New PlayStation VR headset priced - and it's even more than a PS5

Sony has announced the terms for its upcoming PlayStation VR2 headset - and it's adjacent much costly than the console you request to usage it.

The caller virtual world instrumentality volition outgo £529.99 erstwhile it launches connected 22 February 2023, compared to £479.99 and £389.99 for the existent models of the PlayStation 5.

Much similar however the erstwhile headset plugged into a PS4, the caller 1 needs to beryllium hooked up to a PS5 - which means you could look spending northbound of £1,000 if you're keen and don't yet ain the console.

The archetypal PS VR launched successful October 2016 for £349, though - dissimilar the sequel - it did not travel with controllers.

Two alleged Sense controllers volition travel packed successful with PS VR2, offering what Sony says are akin levels of haptic feedback and adaptive triggers seen successful the PS5's ain DualSense pads.

The headset volition besides connection oculus tracking, which the archetypal did not, and volition nary longer necessitate an outer camera to enactment retired wherever the subordinate is lasting oregon sitting and however they move.

Its show panels for each oculus usage OLED technology, similar galore modern TVs, with 4K resolution. There volition besides beryllium a built-in microphone and headphone jack.

What astir the games?

The marquee motorboat rubric appears to beryllium Horizon: Call Of The Mountain, a caller introduction successful the existing action-adventure bid which has proven fashionable with fans and critics.

Previous Horizon games person been large, open-world experiences focused connected exploration and fast-paced combat, which makes the upcoming first-person VR installment thing of a departure.

Sony volition merchantability it separately and successful a bundle with the headset, priced higher astatine £569.99, some disposable for pre-order from 15 November.

Other games coming for PS VR2 see Resident Evil Village, an updated introduction successful the long-running fearfulness franchise, positive caller takes connected different existing titles Cities: Skylines and Jurassic World Aftermath, built with the headset successful mind.

Prices person not been announced, but galore caller PS5 games present motorboat astatine £69.99.

What are my different options for VR gaming?

Until now, 1 of the astir fashionable options has been the Meta Quest 2.

Unlike PlayStation's VR offering, it works arsenic a standalone instrumentality and doesn't request to beryllium plugged in.

It's besides much affordable than the contention astatine £399 for the basal model, though that's good up connected what was an archetypal motorboat terms of £299.

Other options are beauteous high-end and expensive, catering to the PC crowd.

These see the Valve Index, which goes for a whopping £919, and the HTC Vive Pro 2, which is £499.

And for the existent diehards, Mark Zuckerberg volition merchantability you his eventual gateway to the metaverse - the precocious launched Meta Quest Pro - for an eye-watering £1,499.