Apple Vision Pro is reportedly getting PlayStation VR2 controller support
Apple and Sony are working together to bring PlayStation VR2 hand controller support to the Apple Vision Pro headset.
That’s according to Bloomberg, which said the platform holder approached Sony earlier this year to propose the collaboration.
Sony has reportedly been working on the project for a number of months, and Apple has been discussing the plan with third-party developers in order to gauge their interest in adding support for the controllers to their games.
Apple’s $3,500 mixed reality headset launched in the US in February and has been rolling out in other countries throughout this year.
Vision Pro has reportedly made an underwhelming start commercially, and Apple is said to be planning to release a cheaper $2,000 version of the device next year.
According to a Financial Times report published last summer, Apple once had an internal sales target of one million units during Vision Pro’s first year on the market.
However, it was claimed this figure had been more than halved along with Apple’s production target for the headset, due to the complexity of its design and manufacturing difficulties.
Research firm IDC forecaste in July that Vision Pro wouldn’t cross 500,000 sales this year.
Sony reportedly paused production of PlayStation VR2 in March, just one year after its launch, in order to deal with a backlog of unsold units.
The headset, which has been heavily discounted on several occasions this year, is currently on sale until January 2025. The PlayStation VR2 Horizon Call of the Mountain bundle, which costs $599.99 / £569.99 at full price, is available for $349.99 / £349.99.
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