PlayStation VR2 video games will likely be upscaled by PS5 Professional after a future firmware replace.
Like NVIDIA’s DLSS (Deep Studying Tremendous Sampling) on PC, PS5 Professional’s PlayStation Spectral Tremendous Decision (PSSR) function makes use of a neural community educated on gameplay footage to upscale video games, with a lot greater high quality outcomes than conventional picture upscaling strategies.
In accordance with Sony in an interview with CNET, PSSR will work robotically with the whole flatscreen PlayStation recreation library. The identical interview reveals that PSSR will not assist VR video games at launch, however will in a future firmware replace which can “work with all VR video games” – although there was no timeline given for this.
What PS5 Professional Means For PlayStation VR2 Video games
PS5 Professional has a forty five% extra highly effective GPU, which means it may run PlayStation VR2 video games at greater body price or decision if builders launch patches.
Some VR builders could select to make use of PS5 Professional’s 45% quicker GPU to extend the body price of their graphically intensive PlayStation VR2 video games from 60 to 90. This can keep away from the disagreeable double-imaging artifacts of reprojection (PSVR 2 reprojects to 120Hz in 60 FPS mode) however could not present a uncooked enhance in decision.
When PSSR is up to date to work with VR although, these video games will each look and really feel higher on PS5 Professional, since they will be upscaled in addition to working at greater decision. And that mixture may justify the console’s record-breaking $700 value for some PlayStation VR2 homeowners.
