Sony announced: PS VR2 virtual reality device in early 2023, only support PS5

The Japanese company Sony has announced on several social media that the virtual reality headset "PlayStation VR2" will be released early next year.

Earlier this year, Sony officially released the detailed design information of this virtual reality device, but has not yet announced the sales price. The PS VR2 will reportedly be equipped with a 4K resolution HD display, support 90 Hz or 120 Hz refresh rate, and have a 110 degree viewing angle. The device supports "point-of-view rendering" technology, which means that some areas of the screen are sharper than others, thus reducing the burden on the gaming device (VR2 will use Sony's PS5 console as the computing device). Sony also introduced the virtual reality device and the console connection requires only a USB-C cable.

Sony has previously announced that by the time VR2 is officially released, the company will have more than 20 major virtual reality games ready, including virtual reality versions of two popular games, No Man's Sky and Resident Evil 8: The Village, as well as newly developed virtual reality games.

Sony's first-generation virtual reality device, the PS VR, sold in the past, relied on a camera connected to the console to identify the user's movements and actions. It is said that VR2 will not adopt this model, it uses a model similar to the Quest 2 device, using the headset's own camera to track movements. This means that the VR2 will also enable players to view their surroundings while the user is moving around wearing the headset.

Sony also announced that players can live stream through the PS5 console while enjoying virtual reality games, though users must have the PS HD HD camera installed.

Sony also showed off the controller developed for VR2, with a trigger mechanism and vibration feedback, similar to the DualSense controller Sony configured for the PS5 console. This controller is also able to recognize finger touch, which means that players no longer have to press hard, the controller is also able to recognize the position of the thumb, middle finger, index finger.

On the computing device, VR2 future can only work with Sony's own PS5 console. Sony previously released the PS5 console, but many fans have yet to buy it, VR2 can only work with PS5 is obviously not good news.