VR indie studio Bit Planet Video games tweeted out a photograph yesterday of what seems to be the primary recognizing of PlayStation VR 2 within the wild. The tweet has since been deleted by the studio, which claims it was faked.
Bit Planet, which is thought for its sequence of Ultrawings VR flying video games, tweeted the message “Guess what’s coming to PSVR2? (Proper solutions solely),” implying that Ultrawings is making its strategy to Sony’s upcoming VR headset for PS5. Underneath it was ostensibly a PSVR 2 developer package.
The tweet, which was cached and in addition captured by Twitter consumer ‘TobiasRial‘, exhibits it managed to garner a whole lot of replies, retweets, and likes earlier than being taken down.
The studio claims the photograph “Seems pretend to us. Chair is badass although,” additional stating it was a “Professional Photoshoo [sic] job.”
Paradoxically, in another tweet Bit Planet additionally claims the picture was “Not actual. Simply cardboard and duct tape and a few wires and a whole lot of 3D printing.”
United States import data from late 2021 onward present that Sony Interactive Leisure has shipped hundreds of packing containers containing developer kits from Asia to the US. Though not confirmed, timing suggests these packing containers are more than likely carrying next-gen PlayStation VR 2 headsets.
Whereas small, Bit Planet is a veteran VR studio which might be a super early associate for Sony, as the corporate is little doubt seeking to not solely inventory new unique content material for PSVR 2, but additionally a again catalogue of current video games which were profitable on different platforms.
Offered the picture is genuine, it’s probably in violation of the studios non-disclosure settlement (NDA) which is required when platform holders mortgage out developer kits to studios.