Users of PS VR on PS4 will need an adapter to continue using this virtual reality device on PS5, either with backward compatible PS4 games or upcoming PS5 games – pending a review of this helmet. Sony sends this adapter free of charge and for this it is only necessary to order it on an official website and follow the steps -indicate the PlayStation VR serial number and shipping address-. The only limitation is that only one adapter is shipped per household.
This adapter is necessary since the new PS5 camera is not compatible with PS VR, and at the moment PS Camera for PS4 with adapter is required to use PS VR on PS5. The estimated terms for free shipping of this adapter are the following:
- Europe: mid-November
- Amrica: mid-November
- Japan: the end of October
- Asia: early december
We still do not know the details of virtual reality on PS5
PlayStation 5 is compatible with virtual reality, PS VR and PS4 games, although details on the new generation of VR will be known later.
At the moment there has been no talk about the games that will take advantage of this possibility and the only rumored -but not yet confirmed- is Resident Evil 8, which returns to bet on the camera in the first person; Resident Evil 7 It was one of the must-haves for PS VR on PS4. Sony ensures that continuing to support these experiences, it has made numerous patents of what could be the PS VR revision, with wireless connection, cameras to facilitate the position in the space of the player and more ergonomic design, among other improvements.
