Sony may not have locked down PlayStation VR2 specs regardless of offering some particulars at CES 2022. Tobii says it is in talks to offer eye monitoring know-how for the next-gen VR headset. It famous the discussions have been “ongoing” and that it could not share the potential monetary affect of the deal. The agency is required to disclose the negotiations to honor EU market rules.
We’ve requested Sony for remark. The firm beforehand confirmed the PlayStation VR2 would use eye monitoring, however did not title a tech provider or clarify intimately how the function would work. The headset can even use camera-based “inside-out” monitoring to detect head and controller motion.
The revelation suggests PlayStation VR2 may not arrive for some time. Game console makers sometimes must solidify {hardware} specs effectively prematurely, each for the sake of producing and to provide builders time to supply video games optimized for brand spanking new gadgets. If Sony nonetheless hasn’t chosen a supplier for a key function like eye monitoring, a launch continues to be a protracted methods off.
Not that this might be a whole shock. Sony first teased PlayStation VR2 in early 2021, and warned there was “quite a bit” of labor left on the venture. The electronics agency dominated out any launch that 12 months, and nonetheless hasn’t given a common timeframe for the wearable’s debut. Tobii’s declare may simply mood expectations for PlayStation 5 homeowners wanting to strive Sony’s newest tackle VR.