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CTOnews.com July 20, Sony announced the development process of the PlayStation VR2 head display and controller, and showed pictures of the prototype. The PlayStation VR2 is a virtual reality device launched by Sony for the PS5 game console, which went on sale earlier this year.

Sony said development of PSVR 2 began at the end of 2016, when it had just launched a first-generation PlayStation VR for PS4. More than six years later, this Touxian was finally launched.

A unique function of PSVR 2 is a built-in vibrating motor for head display, which can enhance the sense of immersion. Sony said engineers initially removed the vibrating motor from the DualShock 4 handle and tested it in an early PSVR 2 prototype and found it worked well.

The early prototype has IR LED, which is used for external camera tracking and monocular straight-through camera. in addition, the original PSVR uses PS4 cameras to track the visible light strips on the head, while PlayStation VR2 uses built-in autonomous tracking technology to locate the head display through four black-and-white fisheye cameras, through which users can see the real world around them at any time. But before building inside-out tracking, Sony initially tried to use infrared LED (invisible to the naked eye) on the head display, tracking through an external camera and a monocular perspective camera, but Sony soon decided to switch to built-in autonomous tracking technology and built several prototypes to find the best location for the four tracking cameras.

Sony said that the development of the PSVR 2 Sense controller also began in 2016 and went through many iterations because they did not initially have a clear idea of what kind of controller they wanted to build.

One of the earliest prototypes focused on adding a thumb stick and holding a trigger, one for each finger. Sony finally decided on the current spherical design and found it more ideal for tracking all angles.

CTOnews.com, an early PSVR 2 controller prototype, noted that the PlayStation VR2 had been on the market for five months, and Sony revealed in May that it had sold 600000 units six weeks after its launch, surpassing the original PSVR. With the PlayStation 5 mainframe finally stocked up and blockbuster works such as "Firewall Ultra", "biochemical Evil 4 remake" and "Aces of Thunder" approaching, sales of the head show are expected to continue to rise.

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