Muggsy Posted August 8, 2014 Report Share Posted August 8, 2014 In a new interview, Head of Xbox boss Phil Spencer makes it clear that he's excited about the future for virtual reality technology for gaming, but stopped short of confirming any Microsoft-produced headsets or other wearable devices. "Virtual reality is a really interesting area, especially for games, and while it seems like it's been 'just over the horizon' for the last 20 years or so, I think we could finally start seeing it prove out soon for both gamers and developers," Spencer told Fortune. Virtual reality is indeed gathering mainstream appeal. Last month, social networking giant Facebook bought Oculus VR--maker of the Oculus Rift headset--in a deal worth an estimated $2 billion. PlayStation maker Sony also recently announced its own virtual reality headset, Project Morpheus. During the Game Developers Conference in March, Spencer revealed that Microsoft has been experimenting with virtual reality for some time now. He reiterated that point in the new interview, saying that Microsoft's research team "has been playing with virtual reality for quite a while." "While we don't have anything to officially announce, it's clearly an area people are excited about. The potential is definitely there," Spencer said. Earlier this year, it was discovered that Microsoft paid as much as $150 million for assets related to wearable technology. In addition, a leaked document from 2012 showed that Microsoft is planning to introduce a VR/AR system called "Fortazela" for the Xbox One sometime in the future. Also in the interview with Fortune, Spencer says console exclusives are as important as ever for Microsoft and the Xbox brand going forward. "Exclusive games will continue to play a major role for Xbox in the new console generation, just as they have in previous generations," Spencer said. "I'm a true believer in our exclusive platform features like Kinect, SmartGlass, and the cloud, but games have always been the bedrock of our consoles at Xbox." Some of the big Xbox One exclusive games announced so far include Sunset Overdrive, Project Spark, Quantum Break, and the new Halo game. Spencer teased that even more system exclusives could be announced at E3 in June. "It's going to be great at E3 to be able to share the games coming exclusively to Xbox One, and it's only going to get better," he said. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rrhuntington Posted August 8, 2014 Report Share Posted August 8, 2014 That sort of Jump Scare Elite in the First Level of Halo: CE will scare me much more now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muggsy Posted August 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2014 That sort of Jump Scare Elite in the First Level of Halo: CE will scare me much more now. Imagine what Horror games are gonna look like now with this thing dude. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I_Make_Big_Boom Posted August 8, 2014 Report Share Posted August 8, 2014 Project Morpheus... Project Neo... connections. VR is interesting to me, and I do think it has potential. PS: please post the source article(s). Just so we know this is true. Thanks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caboose The Ace Posted August 8, 2014 Report Share Posted August 8, 2014 (edited) "Exclusive games will continue to play a major role for Xbox in the new console generation, just as they have in previous generations," Spencer said..... I just have to point out right now all big XB1 exclusive games are also on Pc or coming to it Edited August 8, 2014 by Caboose The Ace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Orbis Posted August 8, 2014 Report Share Posted August 8, 2014 VR? Please just leave gaming be! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muggsy Posted August 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2014 Project Morpheus... Project Neo... connections.VR is interesting to me, and I do think it has potential. PS: please post the source article(s). Just so we know this is true. Thanks. Here yah go there's the link to the Information. http://www.gamespot.com/articles/xbox-one-boss-says-virtual-reality-is-really-interesting-for-games/1100-6419328/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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