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Apple’s Vision Pro, the company’s first VR headset, was announced at WWDC without much emphasis on gaming. Unlike other VR headsets, Vision Pro does not support any VR game controllers—either from Apple or third parties. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports that Apple is betting on hand and eye tracking as the primary input methods for Vision Pro. He says Apple tried a finger-worn device and third-party VR controllers but opted for a simpler solution.
Gurman also claims that Apple is not planning to add VR game controller support anytime soon despite feedback from developers and gamers. Apple did show some gaming capabilities for Vision Pro at WWDC, such as playing games from Apple Arcade like NBA 2K in a 2D visionOS window with a PlayStation DualSense controller.