At its big software event last week, Apple officially announced that support for Sony PlayStationVR2 controllers was coming to the Apple Vision Pro headset, along with other six-degrees-of-freedom spatial controller accessories.This is in addition to the Vision Pro’s primary input methods of eye and hand tracking.While interest in support for PSVR2 will no doubt center on gaming possibilities, Nathie on YouTube has given us a great first look at how interacting with visionOS works with PSVR2 controllers in hand … When navigating around the visionOS operating system, the PSVR2 controllers work in conjunction with the Vision Pro’s eye tracking.
You can use your eyes to look at an app icon, and press the physical trigger on the controller to select it.You can also use the thumbstick on the controller to slide between pages and select elements.When inside an immersive environment, the Vision Pro automatically cuts out space in the virtually rendered world for the user’s hands and controllers to show in the user’s view.
In app like Freeform, you can use the PSVR2 controller for much more precise drawing inputs than if you were relying on the system’s built-in hand tracking abilities.These behaviors are all demonstrated in this comprehensive first look video: In terms of games, there aren’t any publicly available titles yet that can take advantage of the new lower-latency and more precise controller inputs.You can expect to see some start arriving in the fall, when visionOS 26 ships to customers.
The other big roadblock is that, as of today, Sony does not sell the PSVR2 controllers separately.They only come bundled with the purchase of the PlayStation VR headset itself.While Apple has not yet confirmed its plans, we are assuming that the Apple Store will stock standalone PSVR2 controllers in the fall, just like it sells DualShock controllers to help people play games on their iPhone, iPad and Mac.
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