Pre-orders for Sony’s highly-anticipated PlayStation VR2 will start later this month, with the headset able to hit retail cabinets on February 22, 2023. The digital actuality (VR) headset may have a beginning value of $550 (or approx Rs 45, 454), the corporate mentioned in a weblog submit on Wednesday. The retail field consists of the headset, controllers in addition to stereo headphones.
Customers can pre-order the PlayStation VR 2 on November 15, solely from the official PlayStation Retailer for consumers within the US, UK, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. In different areas, pre-orders are anticipated to start out from November 15. India launch, nevertheless, is but to be confirmed.
The PlayStation VR 2 isn’t a standalone headset, identical to its predecessor. Which means the headset must be hooked to the PlayStation 5, which prices extra Rs 50,000. The PS V2 {hardware} and design have been up to date. A brand new design has a color scheme that matches the PlayStation 5, and a headband-type visor that’s much like however smaller than the first-generation PS VR. Avid gamers can expertise upgraded 2000×2040 per eye show decision, eye monitoring, 120Hz refresh charges. The headset will even come bundled with two Sense controllers, delivering comparable ranges of haptic suggestions and adaptive triggers seen in Sony’s DualSense PS5 controllers. The system additionally provides eye-tracking, which the first-generation PlayStation VR headset didn’t help and can now not require an exterior digicam.
To start with, Sony mentioned as many as 20 video games might be accessible when the brand new Ps VR2 headset goes on sale subsequent yr. The checklist consists of Horizon Name of the Mountain and Resident Evil Village.
Sony’s announcement of the retail availability of the Ps VR 2 headset comes at a time when Apple is predicted to launch a consumer-focused mixed-reality headset within the coming yr. Fb-parent Meta, too, has been investing considerably in creating VR {hardware}. The corporate lately launched the brand new Quest Professional headset which prices $15000 and provides blended actuality options.
The Japanese tech large first shared particulars of the next-generation headset earlier this yr. In response to a report from Bloomberg in October, Sony plans to make 2 million items.