Weird how things shake out, right? So, like, last year, I caught wind—rumored kind of stuff—of Apple maybe, just maybe, tinkering with VR motion controllers for Vision Pro. And yeah, here’s the twist: teaming up with Sony for those funky PSVR 2 Sense Controllers. Out of nowhere, 9to5Mac jumps in saying we’re still on track and might hear something official, like, super soon. Next week, maybe? Wild.
Here’s the thing: visionOS is supposedly gonna welcome PSVR 2’s Controllers to the fold, but wait, there’s more—PlayStation and Xbox gamepads, too. No joke. I mean, it’s a bit up in the air if we’ll get the news at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) or later down the road. WWDC is such a spectacle—kind of sounds like a tech party, right? Real big changes hitting visionOS 26, maybe some naming shifts with macOS and iOS? Brain twist.
Was there a picture of Hideo Kojima rocking the Vision Pro? Yep. Looked kinda awesome, probably ’cause it was.
But here’s the messy part. The Vision Pro—launched February 2024—has been a bit of a mixed bag for VR folks out there. You got this $3,500 wearable tech piece that buddies up with hand-tracking and Bluetooth gear like keyboards and headphones, but, it leaves some developers scratching their heads. Gotta think up new projects or rework old ones to be hand-tracking savvy. It’s a bit like trying to teach an old dog new tricks, but with tech that’s a zillion dollars.
So, adding PSVR 2 controllers to the mix? Isn’t likely to blow up sales of this spatial-weird-sorta-computer-not-console gadget. But, could show Apple’s getting all warm and fuzzy about motion controllers for cheaper future models. Imagine that.
There was this juicy tidbit from Mark Gurman at Bloomberg, saying Apple sidled up to Sony early 2024—like, “Hey, let’s dance with your PSVR 2’s controllers.” Kinda funny since just a tad earlier, Apple was like, “Nah, we’re not doing VR controllers.”
By the way, mark your calendars—Monday, June 9th, 10 AM PT. Big keynote time! Grab popcorn, flip over to Apple’s YouTube Channel, and see what wild journey this ends up being. Life gets delightfully chaotic sometimes.
