Sony has launched an replace to the PlayStation VR2 App which permits the headset for use with SteamVR content material. The replace makes it simpler to diagnose controller monitoring points which have been confirmed problematic.
The most recent replace to PlayStation VR2 App (v3.0) provides a “Bluetooth connection high quality” examine to assist customers perceive how nicely their controllers are speaking with the pc.
When the app launched again in August 2024—formally enabling PSVR 2 to play SteamVR video games for the primary time—there have been widespread complaints of controller monitoring points. That’s largely as a result of the required PSVR 2 PC adapter doesn’t embody {hardware} for the controllers to hook up with; as a substitute the controllers join on to the PC utilizing a regular Bluetooth hyperlink.
That may not be a difficulty apart from the truth that Bluetooth adapters are inclined to fluctuate in high quality and each their placement within the laptop and the existence of different close by bluetooth indicators can considerably hamper the standard of the connection.
Sony has a listing of formally supported Bluetooth adapters right here, in addition to a listing of troubleshooting steps for diagnosing poor connection high quality. Nonetheless, complaints stay even from customers who bought the formally supported adapters.
The v3.0 replace to the PlayStation VR2 App provides a brand new “Test Bluetooth Connection High quality” possibility to supply extra details about the controllers connection to the PC. Armed with this extra data, customers will hopefully be capable to extra simply discover out if the Bluetooth hyperlink is the offender for poor controller monitoring. If not, it may very well be attributable to environmental points just like the presence of reflective surfaces, odd lighting circumstances, and so forth.
The v3.0 replace additionally “fastened a difficulty that delayed controller vibration” and made “efficiency and stability enhancements” to the app.
The replace follows v2.5 of the PlayStation VR2 App which was launched in December, and in addition made efforts to make it clearer to customers if Bluetooth points had been the reason for controller monitoring points by offering a warning if poor connection high quality was detected.
