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Everything else about the PS VR2 feels like a quantum leap over any other headset in its price class
Main competitors
- Meta Quest 3 · Meta
Standalone headset at about $489 that needs no console or PC, a cheaper and more flexible alternative.
Source - Valve Index · Valve
PC-tethered VR kit at $999 with 120 Hz, 130 degree field of view and finger tracking; PSVR2 PC adapter hardware is called comparable.
Source - HTC Vive Pro 2 · HTC
PC VR headset with the sharpest panels (2448x2448 per eye) but the highest cost at about $1,399 for the kit.
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It’s a thrill when we get to say this about a new piece of gaming hardware: The PlayStation VR 2 is a true generational leap that makes the old one look like a piece of junk. It’s not exactly cheap, but for $549.99 you get a high-end headset with a 4K, HDR-enabled OLED screen, a 110-degree field of view, built-in tracking cameras, and eye tracking, plus two of its slick Sense controllers with the excellent adaptive triggers and haptic feedback Sony introduced with the PlayStation 5’s DualSense controller. The catch is that it requires you to be connected to a PS5 by a single USB-C cable, but that means it’s much, much more powerful when it comes to delivering fantastic graphics than a self-contained headset like the Meta Quest 2. With all of that, including a few features you don’t see on even more expensive PC VR headsets like Valve’s Index and HP’s Reverb G2, the PlayStation VR2 has vaulted console VR into the lead in just about every category… except available games.
- Sony's PlayStation VR2 launched on 22 February 2023 at $549.99 (EUR 599.99, GBP 529.99, JPY 74,980), with a Horizon Call of the Mountain bundle at $599.99; pre-orders opened 15 November 2022[4]
- IGN calls it 'a quantum leap in console VR gaming' that leads 'in just about every category... except available games'[1]
- NPR (21 February 2023) praised the 'easily the best screens' and comfort but doubted the game library, since only Horizon Call of the Mountain was made for it and others are ports, and noted the price over $500[3]
- More than 20 titles were promised at launch, and Sony said 100+ games were in the works[3][4]
Notable features
- Sony's second PlayStation VR headset replaces the original PSVR's bundle of cables, HDMI switcher and separate tracking camera with a single 4.5m USB-C cable to the PS5, and its four built-in cameras scan the room for tracking[1]
- Specs: HDR OLED with 2,000 x 2,040 pixels per eye at up to 120 Hz, 110-degree field of view, built-in tracking cameras, eye tracking, and Sense controllers with adaptive triggers and haptics; it needs a PS5 via a single USB-C cable[1][4]
- An IR camera per eye tracks where the player looks, enabling foveated rendering that concentrates processing power on that area[1][2]
- PlayStation VR2 Sense Technology adds headset feedback (vibration), eye tracking and 3D audio; the headset has a six-axis motion sensor, adjustable lens separation, a built-in microphone and a stereo headphone jack[2][4]
- Each Sense controller has capacitive finger-touch detection, IR LED position tracking, trigger effects on R2/L2 and haptic feedback from a single actuator, plus Bluetooth 5.1, a USB Type-C port and a built-in rechargeable lithium-ion battery[2]
MSRP $549.99