PS VR2 will offer new UX features including a "see-through view"
Sony wants to reimagine the virtual reality user experience with new features including a "see-through view" for its PlayStation VR2 headset.
The console maker has already told us what tech bobbins will be inside its upcoming headset, and has now explained exactly how users will be able to interact with its work-in-progress VR hardware.
To help people navigate the real-world while they've got a massive bit of tech strapped to their face, PS VR2 will support a "see-through view" feature that lets them easily check where the PS VR2 Sense controllers are without taking the headset off.
"Thanks to PS VR2’s embedded front cameras, users can press the function button on the headset, or use the Card in the Control Center, to switch between viewing your surroundings, or viewing the content on PS VR2," wrote Sony Interactive Entertainment senior staff product manager, Yasuo Takahashi, on the PlayStation blog.
"The Card in the Control Center also gives quick access to other PS VR2 settings, such as adjusting your play area. The see-through view is just for viewing only, so there’s no recording option."
In addition, a new broadcast feature for PS VR2 will allow users to film themselves while playing by connecting a PS5 HD Camera to their PlayStation 5 console. Presumably that feature will be of use to influencers and developers who want to show what sort of frantic limb-waving players will need to undertake while plugged in.
Owners will also be able to customise their PS VR2 play area using the Sense controllers and embedded cameras to scan the room and expand or shape their play area to fit their environment and play style.
"While playing, if you get close to the boundary you have set up, you will receive a warning that you are
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