Battlefield 4 PS3 and PC : Cinemizer OLED HMD and head tracking play test 1

At Eurogamer 2013  DICE had four and sixty Xbox Ones playing Battlefield 4 ... all dev kits ... perhaps the entire dev kit contingent in Europe in one place ... Come the release though most people will be engaging in Battlefield 4 on a variety of platforms ...  Two of which I tested over the weekend

Whilst I did not get to try head tracking or the Cinemizer HMD with Battlefield  at the  Eurogamer Expo... I have done so over the course of the  Beta ... the release of which was nicely timed as Eurogamer 2013 came to an end ... 

First impressions, on PS3 and PC (64bit) , most importantly that little annoying browser launcher on PC is a lot less annoying than it used to be when launching Battlefield 3 on PC. 

Even at this Beta stage the launcher works...yes it still takes time to load levels , but it is significantly improved over the days of Battlefield 2 ... 

Traditionally DICE ( with all due respect) games launch on PC and are updated and patched as time goes by , not just fixes for faults but real improvements to the game ... this has happened with every Battlefield game on PC and does not detract from the greatness of the series... In fact I think it is cool the developers keep adjusting and fine tuning the game during the course of it's existence... 

This is vastly important to a game which models battles between 64 players ... because the game has to be in tune with how a herd of players play the game .. so the developers get to watch how we play and adjust how we play , allowing a DICE game like Battlefield to improve over time and age like a fine wine ....

The Beta then is just the beginning of the process of how DICE will mold and refine Battlefield 4 in response to how 64 player combat in a sandbox MMOFPS pans out .. like they learnt to long,long ago with Codename Eagle.. 

Here then is my first play with the PS3 version using the Cinemizer OLED HMD and Zeiss head tracker all FOV movement in the game is via use of the Zeiss head tracker alone on the PS3 ...You can see my ghost in the left hand top corner playing with the Cinemizer OLED HMD and head tracker.. 

the PS3 version is a world away in detail from the PC version , as far removed as Battlefield 2 is to Battlefield 3 :

This is the PC Open Beta of Battlefield 4 which is exclusively 64 bit only atm : Again all FOV movement is through use of the Zeiss head tracker alone and you can see my ghost over the video playing the game on the Cinemizer OLED HMD 

more to follow over the coming days when I have time to upload the footage...

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