Apple Vision Pro to Receive visionOS Update With PS VR2 Controller Support This Year: Gurman

Apple Vision Pro — the corporate’s first wearable spatial pc — might provide help for Sony’s digital actuality (PS VR2) hand controllers later this 12 months, based on Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. The Cupertino firm has reportedly been collaborating with Sony for a number of months, to introduce help for the PS VR2 controllers on the Apple Vision Pro, which already permits customers to pair Xbox and PS5 controllers. Support for Sony’s VR controller is anticipated to deliver extra exact and optimised controls to Apple’s combined actuality headset.

Apple Vision Pro PS VR2 Support Launch Timeline (Expected)

In the Q&A piece of his weekly Power On e-newsletter, Gurman states that Apple remains to be working with Sony so as to add help for the PS VR2 hand controllers to the Apple Vision Pro. It was beforehand reported in December that the iPhone maker had additionally mentioned the plan with third-party builders, as a part of its efforts to persuade them to deliver PlayStation VR2 controller help to their video games.

The journalist says that the corporate is anticipated to ship the help for the controller by way of an replace to visionOS, which might arrive later this 12 months. However, it’s at present unclear whether or not it would arrive with the present model — visionOS 2 — or with the following model that’s anticipated to be launched in Q3 2025.

If Apple introduces help for Sony’s PS VR2 controllers, it might allow customers to regulate extra than simply video games on the working system. Back in December, Gurman had said that Sony’s controllers may additionally permit customers to regulate apps like Final Cut Pro and Adobe Photoshop.

The addition of help for PS VR2 controllers may also allow help for exact VR controls, thanks to 6 levels of freedom (6DOF) help. The headset already gives help for normal PS5 and Xbox controllers, however they lack 6DOF performance supplied by the VR controllers.

Apple has but to announce any plans to introduce help for Sony’s PS VR2 controllers, and we will most likely anticipate to listen to extra on the firm’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC 2025) occasion that normally takes place in May, or later this 12 months, when the following model of visionOS is launched.