


22, 2023In addition to eye-tracking and "passthrough" cameras, the $550 PSVR 2 sports a 2000×2400 per-eye resolution, 100-degree field of view, support for HDR colors, and a set of headset motors for tactile effects. Advertisementįurther Reading $550 PlayStation VR2 launches on Feb. Then there's the haunting narrative of Before Your Eyes, which launched on Steam and mobile in recent years but will make its VR debut on the PSVR 2 next month, using the headset's eye-tracking cameras to monitor the player's time-controlling blinks. Of the remaining PSVR "exclusives" for the time being, two take the form of free VR-compatible updates to existing flat-screen PS5 titles: Gran Turismo 7 and Resident Evil Village. As far as third-party exclusives, Supermassive's The Dark Pictures: Switchback VR is an on-rails VR roller-coaster akin to the similar Until Dawn: Rush of Blood, while Fantavision 202X is a fully 3D take on the infamous, fireworks-filled PS2 launch title (and will also work without a headset). Of the handful of PSVR 2 exclusives, the previously revealed Horizon VR: Call of the Mountain stands out as a first-person adventure in the vein of Half-Life: Alyx.

Almost all of the headset's launch window titles are also available on SteamVR, the Oculus Quest platform, or the original PSVR. The initial PSVR 2 lineup is overwhelmingly a sort of "greatest hits" collection of titles available on existing VR platforms. But they will be able to purchase more than 30 titles on the headset's February 22 launch and a total of 37 within a month of that launch, Sony announced today. Further Reading Sony: PSVR2 is “truly next-generation,” so it can’t play PSVR1 gamesThose who purchase the PlayStation VR 2, available next month, won't be able to play their existing PSVR library on the new headset.
