Playstation VR Discussion Thread

Batman VR is $4.99 on US store if anyone has an account/balance

It's €7.99 on IE store.. which is also the lowest price ever there too

I don't remember having a problem with dodges. The hook action took a while to get used to the timing tho

it's a leak so take with grain of salt. More details

Some of the things that were mentioned:

• Referred to as NGVR by Sony (next gen PSVR) - not PSVR 2
• Will use Fresnel OLED screens with a 2000x2040 resolution per eye
• HDR display
• FOV is 110 degrees
• Uses Flexible Scaling Resolution in addition to Foveated Rendering which used in conjunction conjunction eye tracking both which aims to scale resolution based upon the user's concentrated view and reduces the strains on PS5 resources
• Haptics are planned for the headset itself to reduce motion sickness and improve immersion
• The new controllers which don't have a name yet will be packaged with every new NGVR headset at launch.
• The controllers will include capacitive touch sensors, which are analogue based and can track the distance between your fingers and thumb. This is in addition to haptics and adaptive triggers which have already been announced
• Sony want to move away from "VR experiences" and concentrate on AAA games with an aim to make hybrid games that are playable in both flat screen and VR. When those titles launch you can even select which version you want to download.
• Nothing was mentioned regarding BC for PSVR1 but there is a push to remaster some PSVR1 games
• The headset itself wasn't shown and release date wasn't mentioned but launch plans will be revealed in early 2022.

Just started box vr and it is good :)

Definitely need an open window and a bit of floor wiping. Open space would be the best lol...

Not sure about either game but I didnt think the Dualsense worked with the PSVR games as it will be looking into light tracking.

I haven't tried either of the ones, only VR games I've played on the ps5 required Move controllers.

Anyone tried Synth Riders? 20% off at the moment. Rhythm game, looks pretty cool, not a million miles away from Beat Saber but looks a better track lineup, at least for my tastes

I got very bad motion sickness playing Dirt Rally last night. I had to have a lie down after it.

This is the right place! :)

There is a new PSVR headset coming out "sometime in 2022" so might be worth waiting around for that if you can?

No the headset won't work with the Switch.

If they were downloaded (I.e. no disc) then they'll be linked to your PSN account now, so can't be played by anyone else I'm afraid

Is anyone here playing Sniper Elite VR and is it worth picking up?

Aloy is coming to PSVR2.

Hopefully a full game and not just an add-on experience!

That word "experience" got me concerned too. And notice in that (admittedly tiny) clip, they were on a boat which is very on-rails. But, having said that, Wipeout looks amazing on PS4/VR.

The specs look very good alright. But I doubt it could push 4K VR at any decent framerate. But I'd say it would run 2X 1080 or 2 X, I don't know, 2K at a decent framerate to avoid motion sickness.

However it all comes down to three things:

• Price.... Which leads to
• Adoption... Which leads to
• Support

Without a HUGE adoption rate (I'm thinking 80% of PS5 owners) then it will remain a novelty. Apart from first Party (Sony-owned) studios, who would spend vast amounts of resources and money for a niche product. They could port PC VR games to it such as the last Half Life but do you spend an additional 10 million dollars porting to a device with a few hundred thousand units?

I mean, I'm interested. But it would need a HELL of a lot more support and games than the PSVR1 got to make me buy unless it was dirt cheap (Which it can't be)

Key for me is backward compatibility.

Launching PSVR2 with a ready-made legacy back catalogue seems a must to make it appealing at the outset as well as ensuring that PSVR1 adopters are not left behind.

Blog post about the specs etc

Is the new headset completely standalone bar the wire from the headset to console (and the controllers obviously)?

No external sensors/cameras required right?

As in, could I just have the PS5 sitting on a table somewhere, and not need to worry about connecting it to the TV?

No extra sensors (Inside-out sensing. Basic cameras on headset to gather position). The spec says it uses USB-C. So it SOUNDS like you continue to have your PS5 connected to the TV as normal and don't touch that and that you simply plug in the USB cable into the front USB slot. No add-on box or anything. USB-C certainly has enough bandwidth to handle this (Currently I am running a 4K screen, HDMI monitor, mouse/keyboard, tablet screen-share, ethernet on one USB-C port. Amazing)

Will be interesting to see how the global chip-shortage will impact this. From what I have read, it SEEMS that higher-end computation-heavy custom chips are more adversely affected by the shortage. Not so much CPU as Intel and AMD seem to churning them out without issue, but GPUs and more specific chips for automotive AI etc. (And, of course, PS5/XBOX CPU/GPUs). However, as the majority of the heavy-lifting will be performed by the PS5, I wonder what this means for the electronics involved in the headset.

Sure, the optics and retina-tracking are very high-end but I'm wondering about the cameras and accelerometers and controllers. Wonder are they bringing this out sooner than expected because they CAN get their hands on the hardware to manufacture these easier than the consoles themselves. So that they have a new must-have device for "Holiday Season 2022" (Nov-Dec 22)

Pure speculation. Just thinking out loud

Hope the cable is long enough and detachable in case we want a longer cable.

Walking Dead Saints and Sinners has a sequel confirmed. No details on platform yet but feels like a psvr2 game is a good bet

https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2022/01/psvr-hit-the-walking-dead-saints-and-sinners-will-survive-a-sequel

That would lead me to believe that an update is coming soon, I can't wait for this.

I haven't hooked my vr up to my ps5 which I got at this time last year.

Congrats on being the 5000th comment @jj880