Polyphony Digital and Sony Prototype 10,000-Nit Display for Gran Turismo HDR
The prototype display represents a concrete step toward realizing the full human visual range in interactive content, moving beyond current HDR standards that still cap well below real-world brightness.
Reporting from 1 source: GAME Watch (Impress).
At CEDEC 2026, Polyphony Digital and Sony presented a prototype ultra-high brightness RGB LED display capable of 10,000 nits, developed to push HDR in games. The session covered the evolution of HDR in gaming, the challenges of display device variation, and the collaboration between Polyphony and Sony to achieve a more realistic visual experience for the Gran Turismo series.
Polyphony Digital and Sony showed a prototype ultra-high brightness display at CEDEC 2026 on July 22, aiming to deliver HDR at 10,000 nits for the Gran Turismo series. The session, led by engineers from both companies, traced the history of HDR in games from 2016 onward, noting that despite nearly a decade of adoption, display device performance still varies widely. Sony's RGB LED prototype was built to cover the entire human visual range, which conventional HDR displays do not reach. Polyphony said it had long wanted to see an ideal HDR implementation, and Sony was seeking content that could demonstrate the new hardware's capability, leading to the joint project.
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- GAME Watch (Impress) 「グランツーリスモ」がこだわった“見えない10,000nits”。ポリフォニーとソニーの超高輝度HDRへの挑戦【CEDEC2026】