On Tuesday, the Sony group unveiled a new virtual reality helmet for the PlayStation 5.

The “PlayStation VR 2” helmet, in black and white, is more forward looking and easier to carry, and its price or launch date has not been announced.

The Japanese group launched, in the first stage, the first accessory of this kind in 2016 for the famous video game console in its previous version.

“We originally had a semi-finished helmet with the first model, so we didn’t want to radically change the user experience. What I wanted to change was to make the device smaller and lighter,” helmet designer Eugene Morisawa told AFP.

The technical helmet features a high-definition OLED screen, four built-in cameras to track movements in space, and a concussion system to enhance gaming immersion.

The device can also be adjusted to suit users who wear glasses, and the holes also allow air to enter to prevent the formation of steam.

Sony has sold more than five million copies of its first helmet in the world, making it one of the best-selling accessories in an expanding market that includes among its players the Meta Quest 2 device from the giant American Meta group (the parent company of Facebook).

A study by PwC showed that the virtual reality sector generated about $1.8 billion in revenue in 2020, with expectations that it will grow by nearly 30% by 2025 to close to $7 billion.

In the video game hardware market, Sony is still the only company that has taken this path so far, but this sector is attracting great interest due to the development of the world of “Metaverse”, a network of virtual spaces connected to each other and available thanks to virtual or augmented reality glasses, What is especially interesting to the giant groups, including Meta and Microsoft.