Sony revealed just how PlayStation VR2 owners will get to use their fancy hardware on PC today. The company's official method for using a PS VR2 headset on PC will require a $59.99 PlayStation VR2 PC adapter. This adapter will be sold at select retailers and directly from PlayStation.
The PlayStation VR2 PC adapter is expected to start rolling out on August 7th. In addition to this $60 adapter, you will also need a DisplayPort cable (sold separately) that is compatible with DisplayPort 1.4. You will also need a Steam account and a PC that meets the minimum requirements.
Minimum PC Requirements
- Operating system: Windows 10 64-bit / Windows 11 64-bit
- Processor: Intel Core i5-7600 / AMD Ryzen 3 3100 (Zen 2 or later architecture is required)
- RAM / memory: 8 GB or more
- GPU / graphics card: -NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 or later (Turing or later architecture is required)
- NVIDIA RTX series
- AMD Radeon RX 5500XT or later / AMD Radeon RX 6500XT or later
- For the best performance, we recommend that you use an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 or later or AMD Radeon RX 6600XT or later graphics card
- DisplayPort: DisplayPort 1.4 (must have a standard DisplayPort or Mini DisplayPort output port)
- USB: Direct connection only
- Bluetooth: Bluetooth 4.0 or later (Not all 4.0 devices will work. Sony will have more info on supported devices later.)
This is where things get bad.
If you are using a PlayStation VR2 headset on PC, you will not get the following key features: HDR, headset feedback, eye tracking, adaptive triggers, and haptic feedback outside of generic rumble.
While some of these feature disparities do seem to be expected, namely those involving the haptic feedback on the headset and controllers, it's absolutely baffling how features that are more generic, like HDR, won't work.
Sony says that the headset's other features will work. These include: 4K visuals (2000x2040 per eye), 110-degree field-of-view, finger touch detection, see-through view, foveated rendering (but without eye tracking), and 3D Audio support.
This adapter and ability to play the far more extensive library of PC VR titles is great for those that already own the PlayStation VR2 hardware. For everyone else? Well, that's a much harder sell. With most of the headset's advanced features not working on PC, there is little compelling reason to pick up a PlayStation VR2 compared to other modern PC VR headsets. Time will tell if the release of the PC adapter will have any measurable impact on the stalled sales of the PlayStation VR2 hardware, because right now the Quest 3 is a much more attractive option for new PC VR buyers.
