Playstation VR2 discussion thread

Saw a headset and controllers on local Facebook, they were dirty and I guess that's why no one bought at $300 (it was listed for a while) so the guy went down to $200...

I don't own a PS5. I don't even know anyone locally that has one. I thought (wrongly) that iVRy had a PSVR2 driver for Steam out because they have a placeholder for it and I didn't click before I spent money. So I'm kind of an idiot.

Now I'm not sure if it's worth keeping. Yes, he's working on the driver and it sounds like it will be released any time now... But it also might be 6+ months away and require other hardware. So far he doesn't have the controllers working at all, so I'd probably end up getting Valve Knuckles or something, and at that point should I just get a full Index setup? On top of that I may need a converter and some other stuff, and if I'm spending 3-4x what I spent on the headset on supporting hardware, is it such a great deal?

I don't know. HDR capable OLED screens and the best "inside out" tracking currently available, for $200 still sounds great. In theory.

Guess I'll hold on to it for a while, and hope.
 
Looks like Sony is bringing official support to PC from this small blurb on their recent blog post.

https://blog.playstation.com/2024/0...-the-wizards-dark-times-brotherhood-and-more/

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I'm definitely down for PC support. The PSVR2 only needs one USB-C to connect and the hand remotes are Bluetooth, so it should be super easy to hook up to your PC as well.
 
Armenius said:
Looks like Sony is bringing official support to PC from this small blurb on their recent blog post.

https://blog.playstation.com/2024/0...-the-wizards-dark-times-brotherhood-and-more/

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That's sort of strange, ambiguous wording. Hopefully you can just plug the headset into a PC and it uses OpenXR so you can play unrestricted, through Steam or whatever. It would be pretty disappointing if they restricted it and made you buy all the PC games through a Playstation store or something.
 
sharknice said:
That's sort of strange, ambiguous wording. Hopefully you can just plug the headset into a PC and it uses OpenXR so you can play unrestricted, through Steam or whatever. It would be pretty disappointing if they restricted it and made you buy all the PC games through a Playstation store or something.
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May work through SteamVR given they're releasing all their first-party games on Steam.
 
sharknice said:
That's sort of strange, ambiguous wording. Hopefully you can just plug the headset into a PC and it uses OpenXR so you can play unrestricted, through Steam or whatever. It would be pretty disappointing if they restricted it and made you buy all the PC games through a Playstation store or something.
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If they don't, not that big a deal, assuming you're running a recent AMD card or Linux. The same guy that wrote the iVRy driver for the original PSVR is releasing a PSRV2 version soon. GeForce Windows drivers don't support the needed video mode. Also have to have an onboard USB- C(like on the card itself) or an adapter that's being discontinued... So on second thought, maybe for the best. Hate that he's done all this work and will barely benefit, though.
 
Could be interesting. Not sure mine would get much more use, but I'd still welcome it. IMO, the issues I have with the headset are with the headset itself. IMO it's really hard to get a good viewing angle (if you don't - it looks kinda jank) and it's just not particularly comfortable, either. Maybe the thrills just kinda ran their course, too. I feel like the first VR games were super captivating because they were intentionally gimmicky to showcase the tech. Now that they're trying to half-ass port other games, it's just not doing it for me.
 
Domingo said:
Could be interesting. Not sure mine would get much more use, but I'd still welcome it. IMO, the issues I have with the headset are with the headset itself. IMO it's really hard to get a good viewing angle (if you don't - it looks kinda jank) and it's just not particularly comfortable, either. Maybe the thrills just kinda ran their course, too. I feel like the first VR games were super captivating because they were intentionally gimmicky to showcase the tech. Now that they're trying to half-ass port other games, it's just not doing it for me.
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I'm kind of in the same boat, I'm not willing to pay 500 dollars for a headset until there's some real games developed exclusively for it. Beyond Alyx I haven't really been impressed with anything. If they bring the RE4VR version over to PC and bring Horizon I'd consider it. But just giving it PC functionality, I can't be bothered to care.
 
Decko87 said:
I'm kind of in the same boat, I'm not willing to pay 500 dollars for a headset until there's some real games developed exclusively for it. Beyond Alyx I haven't really been impressed with anything. If they bring the RE4VR version over to PC and bring Horizon I'd consider it. But just giving it PC functionality, I can't be bothered to care.
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I had the most fun with games that were just straight-up VR demo showcases. VR Worlds (especially the London Heist), Eagle Flight, and Rush of Blood/Switchback. With the PSVR2/PS5 lacking backward compatibility, I'd welcome being able to play those PSVR1 titles on a PC w/ the newer headset. I give that a 5% chance of actually happening, so I don't think it'll matter. I've never played Alyx before, so I suppose it might be nice to finally give that a go if the PSVR headset supports it.
 
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