Enlarge / It isn’t a lot to have a look at, however at the very least the identify is official. (credit score: Sony)

Sony’s trickle of details about its future in digital actuality continued on Tuesday with the shock announcement of an unsurprising identify: PlayStation VR2. Fortunately, the identify comes with a dump of specs that verify Sony’s aspirations to ship some of the strong VR programs but on the patron market.

The upcoming VR add-on, which would require a PlayStation 5 to operate, remains to be lacking essential stats like a launch date, a value, or perhaps a picture of what the first headset will appear like. In some methods, it is reminiscent the Meta Quest 2 (previously Oculus Quest 2), because it features a comparable pixel decision (2,000 x 2,040 pixels per eye, or roughly 15.7 p.c greater than Quest 2’s per-eye rely), a comparable field-of-view of 110 levels, and a comparable “inside-out” array of cameras that may observe a person’s house with out requiring an exterior system like the unique PSVR’s webcam.

It’s pondering (and watching)

We beforehand knew that PSVR2 would require a hardwired connection to PlayStation 5 consoles, in contrast to the default wi-fi freedom of Quest 2. As we speak, nonetheless, Sony revealed two doubtlessly enormous differentiators over its VR headset competitors: haptic suggestions, and inner eye-tracking.