Rumors surfaced late final yr that Apple was seeking to lastly add VR movement controllers to Imaginative and prescient Professional, albeit by an uncommon collaboration with Sony to assist PSVR 2’s Sense Controllers. Now, 9to5Mac reviews that the undertaking continues to be on monitor, and official information might come as early as subsequent week.
The report states that not solely is visionOS slated so as to add official assist for PSVR 2’s Sense Controllers, but in addition PlayStation and Xbox gamepads.
9to5Mac wasn’t capable of verify whether or not the controller replace will certainly be introduced at Apple’s Worldwide Builders Convention (WWDC) subsequent week, or slightly later within the yr, nonetheless the Cupertino tech large is about to announce adjustments coming to visionOS 26 at WWDC—a notable naming shift additionally set to have an effect on macOS and iOS.
Imaginative and prescient Professional has offered a singular problem to VR builders because the combined actuality headset’s February 2024 launch. The $3,500 XR system presently solely helps hand-tracking and Bluetooth equipment, akin to conventional gamepads, keyboards, and headphones, forcing XR studios to both begin new initiatives, or retroactively add hand-tracking to present video games.
That doesn’t at all times make sense, as many video games are particularly designed round movement controllers. Primarily, this might set the stage for extra video games, each conventional and XR, to launch on Imaginative and prescient Professional’s App Retailer.
That mentioned, including PSVR 2 controllers to Imaginative and prescient Professional doubtless gained’t be a large gross sales driver of the admittedly dear headset, which has largely been couched as a spatial laptop as an alternative of a recreation console. It’s nonetheless an indication that Apple might lastly be prepared to completely embrace movement controllers in cheaper variations of the headset sooner or later although.
This follows a sequence of reviews from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, which declare Apple approached Sony in early 2024 to formally combine PSVR 2’s controllers. Notably, Apple confirmed only some months previous to the reported talks that it had no plans to make or assist VR controllers.
We’ll after all be following the large keynote, which kicks off on Monday, June ninth at 10 AM PT (native time right here). You may observe together with us by tuning into Apple’s YouTube Channel.
