Getting PSVR2 working on PC isn't as easy as it should be

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• jlsalvador@lemmy.ml ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  TLDR; the reviewer is upset because the PSVR2-PC adapter doesn’t come with a Display Port cable, and his Bluetooth adapter is not compatible. So he can’t review the unit on time until he receive both items. 🤷

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  • Default_Defect@midwest.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Wait. Is it not normal to have a box full of extra cables and adapters just laying around?

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    • pipariturbiini@sopuli.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Hello, fellow IT person. One day we will need the VGA cables we have saved.

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  • Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    And that’s perfectly valid…if Sony is selling something to make their device work on oc, include the things to make it work or don’t claim it’ll make it work without needing a bunch of other crap.

    The average person won’t do prior digging to find out how the company is lying to them, they just trust…sadly.

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    • averyminya@beehaw.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      At the same time, unfortunately it is pretty standard among electronics in general. Photography, synthesizers, music equipment in general, PC parts… When you buy a pc case, you expect the bare minimum to include screws, but they don’t always include things like SATA cables.

      However for VR, a simple adapter should definitely be included. I just can see why it wasn’t given the history of electronics.

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• onlinepersona@programming.dev ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  it turns out the PS VR2’s Sense Controllers are very flakey when it comes to Bluetooth connectivity. Even though I have the required Bluetooth adapter built into my PC, constant connection losses meant that I couldn’t even make it past the headset’s initial setup process on PC.

  Bluetooth has always been a bad experience for me. The connection will always randomly drop. Sometimes I’ll hold the two connected devices right next to each other or lay one on top of the other and the connection will still drop.

  Any device that requires bluetooth is an immediate nope for me and life has been easier since.

  Why don’t we have anything better? I’d even accept WiFi (802.11) connections over bluetooth. Sure, they aren’t as energy efficient (right?), but at least they are stable.

  Anti Commercial-AI license

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• Kolanaki@yiffit.net ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Ew… It uses Bluetooth for the main connection? 🤢

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  • chloyster@beehaw.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Just for the controllers I believe

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    • Kolanaki@yiffit.net ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Could you even send the controller data through DVI? I thought that was just for picture.

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• stoy@lemmy.zip ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I have been planning on getting the PSVR2 setup for the PC next month and I had not heard about needing a bluetooth reciever…

  Sigh, I might just get the Pico 4 or Quest 3…

  I’ll give it a month to get full reviews then I’ll decide on what to do…

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  • BorgDrone@lemmy.one ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’m a Mac guy so I’m a bit out of touch with the state of PCs. I know PCs usually are a few years behind technology wise, but I’m kind of surprised they still don’t have bluetooth as standard. The technology is decades old.

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    • stoy@lemmy.zip ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I know PCs usually are a few years behind technology wise.

      I am an IT technician, and it takes a lot of confidence and ignorance to be this wrong.

      I’m kind of surprised they still don’t have bluetooth as standard.

      This explains so much about your earlier statement, you seem to think that there is a a standard PC, there isn’t.

      There are hundreds of manufacturers making PCs and PC parts.

      I have never seen a laptop in decades that lack Bluetooth, however there are still desktop motherboards you can buy without wifi or bluetooth, but this is not my reason for making this post…

      I am pissed because I don’t get why you wouldn’t just put the required Bluetooth into the PSVR2 PC adapter unit.

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    • Tropper@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That usually depends on if the PC has an inbuilt Wi-Fi chip. The Bluetooth controller is usually coupled in the same chip. So PCs that lack Wi-Fi usually doesn’t have Bluetooth.

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  • thejml@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I would argue that buying a $10-20 usb Bluetooth adapter is much preferred to giving my info and data and privacy away to Meta. Not to mention the other things you can use it for.

    Personally I’m really glad Sony went with Bluetooth over some sort of proprietary tech.

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    • stoy@lemmy.zip ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I am jus confused as to why the adapter itself doesn’t have a BT reciever…

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