PlayStation VR 2 may launch in early 2023, analyst suggests
Sony may release PlayStation VR 2 in the first quarter of 2023, according to a tech industry analyst.
Ming-Chi Kuo, an analyst at Hong Kong-based TF International Securities, tweeted that he believed the headset may start mass production later this year with a potential launch in the first quarter of 2023.
“My latest supply chain check suggests that the assembler and several component providers of PS VR2 will start mass production with about 1.5M units shipments in [the second half of] 2022,” he claimed.
“Sony may launch it in Q1 23, depending on the development schedule of PS VR2 game titles.”
He added that one of the main changes in PlayStation VR’s production is the inclusion of cameras built into the headset, something the first PlayStation VR didn’t have.
While the original PSVR used a PlayStation Camera attached to the PS4 to track head movement by following LED lights on the headset, PSVR 2 will instead feature cameras on the headset itself.
“The most notable hardware upgrade for PS VR2 is to start using optical modules,” Ming-Chi Kuo explained. “PS VR1 doesn’t equip with optical modules.
“PS VR2 adopts six optical modules (four 720p IR cameras and two eye-tracking cameras). Genius is the leading lens supplier. In addition, Genius is also the primary supplier of aspherical lenses for PS VR2.
“In the [augmented reality / virtual reality / mixed reality] era, I think Genius’s high-ASP orders of the aspherical lens, Fresnel lens, and Pancake from both Apple and non-Apple will be a new robust growth driver.
“Other critical suppliers of PS VR2 worth noting include Goertek (assembly), SDC (OLED panel), MediaTek (processor), etc.”
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