Sony PSVR 2 for PS5 release date, rumours and everything you need to know

(Pocket-lint) - A caller mentation of Sony's virtual world headset - the PlayStation VR - is successful the works. And this clip it's for the PS5.

The PSVR 2 - arsenic it could beryllium called - was officially confirmed successful aboriginal 2021 successful a blog station written by the elder vice president of level readying and managment astatine Sony Interactive Entertainment, Hideaki Nishino.

There's nary authoritative day for it yet, but here's everything other we cognize truthful far.

PSVR 2 merchandise date

• It won't beryllium coming successful 2021
• Currently expected Holiday 2022

As we've said above, determination is nary acceptable day for the motorboat of the caller PlayStation VR headset. Sony has officially confirmed erstwhile it won't release, however: "There's inactive a batch of improvement underway for our caller VR system, truthful it won't beryllium launching successful 2021," said Nishino successful his blog post.

Next year, 2022, does look a harmless stake though, arsenic helium besides confirmed that developers are already moving connected projects for it: "We wanted to supply this aboriginal update to our fans, arsenic the improvement assemblage has started to enactment connected creating caller worlds for you to research successful virtual reality," helium added.

In addition, Bloomberg wrote successful June that "people with cognition of the matter" claimed it volition beryllium disposable "in the vacation play adjacent year".

PSVR 2 technology

• Single cablegram transportation confirmed, rumoured to beryllium USB C
• Greater than 4K OLED per oculus with Samsung panels

All that's been confirmed truthful acold is that the caller headset volition dispense of the, frankly awkward, processor unit. It volition person conscionable 1 cablegram to link straight to the PlayStation 5.

However, rumours person suggested further features and specifications. For starters, it is said the cablegram volition beryllium USB-C and plug into the larboard connected the beforehand of the PS5.

The caller headset volition person a greatly improved solution implicit its predecessor, it is claimed, with 2000 x 2040 pixels per eye... greater than 4K. This volition beryllium acknowledgment to OLED show exertion manufactured by Samsung.

Eye-tracking could beryllium connected board, on with a rumble centrifugal for haptic feedback. The headset volition apt person cameras built into the outer casing, to way controllers and the like.

PSVR 2 controller

• Low latency
• Adaptive triggers
• Haptic feedback.

A caller VR Controller volition vessel with the latest headset - dispensing with the Move controllers utilized with the original.

Revealed successful mid-March 2021, the caller VR controllers look akin to equivalents from Oculus. There volition beryllium adaptive triggers and haptic feedback, conscionable similar connected the PS5 DualSense.

Each controller volition person 1 adaptive trigger, with developers capable to set the sensitivity depending connected in-game actions. Haptic feedback volition springiness the idiosyncratic a amended consciousness of the consciousness of the terrain oregon audio effects.

One large bonus is that these controllers volition beryllium tracked by the caller headset, alternatively than a accepted camera. This should springiness them overmuch amended control, little latency and tin beryllium utilized without the fearfulness of ambient airy affecting signals.

PSVR 2 games

Pavlov Shack

While it is excessively aboriginal to perceive astir the bulk of games that volition beryllium disposable for PSVR 2, developer Vankrupt Games confirmed connected Twitter that its Oculus Quest title, Pavlov Shack, volition beryllium released for the next-gen PlayStation headset.

PSVR2, psvr1 doesn't person the fidelity for Pavlov

— davevillz (@davevillz) March 29, 2021

The CEO responded to a question astir PSVR enactment by saying that the archetypal headset doesn't person the solution to tally the crippled adequately.

Blade & Sorcery

The overmuch hyped Oculus Quest 2 title, Blade & Sorcery, could besides beryllium getting a PSVR 2 port. Originally spotted by UploadVR, the developer Warp Frog claimed that though the existent PSVR level is much almighty than a Quest 2, the determination controllers are excessively limiting for Blade & Sorcery. 

The quality comes from an FAQ posted connected Warp Frog's website, it went connected to accidental "We are truly excited astir PSVR2. PS5 show is besides connected par with PC, which means successful mentation we could larboard the PC mentation of B&S without overmuch difficulty, and perchance adjacent without compromising graphics astatine all. It’s inactive excessively soon to marque immoderate announcements, but we are funny successful porting B&S connected PSVR2, arsenic soon arsenic it’s imaginable for Sony."

Writing by Rik Henderson. Originally published connected 23 February 2021.