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Sony unveiles some features of PS VR2 in advance

Yesterday, Yasuo Takahashi, senior product manager of Sony’s product management department, published an article, revealing some of the experience functions of PlayStation VR2 (hereinafter referred to as PS VR2), including perspective images, live broadcast of personal play, Customize play space, VR mode, and theater mode.

Perspective mode

PS VR2 will have a perspective function, but this perspective is not another perspective. This function can clearly see the surrounding environment through the embedded front-facing camera of PS VR2, and you can see where you are in the room without taking off the headset . Press the function button on the headset or use the tabs in the Control Center to switch between viewing your surroundings or content on the PS VR2. But this camera only has a viewing function, not video recording.

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Live personal play live

As long as you connect the PS5’s HD camera to the console, and then connect the PS VR2 to the PS5 console, you can integrate your playing status with the game screen and broadcast it live.

Custom play space

After scanning the room through the PS VR2 Sense controller and the embedded camera, through the PS VR2 Sense controller, you can further customize the play space according to personal preferences and environmental requirements.

After setting, if you are close to the area you set in the game A warning will be issued to remind the user that they are approaching the boundary of the game , which can protect the user’s legs well. Custom spaces can also be modified at any time while connected to PS VR2. Once a playspace is set up, the system will save the settings unless the user enters another playspace.

VR Mode and Theater Mode

PS VR2 offers VR Mode and Theater Mode, in which players can watch VR game content in 360 degrees in a virtual environment. The content display specification is 4000×2040 HDR video format (2000×2040 per eye), and the frame rate is 90Hz / 120Hz. Theater mode is used for watching PS5 system, UI and non-VR games and media content. The display specification of this mode is 1920×1080 24Hz / 60Hz / 120Hz HDR. Moreover, Sony also announced the headset and controller specifications at the CES conference, as follows:

Playstation VR2 parameters:

  • Display: OLED

  • Panel Resolution: 2000 x 2040 per eye

  • Panel refresh rate: 90Hz, 120Hz

  • Lens adjustable

  • Field of view approximately 110 degrees

  • Sensor: six-axis motion sensing system (three-axis gyroscope, three-axis accelerometer)

  • Additional Sensors: Infrared Proximity Sensor

  • 4 cameras for headset and controller tracking; 2 IR cameras for eye tracking

  • Smart headset feedback vibration

  • Data Cable – USB Type-C

  • Audio Input: Built-in Microphone Output: Stereo Headphone Jack

PS VR2 game developers can also start to get the latest user experience of PS VR2 through the upcoming new system software version. At the same time, Sony said that it will soon announce the release date of this VR and the games it carries.

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