About a couple of weeks ago, Hello Games founder Sean Murray announced that No Man's Sky's Beyond update would add a “radical” new social and multiplayer experience named No Man’s Sky Online, and that the update would release later this summer. Following that announcement, it has now been revealed that No Man's Sky's Beyond update will also be adding PlayStation VR support when it goes live.

This much was confirmed during Sony Interactive Entertainment's first State of Play live stream, which featured No Man's Sky Virtual Reality with a fresh PlayStation VR trailer showing the virtual reality capabilities players will be able to experience. According to Hello Games, No Man’s Sky's virtual reality integration will not be segmented off into a separate mode, but the entire game can be experienced in VR, whether it be the base title itself, NEXT, or any other update.

Much like all of the parts of the Beyond update, No Man’s Sky Virtual Reality will be free to existing players once it becomes available. That said, though, the launch of Beyond will see an exclusive retail release of No Man's Sky on PS4. This physical edition is going to include the base game, VR support, as well as all of the updates released so far, including Beyond.

As of now, there's no exact release date for No Man's Sky Virtual Reality, with Hello Games having only specified a launch window of Summer 2019. In addition to PlayStation VR support, the virtual reality component of the game will also launch for Steam VR simultaneously when it reaches release.

All things considered, the launch of No Man's Sky Virtual Reality through the game's Beyond update will likely excite PlayStation VR fans looking for another title with which they can utilize their headsets. With this being the case, it will be interesting to see just how the action-adventure game will translate to the VR space later this year.

No Man's Sky is available now for PC, PS4, and Xbox One.