Sony up to date PlayStation VR2’s firmware to repair the rotational distortion situation we famous in our overview of the PC adapter.
In our overview of the PSVR 2 PC adapter, I praised the way it delivers a singular OLED PC VR headset with gorgeous colours and distinction, at the price of a softer picture with a mura sample.
However I additionally famous an odd and distracting picture distortion situation when rotating our head side-to-side horizontally, one that did not happen when utilizing the headset on a PlayStation 5, and did not occur with some other VR headset on my PC. And as we made clear, this wasn’t reprojection, as a result of even after I manually disabled all types of reprojection the difficulty continued, and it occurred even in graphically simplistic scenes.
PlayStation VR2 PC Adapter Evaluate: Naked Minimal OLED
PlayStation VR2βs PC adapter is out at this time, and weβve been testing it for the previous few days. Right hereβs what we consider PSVR 2 as a PC VR headset.
With model 2.0.0 of the PlayStation VR2 app for PC, launched at this time, Sony has up to date the headset’s firmware to repair this situation. I simply examined it and might affirm the difficulty is not current – it is totally fastened for me.
The replace additionally permits AMD graphics card customers to regulate the headset’s refresh charge, selecting between 90Hz and 120Hz. Beforehand this was solely doable with NVIDIA graphics playing cards.
Word that to entry all of the fixes and enhancements of two.0.0, you may have to launch the PlayStation VR2 app on Steam, flip in your headset and controllers, and click on ‘replace’ on every.
Individually, TP-Hyperlink has made out there a particular firmware model for its UB500/UB5A Bluetooth USB adapter that it says may repair the lag points some homeowners had been experiencing with the PSVR 2 Sense controllers.
With the rotational distortion situation now solved, PlayStation VR2 turns into so much simpler to advocate as a PC VR headset. However as I famous in our overview, it should rely on private choice: do you favor the wealthy and deep however smooth and noisy picture of PSVR 2’s OLED, or the sharp and clear however boring and muted providing of its LCD rivals?
