PlayStation VR has a 10-foot problem

Sony is making VR for the masses. To do that, the company has potentially skimped on important technology that could cause problems for a lot of people.

The PlayStation VR, which comes to the PS4 on October 13 for $500, has difficulty tracking some of its components when they are 10 feet away or more. PSVR is Sony’s virtual reality system that uses a head-mounted display, the PlayStation Camera, and PlayStation Move controllers to make players feel like they are surrounded by digital video game worlds. But when the headset or controller gets far enough way, all of that starts to break down. This is a major issue because it turns out that most people sit about 10 feet away from their televisions. For me, this means I have to put a chair between my TV and couch in order to take a load off while playing around in Sony’s metaverse.