We knew a PC adapter for PlayStation’s VR2 headset was on the best way, and it appeared to be pretty quickly – and we have been proper! Sony’s shiniest digital actuality providing is now confirmed to be including official PC assist through a nifty wired adapter in the beginning of August. It’ll price £50/$60 – however whether or not it’s well worth the worth given quite a few key options will probably be lacking is one other query solely…
On the excellent news facet of issues, the PlayStation VR2 PC adapter will assist SteamVR out of the field when it releases on August seventh, that means you’ll have the ability to hook it up and play digital actuality video games on Steam – together with Valve’s personal Half-Life: Alyx. To do this, you’ll simply must hook up the headset to your PC utilizing the adapter and a DisplayPort 1.4 cable, then run each SteamVR and the brand new PlayStation VR2 app, which is able to allow you to tweak round with settings for issues like play space.
That’s nice information, particularly because the VR2 is a really snug headset by all accounts and places some pretty 120Hz 4K (2000×2040) OLED shows in entrance of your eyes throughout a 110-degree area of view.
What’s not so nice is that lots of the options that arguably make the VR2 a robust contender for one of many greatest VR headsets total gained’t be supported on PC, even when utilizing the official adapter. Notably, these panels, crisp as they’re, gained’t assist HDR on PC, and the VR2’s spectacular eye-tracking gained’t work both – although foveated rendering with out utilizing eye-tracking will nonetheless operate. Headset suggestions additionally gained’t operate, nor will the hand held controllers’ DualSense-based adaptive triggers or haptic suggestions past easy rumble.
That leaves the listing of working options on the panels themselves, the headset’s see-through view – helpful in case you’re about to stumble upon one thing – and the controllers’ finger-touch detection, together with 3D Audio in some video games – albeit utilizing SteamVR’s audio tech slightly than the PS5-only Tempest 3D AudioTech.
In the event you’ve already obtained a VR2, with the ability to play VR video games on PC with out having to cough up for a complete new headset appears a no brainer. In the event you’re weighing this up towards different PC choices such because the Meta Quest 3, although – which is already cheaper than the bottom VR2, and virtually on par feature-wise on account of these limitations – the mixed price of the VR2 itself the adapter definitely makes this a tougher promote, in my view.
Nonetheless, the VR2 apparently hasn’t precisely set the world on fireplace because it got here out a few years in the past, so it is perhaps you’re capable of seize one for a steal and profit from its good {hardware} – even when a few of its promising potential goes unrealised on PC.
