That's a pretty unexpected surprise. If it provides Linux-compatible usage, I might get one afterall.
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It's Sony, so they'll advertise Linux support, then pull it with a firmware update in 3-4 years.
Is this supposed to refer to something specific?
The PlayStation 3 had support to install other OS's, namely Linux. But it was removed after About 4 years with a system update.
Was that even advertised? I thought that was to claim a tax break or something
It was advertised and they lost a class action. I ended up with like $150 soccer I could prove my usage.
Hey I got like 10 bucks from that class action lawsuit and no more Linux on my PS3
I hope they do this, even if it's just as a fuck-you to Microsoft. As long as they don't actively get in the way of it, I'm sure it'll happen.
Would be nice indeed. Cheaper than what a Deckard will likely be (almost certainly in the 4 digit range) and no Facebook garbage. Though the wording in the article is kinda weird and almost sounds like you still require a PS5.
Probably. Sony provided upstream Linux with drivers for their controllers, and have been for a while now. The controllers arguably work better on Linux than they do on Windows without third party software/drivers.
It's not arguably imo. My ps controllers worked way better in Linux.
I'm 70% sure that Sony just ported their drivers almost directly from Orbis (the PS4/5 OS) since Orbis is based on FreeBSD, which is POSIX-compliant. Windows is not POSIX-compliant, so they'd need to do more work porting it over.
That's great news. I'd love to finally be able to play Half-Life Alyx.
I only picked the psvr2 up for Gran Turismo, but if I can use it on PC racing games too, that'll be the bees knees.
Yeah, it would really expand what you can play. I have assetto corsa on PlayStation but never play it because it doesn’t support VR
Exactly the same for me. There’s a great library of PCVR games that doesn’t exist in PS5 right now, and several are racing games that I want to play again. I’m thrilled to hear there’s PC support coming considering this is one of the best headsets you can buy right now.
GT is soo good in VR. Wish they would bring it to PC but whatevs. My favorite car recently found is the Ferrari VGT, big future vibes and absurdly fast of course.
If it works with Steam, I'm in.
Now there's a reason to buy this
Woaaaa nice maybe this will increase the reach of VR :)
Big move it's it's allowable to be used for any game dev that wants to make the vr set compatible with their game. Crap move if Sony charges to allow devs for compatibility or it's only compatible with Sony owned games.
It sounds coy. Money is on crap.
Is this pig latin?
Onay.
They want to bring more PS5 games to PC. I’m guessing PSVR2 games are not exempt.
The eye tracking is very interesting. Would this support OpenVR?
Could be a nice replacement for my elderly Oculus Rift.
Not going to buy one just for PS5 because there aren't enough games to make that worthwhile.
Got to be quick to start though. Don't make me jump through hoops to connect it every time... Takes my wife ages to start a Steam game from the Quest.
I guess it's only for streaming from PS
It’ll probably require additional hardware though. At least some kind of adapter.
Maybe not. You can actually already stream to a Quest using SideQuest and the PS Remote Play app for Android. I actually just set this up last night to check out RE4 VR which is only on PS5.
It wouldn't be impossible for them to make an official remote play app for VR that works with all HMDs. Or just add the ability to plug them into the console via the USB C port. It's really only software that needs to do anything.
The whole point of PC support is to use this without having a PS5. You can’t connect it to a PC without some additional hardware.
I don't see why it would. It's just a usb-c type connector. I would think it just boils down to driver/software.
No, it’s not just an USB-C USB3.0 connector. It uses an USB-C Alt-mode called VirtualLink. This was intended as a standard for connecting VR headsets and was briefly supported on PC, on 2000 series Nvidia cards, but no modern day cards support it.
It combines USB3, DisplayPort and some other stuff, and has some specific power output requirements. The pinout is completely different from the common DisplayPort + USB2 alt mode.
It will probably need an external box + power supply to work. Something like that already exists but hope/suspect the Sony version will be cheaper that his.