Nuked Hey everyone! It’s Nuked here, and I’m back with another tech article. Today, I’m going to talk about Sony’s PSVR2 teardowns and how they reveal how the headset tracks the Sense controllers.
Under the Sense controller cover, the controller itself has a ring of 14 IR LEDs and three placed elsewhere for tracking. According to Sony’s Takeshi Igarashi, these infrared lights are used by the VR headset’s tracking camera to detect the controller’s position and orientation. Plus, the cover on the controllers is even made with a material that “transmits the infrared light emitted internally to track the movement of the controller.”
The Sense teardown video also shows the five capacitive touch sensors on the controller, a look at the adaptive trigger component (which works like it does on the DualSense), and even that there are tiny PlayStation button icons embossed on the controller.
As for the headset itself, that teardown is pretty cool too. Takamasa Araki, the lead designer of the PSVR2 (and the first PSVR!), expertly disassembles both the front of the headset and the headband. Plus, it looks like there’s an IR LED around each lens and an IR camera that captures the light from the LED, and those work together to follow your eye’s movements.
I really recommend you watch both the headset and the controller teardowns, they’re fascinating. However, Sony warns that you should not try these teardowns yourself, noting that taking apart your hardware will invalidate the warranty.
The PSVR2 launches on February 22nd. It looks to have a pretty good launch lineup, including a new VR mode for Resident Evil Village that Capcom and Sony just released a trailer for.
