Apple’s WWDC event has detailed updates on its various software platforms, including Visionos 26 for its Apple Vision Pro helmet, and two of the most exciting updates were the space widgets and the news that the PSVR 2 Sense Controller support is on the way.
As Apple pointed out in its advertisement, the new controller support will be very practical for VR game developers, because it will allow vision pro applications to use on a familiar control scheme which corresponds more closely to that used by other platforms.
The “Look and Pinch” mechanism of Vision Pro can be intuitive for users, but it is very different from what other VR headsets use, which makes it difficult.
However, putting aside the arguments according to which this update is undoubtedly too little late for the Vision Pro platform, there is currently a much more important problem to solve: you cannot currently buy the PSVR 2 controllers separately.
So, if you want to be able to take advantage of this new Apple Vision Pro feature, you will have to buy a brand new PSVR 2 VR headset pack at $ 399.99 / £ 399.99 £ 649.00 at.
That said, Visionos 26 does not start immediately, although it is already available in beta. Hopefully that at the time of its full version, Sony will have made available the PSVR 2 meaning controllers to buy for themselves – something that fans of his helmet have requested since the launch.
At the time of writing the editorial’s moment, there was no confirmation that it will be the case – and taking into account some of the false steps that Apple and Sony have made with their helmets, I cannot say that I would be surprised that the controllers remain exclusively part of the PSVR 2 bundle rather than ever sold separately.
We will have to wait and see what is happening on this front, but the silver lining with Apple opening its visionos platform to VR controllers is that we could see it throw its own handsets, or perhaps even launch the next Apple Vision helmet with a pair.
Given the rumors that we have heard about Apple wanting to make its next helmet more affordable, it would certainly be an intelligent decision, because the eye monitoring (a key element of the existing pro -vision control scheme) is not inexpensive and could be an easy -to -reduce characteristic in order to reduce costs.
