During a recent interview with Oculus vice president Nate Mitchell, Polygon asked if the Oculus Rift would be made compatible with the Xbox One. Surprisingly, while there has been talk about bringing the VR headset over to the gaming console, the team is “not so close” to bringing the tech to Microsoft’s current gaming console.
Given all of the operating systems Oculus Rift is aiming to be compatible with, it’s understandable that the team is holding off on another platform for the time being. This is something that Mitchell himself talked about during the interview, stating that the team is focused on making it work well at launch.
Of course, Mitchell was quick to clarify that Oculus won’t be ruling out the possibility of Xbox One support at some point down the road, stating that it’s certainly possible to get it working on the system.
With HoloLens looking like its main emphasis for Microsoft in lieu of a more traditional VR headset (although it still needs some work based on our hands-on time with it), Oculus is the best chance that Xbox One owners have at receiving a virtual reality experience on the platform. That said, whether or not the technology will be a success has yet to be determined by the current marketplace, so, setting aside Xbox, it’ll be interesting to see what happens on the platforms VR will be coming to.
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Source: Polygon
