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PlayStation VR 2 is not backwards compatible with the next generation of PlayStation VR games #SONY (182647)

In theory, porting PlayStation VR game content to PlayStation VR 2 shouldn’t be a big problem, but it mostly depends on the developer’s wishes.

After showing off the PlayStation VR 2’s actual appearance at this year’s Tokyo Game Show, Sony confirmed in an accompanying note that the PlayStation VR 2 will not be able to use PlayStation VR game content.

The reason for the incompatibility between the two contents is that PlayStation VR 2 adopts a new design, which includes user dynamics tracking through internal and external lenses, supports eye perspective tracking, and also supports 3D haptics and sound effects The experience actual play is completely different from PlayStation VR..

Sony emphasizes that PlayStation VR 2 will provide a very different virtual reality gaming experience.

However, porting PlayStation VR game content to PlayStation VR 2 shouldn’t be a big problem in theory, but it mostly depends on the developer’s wishes.

PlayStation VR 2 will launch in early 2023, when it will be sold with more than 20 virtual reality games.

During the Tokyo Game Show, Sony demonstrated the effects of PlayStation VR 2 play and interactive experience through games such as “Horizon”, “Evil Castle”, “Into the Dead” and “Star Wars”.