Sony's PSVR 2 virtual reality headset will get an adaptor for PCs this summer but its best features will remain exclusive to PlayStation

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Suppose you’re a fan of VR gaming and you’ve been looking for a headset that offers high resolution and a wide field of view, to keep motion sickness at bay. In that case, you might be pleased to know that Sony hasannounced an adapter for its PlayStation VR 2 headsetthat’ll let you hook it up to any suitable gaming PC. What you might be less pleased about is just how many of the PSVR2’s featureswon’tbe available on that platform.

Sony launched its second-generation VR headset for the PlayStation 5 last year, though it’snot sold particularly well since then. That’s certainly not down to its hardware specifications, as they’re pretty decent—its HDR OLED panels with 2000x2040 resolution and up to 120 Hz refresh rate are easy on the eye, as is the 110-degree field of view.

There are infrared cameras to track eye movement, and multiple gyroscopes and accelerometers to monitor head movement (along with more cameras to aid in that). Plus the hand controllers are furnished with adaptive triggers and haptic feedback, very much like that in Sony’s Dualsense controller for the PS5.

Sounds fab, yes? Except the PC adapter won’t support the use of HDR, headset feedback, eye tracking, adaptive triggers, and haptic feedback (other than rumble). In other words, all the best aspects of the PSVR2 that make it stand out against the likes of theMeta Quest 3won’t be an option.

And then there’s the price of the adapter to consider. If you don’t already have the PSVR2 headset, you’ll need to spend around $450/€500/£440 to get one and then another $60/€60/£50 on the PC adapter kit itself. Combined, that’s more than the price of the 256GB version of the Quest 3 and you’re not getting any massively better, in terms of features.

You’ll also need a spare DisplayPort cable (DP1.4 compliant), a Steam account (to get its SteamVR app), and a PC that meets the minimum hardware requirements:

Swipe to scroll horizontallyMinimum PC requirementsOperating systemWindows 10 64-bit / Windows 11 64-bitRow 0 - Cell 2ProcessorIntel Core i5 7600 / AMD Ryzen 3 3100 (Zen 2 or later required)Row 1 - Cell 2RAM8GBRow 2 - Cell 2Graphics cardNvidia GeForce GTX 1650 (Turing or later is required) / AMD Radeon RX 5500 XTRow 3 - Cell 2DisplayPortDP1.4Row 4 - Cell 2USBDirect connection onlyRow 5 - Cell 2BluetoothBT 4.0 (some BT adapters may not work)Row 6 - Cell 2

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Minimum PC requirementsOperating systemWindows 10 64-bit / Windows 11 64-bitRow 0 - Cell 2ProcessorIntel Core i5 7600 / AMD Ryzen 3 3100 (Zen 2 or later required)Row 1 - Cell 2RAM8GBRow 2 - Cell 2Graphics cardNvidia GeForce GTX 1650 (Turing or later is required) / AMD Radeon RX 5500 XTRow 3 - Cell 2DisplayPortDP1.4Row 4 - Cell 2USBDirect connection onlyRow 5 - Cell 2BluetoothBT 4.0 (some BT adapters may not work)Row 6 - Cell 2

At least this last aspect is palatable, as that’s a very reasonable set of requirements. It’s worth noting that in VR gaming, high-resolution panels can place a big demand on the GPU, as it needs to render two such frames at a high enough rate, to prevent motion sickness from kicking in.

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This is why Sony recommends aGeForce RTX 3060orRadeon RX 6600 XTfor the graphics card, to ensure everything is as smooth as possible. A lot does depend on the game being played, though, and many VR games go quite easy on the graphics to give the GPU an easier time of things.

If you’re still sold on the idea of using Sony’s PSVR2 headset on your gaming PC, and who am I to judge if you are, then you’ll need to wait a while as it won’t be available until August 7. That gives you enough time to check out thebest VR gamesbut, to be frank, if this is your first time dipping a toe in virtual reality, then I strongly recommend you don’t spend too much and go with theMeta Quest 2, the best, cheap way into VR gaming.

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