Apple and Sony are nonetheless working to convey PS VR2 Sense controller assist to Imaginative and prescient Professional, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman stories.
Gurman has a comparatively sturdy observe document of reliably reporting on Apple’s product plans years prematurely, and efficiently described most of Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional’s {hardware} and software program earlier than it was formally revealed.
Gurman initially reported on the challenge again in December, saying that the businesses supposed to announce the assist “weeks in the past”, however that the rollout had been postponed. “My expectation is that an announcement will nonetheless come sooner or later — except it will get abruptly scrapped.”, he wrote.
Now, in his newest publication, Gurman says “all indicators level to this challenge nonetheless being in growth”, and that he expects it to reach in a visionOS replace later this yr.
visionOS 3 is predicted to be unveiled at WWDC 2025, Apple’s yearly software program convention, which takes place in June.
Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional May Quickly Assist PlayStation VR2’s Controllers
Apple and Sony are working to convey assist for PlayStation VR2’s controllers to Imaginative and prescient Professional, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman stories.
Based on his earlier reporting, the replace would come with assist for navigating the visionOS interfaces with the PS VR2 Sense controllers, in addition to utilizing them in apps and video games.
PlayStation VR2’s Sense controllers have thumbsticks, buttons, grip triggers, and index triggers, in addition to excessive constancy haptic suggestions.
Sony at the moment does not promote the PS VR2 Sense controllers individually, not even for replacements, however when this assist launches it might begin to, together with at Apple Shops and from Apple’s web site.
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After all, assist for controllers will not in itself be sufficient to entice many builders to port their titles over to visionOS. Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional has an set up base of solely round half 1,000,000 homeowners, and solely a fraction of them will personal or purchase PS VR2 Sense controllers. To spur a gaming ecosystem on visionOS, Apple could must fund builders, as Meta does for its Quest headsets. Nevertheless it’s unclear whether or not Apple is keen to do this.
