Apple and Sony are working to bring support for PlayStation VR2’s controllers to Vision Pro, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports.
Gurman has a strong track record when it comes to reporting Apple’s moves in advance, and he even revealed many details of Vision Pro itself before it was officially revealed or even acknowledged to exist by Apple.
Apple Vision Pro’s gaze-and-pinch interaction system is ideal for interface interaction, and its hand tracking is suitable for casual gaming. But many VR and mixed reality games and interactive experiences on other platforms require physical controllers.
To bring this kind of content to visionOS, Apple approached Sony earlier this year to bring support for PlayStation VR2’s Sense controllers to Vision Pro, Gurman reports. This would also include support for navigating the visionOS interfaces.
Sony currently doesn’t sell the PS VR2 Sense controllers separately, not even for replacements, but when this support launches it would start to, including at Apple Stores and from Apple’s website.
Gurman claims Apple and Sony originally intended to announce the support “weeks ago”, and that the rollout has been postponed. I expect that there will be an announcement at some stage, unless the plan is suddenly scrapped. Gurman writes. Apple Vision Pro only has a half-million users, of which only a small fraction will purchase or own PS VR2 Sense Controllers. Apple could fund game developers to create a visionOS gaming ecosystem, similar to what Meta offers for their Quest headsets. It’s not clear whether Apple will do this.