Sony is looking to make its latest PlayStation virtual reality headset more useful by allowing people to run PC games on it. The company said it is “currently testing the ability to PSVR2 players to access additional games on PC to offer even more gaming variety in addition to the PS VR2 titles available through PS5Sony hopes to roll out PC support for PS VR2 later this year and said it will stay tuned for more updates.
Official PC support is something many enthusiasts have been hoping for, since the PS VR2 is, for the most part, a great virtual reality headset. The modders have been work on ways for the device to work with devices like SteamVRbut official support will make things much easier.
Despite Sony's announcement of PC support plans in a blog post Detailing some of the titles heading to PS VR2 on PS5, it's hard to argue that the headset has a particularly strong game library as things stand. Sony itself has only released three VR experiences for the platform since its debut a year ago. In fact, the company hasn't announced any future first-party games for PS VR2. THE lack of backwards compatibility with PS VR titles also limits the library of the current headset.
Some notable developers are also afraid of creating PS VR2 versions of their projects. The eponymous studio behind the popular VR social space Recording Room said that porting the game to PS VR2 would be too expensive.
So, making it easier for people to use PS VR2 for virtual reality experiences on PC is a good idea. They will be able to access a wider selection of games, including big hitters like Half-life: Alyx, on a headset with excellent dual OLED screens. This could help Sony move more PS VR2 units. This also gives Sony another reason to release Horizon: The Call of the Mountain on PC so that the entire Horizon series is available on this platform.
Meanwhile, if Sony enables support for virtual desktops, it's possible that PS VR2 users could access Xbox Cloud Gaming via a web browser. Wouldn't that be something?