PlayStation VR2’s Steam app is officially launching next month

A Steam app enabling players to use the PlayStation VR 2 headset to play Steam games is coming in August.

According to the Steam page, the app will allow players to :

• Play VR games and apps on Steam using your PlayStation VR2 headset and PlayStation VR2 Sense controllers.
• Set up your PlayStation VR2 on your PC.
• Update the firmware for your PlayStation VR2 headset and PlayStation VR2 Sense controllers.
• Adjust settings for your PlayStation VR2 from the SteamVR dashboard, including setting your play area and screen brightness.

The PlayStation VR2 headset PC adapter will be required.

The adaptor will be released on August 7 and will cost $59.99 / €59.99 / £49.99 at select retailers and direct.playstation.com, where available.

Players will also need a commercially available DisplayPort cable (sold separately) that is compatible with DisplayPort 1.4, as well as a Steam account and a PC that meets the minimum requirements.

Sony has also said that features, like HDR, headset feedback, eye tracking, adaptive triggers, and haptic feedback (other than rumble), will not be available when playing on PC.

In October, Sony Interactive Entertainment’s senior vice president and head of global marketing, Eric Lempel, described VR as a meaningful business for the company, but one that was yet to reach its potential.

“The VR category is important to us,” Lempel said. “It’s a category that can help us with innovation. It’s never going to be the only way people play games, but I’m happy that we’re in it. There are great experiences to be had and consumers really like it. But it’s a nascent business for us.”