Until now, the otherwise excellent-on-paper PlayStation VR2 headset has seen its loyal fans relegated to an underwhelming selection of games. Thanks to its PS5 exclusivity, VR game developers have been forced to go through a puzzling series of hurdles to make their games available to early owners of the $550 display. As a result, much of the massive backlog of VR games available on PC still haven’t been ported over, leaving players in virtual limbo.
That’s extra troubling considering that the PS VR2 is largely missing any serious exclusives to counterbalance the lack of ports. The long-awaited PlayStation VR2 PC Adapter represents a solution, transforming the device into a SteamVR headset with some (but not all) of its premium bells and whistles, like its 4K OLED display with a 110-degree FOV and Sense controllers equipped with advanced finger tracking. That’s not a terrible deal if you’re willing to shell out for the $60 cost of entry (er, re-entry?) – assuming you already own a PS VR2 and a reasonably- powerful gaming PC to support it.
After a weekend effortlessly running my PS VR2 through the plug-and-play adapter (albeit after a hectic initial setup phase), I can confidently say that I’ll be using the PS VR2 as my preferred PC VR headset from now on. The all-black PC adapter is sleek and compact; a flat square with a single USB-C port on the front plus a short, (less than 3-foot) male USB-A 3.0 cable hardwired into the back between a DisplayPort 1.
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