Faced with the growing disinterest in virtual reality on the part of the general public, Sony has decided to activate the “PC compatible” card to boost sales of PSVR 2, released a little over a year ago on PS5. An unsurprising choice, especially when we know the strategy of the Japanese company, which is turning more and more towards the world of gaming towers and Steam which are a growing market. We remember that last week, God of War Ragnarok was confirmed on PC during State of Play and this PC announcement of Sony’s VR headset definitively proves this strategic reorientation. However, you will have to wait until August 7 to enjoy PSVR 2 on this new platform, knowing that you will have to pay an additional 60 euros to purchase a box that will make the device compatible.
All you have to do is connect the PlayStation VR2 via a DisplayPort 1.4 cable and then download the PlayStation VR2 and SteamVR applications on Steam, which will allow you to configure the headset on PC, personalize the settings, the gaming space, but also purchase SteamVR games. Sony, however, specifies some concessions to be made with this “port”, since it will be necessary to ignore certain functionalities, such as the absence of HDR, eye movement tracking or DualSense features (adaptive triggers, haptic feedback). On the audio side, the headset will use Steam VR audio technology and not Tempest, the one used by Sony on its console. That said, Sony specifies that Other features will be supported in compatible games, such as 4K resolution (2000 x 2040 per eye), 110-degree field of view, finger touch detection and transparent view, not to mention foveal rendering ( without eye movement tracking) and 3D audio.
This will undoubtedly be the last chance for Sony to relaunch its virtual reality headset, under penalty of putting an end to a technology which does not yet seem ripe to interest the general public. Only the future will tell us.