PlayStation VR2 (PSVR2) PC support may soon become a reality thanks to modders, as they’ve finally managed to get Windows to support it, with even some support for SteamVR.
Mediator Software, the company behind the iVRy app, which brings driver support for multiple VR headsets to SteamVR, announced on X (formerly Twitter) that not only have they managed to get PSVR2 VR mode to work on Windows but that they’ve also gotten the headset to work with SteamVR.
Day #232: SteamVR is running on PSVR2 in VR-Direct mode pic.twitter.com/cke96cwvt3
— iVRy (@iVRy_VR) October 17, 2023
However, there is a catch. Currently, PSVR2 PC support only works on supported AMD GPUs, with additional hardware required.
NOTE: at the moment, this is AMD-only and requires the DP-AUX emulator hardware that we've been working on for the past 3 months, in addition to the usual requirement of a VirtualLink port on the GPU, or the BizLink VirtualLink adapter.
— iVRy (@iVRy_VR) October 17, 2023
Regardless, this is fantastic news, something that many had hoped PlayStation to officially support when the PSVR2 launched early this year. Disappointed, they didn’t, leaving the work to modders.
It’ll be interesting to see what kind of development unfolds in the coming months and even more interesting to see how the PSVR2 manages on top-of-the-line graphic cards. It already blew us away in our review of it on the PS5, we can only imagine what insane modders will pull off with it once PC support arrives.
This is fantastic, it’ll be interesting seeing how this unfolds. It’s unfortunate that Sony didn’t support this when the PSVR2 launched.