Does PSVR 2 track eye motion? In short, yes.

If you’re interested in finding out if the PSVR 2 tracks eye motion – let’s go over the basics here.

The PSVR 2 launches today, so be sure to check out our glowing PSVR 2 review. One of the most coveted features is the PSVR 2’s eye motion tracking, which uses tracking technology to calculate data from your eyes.

Once it begins recording your eye’s movement, it begins to use this in gameplay to enhance your immersion and experience. For example, in the most recent gameplay trailer of the PSVR 2, there’s a display of the eye-motion tracking feature which is used to aim the trajectory of grenades.

In terms of FPS immersion – this is an incredible feature that enhances the user’s immersion.

How does PSVR 2’s eye motion tracking work?

The PSVR 2’s eye motion tracking works fairly simply. There are camera inside the headset that map out your eye’s movement fairly closely.

It can then use this data for other processes. Perhaps the most notable of which is foveated rendering, which uses your eyes movement to generate an optimised image to render out onto the display. Effectively, it increases the detail on areas of focus, and reduces details of areas out of focus. This gives you a good simulation of how peripheral vision works in real life.

The headset uses camera technology from Tobii, who are allegedly one of the biggest names in the eye tracking industry. Their technology can be found in the HTC Vive Pro and HP Reverb G2.

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The eye motion tracking will astronomically improve how VR games immerse you, and it’s likely that the PSVR 2’s ability to out perform gaming PCs is thanks to the motion tracking technology within.

We’re going to be following the launch of the PSVR 2 very closely, so make sure to check out our other guides on if the PSVR 2 is multiplayer and if the controllers work with PSVR. Pop back in and check out our VR section for the latest updates on the PSVR 2 and latest headsets.

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Amaar Chowdhury

Amaar is a gaming journalist with an interest in covering the industry's corporations. Aside from that, he has a hankering interest in retro games that few people care about anymore.