Unless a surprise headset beats it to the punch, PSVR 2 will be the first commercially available VR headset to launch with an HDR (high-dynamic range) display. Overall the sharpness of the headset should still be substantially better, but not quite as much as the sheer increase in pixels would suggest.Īs for the field-of-view itself, 100° to 110° isn’t a huge leap, but you’d surely notice it if you compared the headsets side-by-side. That means that while PSVR 2 has many more pixels, they’ll be stretched over a slightly wider area. Sony quotes the field-of-view of PSVR 2 at 110° compared to 100° for PSVR 1. However, we know that all things won’t be equal. All things being equal, that means images inside the headset would look about four times sharper, which is a substantial improvement. Resolution, Field-of-view, & HDRįor one, PSVR 2 has about four times the pixel count of PSVR. It’s easy to get lost in the numbers so let’s really break down the major changes between the headsets. PSVR 2 Specs & Features – Beyond the Numbers PS5 (backwards compatibility not expected) PSVR 2 Sense controllers (rechargable), eye-trackingĭualShock 4 (rechargeable), PS Move (rechargeable), PS Aim (rechargeable), voice Let’s take a look at how PSVR and PSVR 2 specs compare: PSVR vs. Now here we are in 2022 with PSVR 2 on PS5 set to bring new life to Sony’s VR ambitions. To its credit, PSVR managed to feel competitive for many years after its release, but eventually began to feel dated as the rest of the pack charged ahead into VR’s ‘gen-2’ epoch.
However HTC, Oculus, and others have released many new headsets in the interim. The original PSVR was released about six months after the first major consumer VR headsets-HTC Vive and Oculus Rift-hit the market back in 2016. Assuming the company’s next-gen VR headset is released this year, around the same time of year as the original, it will be six years between PSVR and PSVR 2.
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Update (August 15th, 2022): We’ve updated this article and the PSVR 2 spec sheet with the latest info revealed so far.Īmong the major players in the VR space, Sony has bided its time on a follow-up to the original headset. PSVR 2 specs side-by-side shows us how much has changed since Sony’s first consumer headset released in 2016. PlayStation VR 2 isn’t here quite yet, but Sony has revealed detailed specs and some features of the headset.