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Sony are officially working on PC game support for the PS VR2 headsetCurrently in testing, could be ready this year
Currently in testing, could be ready this year
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The PS VR2, Sony’s currently PS5-exclusiveVRgaming headset, looks like it’ll be latching onto the faces of PC owners as well. Tucked away in aPlayStation blog postabout upcoming PS VR2 games, Sony Interactive content communications manager Gillen McAllister confirmed that Sony are “currently testing the ability for PS VR2 players to access additional games on PC” and that the plan is have this extra support ready within 2024.
It’s probably pointed wording, that “access additional games on PC” bit, as the post stops short of promising that the PS VR2 will become another full-fat, play-anything PC VR headset like theValve IndexorMeta Quest 3. But any kind of official support for Windows games would be a huge step for the PS5-yoked PS VR2, which has enjoyed high praise among console players for its 4K OLED display and slick wireless controllers.
It is currently possible to connect the PS VR2 headset to a PC, either with a USB-C to HDMI adapter or via anygraphics cardwith a VirtualLink port (yeesh, remember those?). Windows will apparently even recognise it, without any drivers, though actually playing PC VR games with the controllers is a no-go. The best you can do is plug in a gamepad and use the headset as a glorified, head-strapped monitor, which doesn’t exactly seem worth the additional neck muscle usage.
You could also look at this development as a simple extension of Sony’s continued push into personal computerdom. Multiple former PlayStation exclusives have found their way over here in the last two years, from the originalGod of Warto next month’sHorizon: Forbidden Westrelease.Still no Bloodborne, though, soz.
