While it is true that many users quickly ran to buy them, the majority returned them before the end of the 15-day trial for various reasons such as the lack of compatible content, the excessive weight and the low autonomy among others, not to mention the lack of compatibility with a PC.
Sony’s virtual reality glasses, the PSVR2have also not had the success that the Japanese company expected when it launched them on the market in 2023, more expensive glasses than the most complete and versatile solution offered by the Meta Quest 3 and Meta Quest 3S on the market. Seeing the lack of success that this model had, which only worked with the PS5, in the middle of this year, Sony also made them compatible with PC.
If you have seen any video of the Vision Pro, you will have seen how the method to interact with the glasses is through the eyes and through hand gestures, a method that is not liked by many users and even by Apple itself since According to Apple’s official leaker, Marc Gurman, the company led by Tim Cook is negotiating with Sony about the possibility of making the devices compatible. PSVR2 controllers with the Vision Pro.
Use the PSVR 2 controllers with the Vision Pro?
As we mentioned above, Apple and Sony are negotiating the possibility of making the PSVR2 controllers compatible with the Vision Pro in order to offer another more intuitive method so that users can interact with them in a more natural way.
The Vision Pro, as Apple wants to sell them, is a device primarily intended for communicating, viewing immersive multimedia content, and performing light computing work. While it is true that there are games designed for these glasses in the App Store, these are very simple and basic.
The company run by Tim Cook did not design this device for games and it seems that, seeing the lack of success it has had, mainly due to the price, they want to adapt them to the main use that users give to glasses. virtual realityalthough if the games do not reach macOS, the problem will remain the same.
Sony will most likely have no problem expanding the compatibility of its virtual reality glasses with Apple Vision and even with Macs after expanding its compatibility to the PC, however, it all depends on the leonine conditions that it will probably have to accept. by Apple.
But there is a problem. How many users besides the Vision Pro have the PSVR2? Most likely, the number of users with both devices is very limited. Currently, Sony does not sell independently the controls, but with the glasses inseparably. If this agreement sees the light, it is possible that Sony will begin to sell the PSVR2 controllers independently.
It is the cheapest solution
Setting out to develop exclusive controls to interact with the Vision Pro instead of using your hands is not only the cheapest solution, but it is also the fastest of all. During its development, a kind of magic wand was tested to interact with the Vision Pro according to Gurman, however, this idea was discarded.
Starting from scratch to design a product of this type, in the best of cases, can take 2 years of work and seeing how little success Apple’s commitment to augmented reality has had, they might scrap the project sooner.
