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PlayStation VR often gets overlooked in conversations about interracial reality . These days , it seems all anyone wants to spill the beans about is Apple Vision Pro versus Meta Quest . But Sony has been an imperishable bearing in VR for years now , throughout the industry ’s various ups and downs ( mostly push down , if we ’re being honest here ) .
The Nipponese electronics giant this week confirmed plans to give the PS VR2 a newfangled lease on life , as it has begun testing personal computer compatibility . The news was buried a few paragraphs deep ina PlayStation . Blog posthighlighting a number of unexampled titles for the platform .
Here ’s the entirety of what Sony Interactive Content Communications Manager Gillen McAllister wrote on the issue this morning : “ Also , we ’re pleased to share that we are currently test the power for PS VR2 players to access additional games on PC to offer even more game mixture in addition to the PS VR2 title available through PS5 . We hope to make this financial backing available in 2024 , so stay tune for more updates . ”
idiomatic expression like “ we hope to make ” do n’t instill a lot of confidence around when — or if — the cross - platform compatibility will get in . grant that we ’re only just entering late - February , we ’re sing about a big window , assuming Sony does hit the 2024 deadline .
That the characteristic was tossed off in a post of new titles is tell in itself . Content has always been an effect for mixed world , but open up up the headset to Windows titles would suddenly bring in a outpouring of unexampled experiences overnight .
PlayStation exclusivity is likely a big part of the reason PS VR often does n’t feel like a part of the broader ruffle realness conversation . So , too , is the fact that the computer peripheral is focus pretty exclusively on gambling , whereas Apple , Meta and — to an extent — HTC are look to encompass something wide that also include spatial computing / productiveness , enterprise program and other entertainment avenues .
Gaming is , of course , a big , broad family unto itself . The space has been the primal driver of VR technology for decades now , and there ’s plenty of growth to navigate and grow in that line . Opening up to PC titles will certainly help PS VR on both of those front .
