6:15 PM

      i want.

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