Apple’s WWDC event detailed updates across its various software platforms, including Visionos 26 for its Apple Vision Pro Headset, and two of the most exciting updates were spatial widgets and the news that PSVR 2 Sense Controller Support is on the way.
As Apple highlighted in its message, the new controller support will be very convenient for VR game developers as it allows Vision Pro apps to use on a well -known control scheme that is more matched by other platforms.
Vision Pro’s ‘Look and Pinch’ mechanism can be intuitive for users, but it is very different from what other VR headsets use, making porting difficult.
However, there is currently a much bigger problem to address: You cannot buy the PSVR 2 controllers separately for the Vision Pro platform.
So if you want to be able to take advantage of this new Apple Vision Pro feature, you need to buy a brand new PSVR 2 rd -Headset -Bundt for $ 399.99 / £ 399.99 / AU $ 649.00.
That said, Visionos 26 will be launched right away, although it is already available in Beta. Hopefully, at the time of its full release, Sony will have made PSVR 2 Sense controllers available to buy on their own – something that fans of his headset have asked for since the launch.
At the time of writing, however, there has been no confirmation that this will be the case – and given some of the erroneous errors made by both Apple and Sony with their headsets, I cannot say that I would be surprised if the controllers remained exclusively part of PSVR 2 -bundle instead of ever being sold separately.
We will have to wait and see what is happening on this front, but the silver lining to Apple, which opens its Visionos platform to VR controllers is that we may see that it launches its own handsets, or maybe even launching the next Apple Vision -headset with a couple.
Given the rumors we have heard of Apple who want to make its next headset more affordable, this would certainly be a smart decision, as eye tracking (an important part of Vision Pro’s existing control arrangement) does not come cheaply and could be an easy feature to beat to reduce costs.
