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The Sony PS VR2 VR headset can be used with a PC, but only as a second screen

The new Sony PlayStation VR2 headset was designed to work exclusively with the PS5, but reviewers from The Verge wondered what would happen if you connected it to a PC? Previously, the first version of the PS VR virtual reality headset received unofficial PC support, but compatibility with PS VR2 remained a mystery.

    Image Source: The Edge

Image Source: The Edge

“PS VR2 is designed for use with the PS5 console”, – This statement was limited to the representative of Sony Public Relations Beca Truong (Beca Truong) in response to a question from The Verge. She did not provide any further information. So the testers tried to answer their own question and connected the PSVR2 directly to the PC via the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT graphics accelerator’s USB Type-C port. Windows recognized the headset as a 1080p second screen, which was the only positive result as SteamVR couldn’t recognize the PS VR2 and kept asking for a VR headset.

Although Sony does not encrypt video over USB Type-C, the PSVR2 headset can only be used as a second screen without driver support. Hopefully someone will eventually make it work the way PS VR was once modified to work on PC. However, due to the fact that the PS VR2 connects directly to the graphics card via a single USB Type-C cable, the biggest issues for modders will be tracking haptic feedback and controllers.

Third-party tools like Trinus PSVR or iVRy allow the original PlayStation VR headset to work on a SteamVR PC. But as developer iVRy recently pointed out on Reddit, getting things like the accelerometer to work on the new PS VR2 has taken a lot of effort, and open-source camera tracking solutions are still not as good as Sony’s.

It would be much better if Sony just officially supported the use of PS VR2 on PC. The company has tried hard to port PlayStation games to PC over the past few years, but so far there’s no sign that Sony will ever officially add PS VR2 support for PC. That’s disappointing because for $549 it would be a really interesting alternative for PC gamers when choosing a VR headset.

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