As part of the big No Man’s Sky: Beyond update due this winter, which will be adding full Online play in addition to one more as-yet to be announced feature, comes No Man’s Sky Virtual Reality. Which will let players play the entire game in VR.

Launching across PlayStation VR and Steam VR, No Man’s Sky Virtual Reality won't be a separate mode or disconnected from the core game - it will simply be a new way to play. One that lives up to the promise of VR tech, giving players the ability to hop into a spaceship and fly towards the stars.



Hello Games' Sean Murray writes,

As creators of No Man’s Sky, we are in love with everything sci-fi. Virtual reality feels like a science fiction become real, and has always seemed like a perfect fit for this futuristic game of ours.

It’s completely unique to land on a world that no-one has ever seen before and to really feel as if you’re there, and the team has worked so hard to make this a true VR experience rather than a port.

Grab the joystick and thruster to fly your starship over an unexplored alien planet as you peer out of the cockpit at the view below. Reach into your backpack to grab your multitool, touch it to switch to terrain manipulation, and carve out intricate shapes with unprecedented control. Play in multiplayer and casually wave to your non-VR friends or fist bump your PSVR peers.

No Man’s Sky Virtual Reality is not a separate mode, but the entire game brought to life in virtual reality. Anything possible in No Man’s Sky, NEXT or any other update is ready and waiting as an immersive and enriched VR experience.

The update will be free to all No Man's Sky owners, and with all of the updates both past and present a new retail release for PlayStation 4 is on the cards to include it all.