{"id":481252,"date":"2026-03-18T00:22:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T00:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/481252\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T00:22:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T00:22:13","slug":"psvr-2-reportedly-jailbroken-for-pc-hackers-claim-eye-tracking-and-haptics-unlock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/481252\/","title":{"rendered":"PSVR 2 Reportedly &#8220;jailbroken&#8221; for PC, Hackers Claim Eye-tracking and Haptics Unlock"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A hardware hacker group previously behind the PSVR2Toolkit says it\u2019s effectively \u201cjailbroken\u201d PSVR 2 for PC.<\/p>\n<p>When Sony released its PC adapter for PSVR 2 in 2024, it released the headset from PS5 exclusivity, allowing users to play SteamVR games on VR-ready PCs for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>Still, Sony didn\u2019t release enable every hardware capability, with tethered PC gameplay notably lacking features such as eye-tracking, HDR, and headset rumble.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the hardware hacker group previously associated with the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/BnuuySolutions\/PSVR2Toolkit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">PSVR2Toolkit<\/a>\u2014an open source driver toolkit interfacing with Sony\u2019s PSVR 2 PC support\u2014claims to have\u00a0\u201cjailbroken\u201d the PSVR 2.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/psvr2-pc-adapter.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-118039\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/psvr2-pc-adapter.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\"  \/><\/a>IPSVR 2 PC Adapter | mage courtesy Sony<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[W]e can enable HMD vibration and eye tracking camera feed on PC,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/tinybnuuy\/status\/2033698020978528708\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">says group member \u2018tinybnuuy\u2019<\/a>, who also credits fellow programmers \u2018supremium\u2019, \u2018tomoeko\u2019, and \u2018ShinyQuagsire\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[T]his has been 5 months in the making, we hope to release this soon so that everyone can play with it,\u201d\u00a0tinybnuuy says.<\/p>\n<p>Sony\u2019s official PC support for PSVR 2 (via SteamVR) disables key features like eye-tracking, HDR, and haptics. Early efforts however managed to pull eye-tracking data in some respect, but it was notably uncalibrated and not broadly usable.<\/p>\n<p>By mid-2025, tools like PSVR2Toolkit enabled eye-tracking and controller haptics through a modified driver layer, although it still didn\u2019t feature proper OpenXR integration (i.e., no universal foveated rendering), as mentioned previously by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uploadvr.com\/playstation-vr2-eye-tracking-now-works-on-pc-via-open-source-driver-mod\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">UploadVR<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Provided the team\u2019s work truly is a \u2018jailbreak\u2019, we would expect to see full access to cameras, headset haptics, and possibly even an HDR pipeline sometime in the near future.<\/p>\n<p>That is, provided Sony doesn\u2019t see the jailbreak as a threat, as\u00a0the company appears to have intentionally disabled those features on PC, effectively keeping them exclusive to PS5.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A hardware hacker group previously behind the PSVR2Toolkit says it\u2019s effectively \u201cjailbroken\u201d PSVR 2 for PC. 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