PSVR 2 can be used as a PC monitor

With Playstation VR 2, Sony has chosen to only allow Playstation 5 owners access to the VR world via a headset. However, the headset has been shown to have hidden functions that make it interesting even for PC gamers. More specifically, the headset can be used as an external monitor with a Virtuallink-enabled graphics card

Virtuallink was created as a popular standard for transferring video, data, and power over a USB Type-C connection between your computer and a virtual reality headset. AMD and Nvidia jumped to the standard, but only AMD continued to implement Virtuallink support on their graphics cards. Nvidia canceled support entirely after the Geforce RTX 2000 series. Users with a graphics card that supports this technology can connect their PSVR 2 directly using USB Type-C, which then registers the headset as an external display.

Much of the functionality goes away because the headset is used as an external monitor and not a pure VR headset. Users are thrown into a black room with a large virtual screen and head movements are recorded. Moreover, the experience is very minimal, but it has the potential to provide an immersive experience for games and movies.

Although there was initially only support for using the headset as an external monitor for a computer, there is potential for increased VR functionality in the future. with third party software Avery Is it possible to use Playstation VR as a VR headset for PC Software developers are working on expanding PSVR 2 support.

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