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According to the latest patent filed by SONY, the company may apply PS VR2 features such as eye tracking to non-VR games. If these features are implemented, PS VR2 players will enjoy a better gaming experience across multiple games on PlayStation 5.
SONY launched the PS VR2 headset on February 22 this year with support for several native VR games, including Horizon: Call of the Mountain, Gran Turismo 7, and Dyschronia: Chronos Alternate. Early reports indicate poor sales of the PS VR2, and low inventory at retailers appears to be a contributing factor. SONY replenished stock of the PS VR2 at retailers in the weeks and months following the headset's launch, and claimed that sales of the headset exceeded expectations. Despite the current lack of new PS VR2 games developed by first-party studios, SONY seems to be preparing a major update.
SONY's newly filed patent suggests that the company may be planning to apply eye tracking and other PS VR2 features to non-VR games to improve gaming performance when using a headset. The patent details a system that focuses and renders the area the player is looking at at a higher resolution, known as the area of sight (ROG). This process is already supported in native PS VR2 games, such as Horizon: Call of the Mountains, but the patent notes that it can also be applied to non-VR games to improve frame rates at high resolution. In addition, according to SONY's patent, PlayStation 5 games may be "patched, upgraded or reworked" to support eye tracking and VR features.
This feature, described in the patent, would allow the PlayStation 5 console to allocate less processing power to areas outside the ROG of PS VR2 users, and since processing power is transferred to the ROG, players may enjoy a smoother gaming experience due to the higher frame rate. In addition, in cinematic action games, such as God of War from SONY Santa Monica Studios, graphic detail in the ROG will also be improved for a clearer picture.
It should be noted that the patent does not mean that SONY will definitely introduce this feature.
SONY launched the PS VR2 headset on February 22 this year with support for several native VR games, including Horizon: Call of the Mountain, Gran Turismo 7, and Dyschronia: Chronos Alternate. Early reports indicate poor sales of the PS VR2, and low inventory at retailers appears to be a contributing factor. SONY replenished stock of the PS VR2 at retailers in the weeks and months following the headset's launch, and claimed that sales of the headset exceeded expectations. Despite the current lack of new PS VR2 games developed by first-party studios, SONY seems to be preparing a major update.
SONY's newly filed patent suggests that the company may be planning to apply eye tracking and other PS VR2 features to non-VR games to improve gaming performance when using a headset. The patent details a system that focuses and renders the area the player is looking at at a higher resolution, known as the area of sight (ROG). This process is already supported in native PS VR2 games, such as Horizon: Call of the Mountains, but the patent notes that it can also be applied to non-VR games to improve frame rates at high resolution. In addition, according to SONY's patent, PlayStation 5 games may be "patched, upgraded or reworked" to support eye tracking and VR features.
This feature, described in the patent, would allow the PlayStation 5 console to allocate less processing power to areas outside the ROG of PS VR2 users, and since processing power is transferred to the ROG, players may enjoy a smoother gaming experience due to the higher frame rate. In addition, in cinematic action games, such as God of War from SONY Santa Monica Studios, graphic detail in the ROG will also be improved for a clearer picture.
It should be noted that the patent does not mean that SONY will definitely introduce this feature.
