PSVR 2, anyone interested?

Grim5 · 29 Mar 2022 at 01:31

A big win for Sony, game developers at GDC says Sony showed off performance benchmarks - with Foveated Rendering and Eye Tracking enabled, framerate is improved by 360% vs when Foveated Rendering and Eye Tracking is off.

Sony also outlined that the eye tracking sensors are quite smart: They know when the user is blinking and it can track gaze position and rotation and pupil diameter - these data inputs can be used to make games that can be entirely controlled just with your eyes or to create new ways to interact with the game world and it's npcs

https://uploadvr.com/psvr-2-eye-tracking-foveated-rendering-gdc/

melmac · 29 Mar 2022 at 11:26

Grim5 said:
A big win for Sony, game developers at GDC says Sony showed off performance benchmarks - with Foveated Rendering and Eye Tracking enabled, framerate is improved by 360% vs when Foveated Rendering and Eye Tracking is off.

Frametimes. Not framerate.

ProStreet · 30 Mar 2022 at 08:48

They really need to get half life Alyx on this thing.

This will be a day 1 purchase for me though irrespective.

Grim5 · 30 Mar 2022 at 09:22

smeemi said:
They really need to get half life Alyx on this thing.

This will be a day 1 purchase for me though irrespective.

I hope valve allows it to be ported to ps5 some day

bigmike20vt · 30 Mar 2022 at 11:24

if this came with official pc support as well i would be very interested.... no idea if it will however (and i dont mean a homebrew hack)

Ravenger · 30 Mar 2022 at 15:25

If I had a PS5 I might be interested. In any case it at least (no pun intended) ups the game and Meta and Valve will have to improve their next headsets to compete.

KeanuIsLife · 30 Mar 2022 at 18:27

Grim5 said:
A big win for Sony, game developers at GDC says Sony showed off performance benchmarks - with Foveated Rendering and Eye Tracking enabled, framerate is improved by 360% vs when Foveated Rendering and Eye Tracking is off.

Sony also outlined that the eye tracking sensors are quite smart: They know when the user is blinking and it can track gaze position and rotation and pupil diameter - these data inputs can be used to make games that can be entirely controlled just with your eyes or to create new ways to interact with the game world and it's npcs

https://uploadvr.com/psvr-2-eye-tracking-foveated-rendering-gdc/

Yeah this all sounds really cool, hoping with that kind of tech for some eye popping games! Especially with that OLED HDR screen, should be pretty special

old gamer · 30 Mar 2022 at 18:38

smeemi said:
They really need to get half life Alyx on this thing.

This will be a day 1 purchase for me though irrespective.

Wouldn't be surprised if was a done deal already

CaptainRAVE · 30 Mar 2022 at 18:39

Ok ok Sony, I was sold ages ago, I just need somewhere to buy it from…

old gamer said:
Wouldn't be surprised if was a done deal already

The chance is high, Gabe seemed pretty open to it being on other platforms.

DanF · 1 Apr 2022 at 15:41

https://www.playstation.com/en-gb/ps-vr2/

some details up on site now

ProStreet · 3 Apr 2022 at 08:33

DanF said:
https://www.playstation.com/en-gb/ps-vr2/

some details up on site now

Been up for quite a while

KeanuIsLife · 3 Apr 2022 at 19:26

smeemi said:
Been up for quite a while

Yeah been up a while but still, really looks incredible!

ProStreet · 3 Apr 2022 at 19:34

KeanuIsLife said:
Yeah been up a while but still, really looks incredible!

Yep can't wait for it and likely a good price point too

old gamer · 3 Apr 2022 at 19:59

Waiting patiently for some news on pre order, I'm already like shut up and take my money

silvagti · 3 Apr 2022 at 20:49

old gamer said:
Waiting patiently for some news on pre order, I'm already like shut up and take my money

+1

though I reckon it’ll be 2023 before we get our hands on it!

Grim5 · 4 Apr 2022 at 10:03

Report: game developers list PSVR2 as the headset they are most keen to work on

https://gamingindustry247.com/unity-says-sonys-psvr2-takes-vr-gaming-to-a-whole-new-level/

KeanuIsLife · 4 Apr 2022 at 21:28

Grim5 said:
Report: game developers list PSVR2 as the headset they are most keen to work on

https://gamingindustry247.com/unity-says-sonys-psvr2-takes-vr-gaming-to-a-whole-new-level/

Yeah read this, although it is the only upcoming headset we know the specs for so not surprising haha

flyinmunky · 5 Apr 2022 at 20:27

I'm on the fence between getting PSVR2 or going the new PC route.

PC route of course will be miles more expensive as i would want to go high end , RTX 4k series etc but it does have the widest range of software/ hardware. Hardware wise nothing excites me that fits in a reasonable price range at moment though.

I'm leaning to PSVR2 depending on Launch software. I have a PS5 so It means I can jump back in great VR for a cheap price, compared to PC. If it has Half-life Alyx at launch and a few other games im interested in then i will pre-order day 1.

Then once something like the Index 2 launches i can make choice to stick or sell and go PC route.

silvagti · 5 Apr 2022 at 21:09

flyinmunky said:
I'm on the fence between getting PSVR2 or going the new PC route.

PC route of course will be miles more expensive as i would want to go high end , RTX 4k series etc but it does have the widest range of software/ hardware. Hardware wise nothing excites me that fits in a reasonable price range at moment though.

I'm leaning to PSVR2 depending on Launch software. I have a PS5 so It means I can jump back in great VR for a cheap price, compared to PC. If it has Half-life Alyx at launch and a few other games im interested in then i will pre-order day 1.

Then once something like the Index 2 launches i can make choice to stick or sell and go PC route.

IMO Right now the specs of psvr2 put it beyond anything PCVR headsets can offer (even with a high end gpu) but that may change by the time it’s released!

Ravenger · 6 Apr 2022 at 09:29

PSVR2 will have some great software, but that may trickle down into PC VR at some point.
What's good is the PSVR controllers are closer to Oculus Touch and Index controllers so it should be much easier to convert software across.

What remains to be seen is how good the PSVR inside out tracking is, as really only Oculus has completely nailed that so far.