PlayStation’s Lead Architect Mark Cerny has explained an upgrade to the PlayStation 5 Pro’s ‘PSSR‘ (PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution), which will be released as an update over the next couple of weeks. This update will significantly improve the visuals and frame rate of games using the technology, with the first being Resident Evil Requiem.

Sharing the news on the PlayStation Blog, Masaru Ijuin from Capcom says this about the PSSR support for Resident Evil Requiem:

“With Resident Evil Requiem, we focused on enhancing the presentation quality of the protagonist through an upgraded version of RE Engine to deepen the player’s immersion in horror. For example, each individual strand of hair and beard is rendered as a polygon, allowing it to move realistically in response to body motion and wind. The way light passes through his hair changes depending on how the strands of hair are overlapped as well. This detailed expression of texture is one of the many details that we would especially love for our fans to see.

The upgraded PSSR has enabled us to enhance our expressiveness by successfully processing these details and textural particularities, which are traditionally difficult to upscale due to their intricacy. We hope you will experience this unprecedented level of horror and visual fidelity, and the new gameplay feel it delivers.”

The system update will be rolling out in March, and then you’ll be able to toggle the feature on or off in system settings. There are already more than 50 games using the tech.

Compare the images below: the PSSR use before the update, how it looks, and how much better the hair looks.

“We look forward to more news in March, when multiple existing games upgrade to the improved PSSR. There will also be a system software update at that time; selecting “Enhance PSSR Image Quality” in Settings on PS5 Pro will allow you to experience the new PSSR with any PS5 Pro games that currently support PSSR! Once the system update releases next month, try it and see, some games may have noticeably crisper graphics,” continued Mark Cerny on the PS Blog.