MS to Reveal Xbox VR Headset at E3 2015 Update-Dev Kits sent

I would assume this would work in combination with Kinect thus making Kinect somewhat of a must have for X1 VR but I don't see that in this news? Hmm, ya think it's an altogether separate device? That would seem a dumb thing to do IMO but it's early yet so I'm sure more specific news will leak out throughout the next year.

So SW, are you hyped / interested in VR and ready for VR wars? :P

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[UPDATE] VRFocus and Techradar report that several game studios have received Xbox One VR development kits. None of the studios were named, unfortunately.

Microsoft to Reveal Xbox VR Headset at E3 2015, Report Claims

Long-rumored device to finally be shown off during next summer's tradeshow, according to sources.

by Eddie Makuch on December 19, 2014

Microsoft will reveal its long-rumored Xbox virtual reality headset device during the company's E3 2015 briefing next summer, according to a new Digitimes report that cites "upstream supply chain" sources. The summer tradeshow is scheduled for June 16-18, 2015.

The site's sources went on to say that development on the Xbox VR headset, which will presumably work with the Xbox One, will be handled by the same team that runs Microsoft's Surface tablet line. A name for the device was not mentioned.

Microsoft's Xbox VR headset is separate from its Google Glass-like "Fortazela" project, which first leaked in June 2012. Digitimes adds that development on this project (pictured, top) is ongoing, though no further details about features or functionality are available.

Microsoft has been open in saying that virtual reality is something the company has been experimenting with for a long time now.

Competitor Sony announced its own virtual reality device, Project Morpheus, during GDC in March 2014, though the company hasn't said when it plans to launch the PlayStation 4 device or what it will cost. Meanwhile, the Facebook-owned Oculus Rift headset is also deep into development for PC.

Microsoft's mysterious VR project has been in development for years, and the company even gave a demonstration of the tech to Strauss Zelnick, CEO of Grand Theft Auto parent publisher Take-Two Interactive.

We have reached out to Microsoft for comment on this report, and will update this post with anything we hear back.

VR is seriously a waste. Unless MS is planning to leverafe Minecraft alongside with it. Even then i don't know.

Hey, hey, hey nice take on this, hmm perhaps there is something more to them buying the Dev. gotta say, that's intriguing and makes some sense. We shall see.

Call me old-fashioned but I'd still like to see someone take a risk on a holographic tabletop style system.

Yeah, I remember the old days when some arcades had a machine or two using the tech, can't recall the name of the game and was it pretty basic but it was cool. Seems around the same time that Dragons Lair was a big deal. That was seemingly a couple decades ago so I'm kinda with ya on this, wonder why it never went any further.

Yeah, but then other issues, like how VR headsets affect vision in the long run. We're still doing proper tests.

Plus, while kids may want it, almost no parent is going to buy their kid a 400 dollar console plus a 200 dollar headset just to play minecraft. I mean, xb1 over ps4 for MC? Sure. But unless that headset is cheap, i don't see any of them selling many.

Remember, the Wii motion controlls came with the console and it launched for very cheap.

This is a different situation.

VR feels like it'll be one of those peripherals I'll try for a few minutes and say, "my god what am I doing...." same way I felt when I tried kinect adventures. Maybe I'll be proven wrong.

Doubt it. They only started talking about it once Morpheus showed up. It'll be that Fortaleza shit as a way to try and relaunch the Kinect, and we'll all laugh and laugh and laugh.

These VRs won't become mainstream until next generation. These are designed for 4k gaming and even on PC it'll a while until it becomes something normal. In my opinion gaming is about sitting on chair or couch and playing the game with mouse keyboard or controller on monitor or TVs. I don't think that's changing anytime soon. When people get back home, tired after the long busy day, they just want to play the game instead of wearing machines until we get Mass Effect style of Visors.

Well, there were a few. The one I remember most was the fmv style fighting game. The issue was likely cost. Those cabinets were HUGE and only displayed maybe a square foot of image. Couple that with arcade games being able to be ported to the growing console market and that fad died fast.

Still would like to see it, especially in this day and age.

LOL at anything making Kinect a must have.

Didn't they learn from Kinect, the joke of the industry? *sigh* another peripheral to take away from core that will hopefully die and MS will be forced to drop, much like Kinect.

I recalled the games since I posted, not the name but Now I remember it to be a sorta gun slinger game using a couple of cowboy looking guys lol.I don't recall a fighting game though but w/e, agreed, would like to see what can be done these days.

I suppose but you need to include both Sony and Valve since they've been working on VR for VG as well. :P

Yup. VR and motion control gaming to me is in no way fun or entertaining. Not to mention additional expense of hardware that seems to only last for the gen its in then which ends up in the landfill.

I can agree on principle I suppose but I do like when companies take risks and push modern, emerging tech eh, sometimes they come up with amazing results and other times, not so much.

I'm just tired of buying a console, then they all introduce all these extra hardware add ons. My hatred for this goes back to Sega CD and 32X. I did try Rift for PC at comic con in 2013 and I cant see wearing anything like that for a extended period of time.

Taking risks is fine, but for the last what 10 years it revolves around motion controls and I dont want to flail my arms and legs why I game.

@Heil68:

I'm onboard with those sentiments and can relate, who'd a thunk it? tehe :P

I think that VR goes along the same lines of 3D TV, kinect, PS Move, etc...completely useless and doesn't provide anything more to gaming. Completely useless to me and won't spend any money on it.

No its not.

sony leading the way again

#sdc

the battle of shit that will be gathering dust in your closet heats up!

I always said that VR would work best with Kinect to track body and head movements.

Imagine a race game were you turn your head to look out different windows in a car and to look up at the rear view mirror.

Bring it on!!!

Yeah, I always thought it was a gimmick that wouldn't catch on, much like 3D. Not really excited to hear about any of those headsets.

Wonder why everything is split into two? The CPU is split into two, the ram is split into two, the GPU is split into two!

Is it split Crossfire design, SLI, or VR? Split for each eye? Only time will tell .....stay tuned!

Aren't we still waiting on the Cloud and DX12?

@Tighaman:

By late 2015, will be ummmm, firing on all cylinders, bank. :P

If done right VR can be very cool

wow, they're ready to show it off at E3, already?? i'm guessing they mean on the big stage, during their presentation. wow...they undercut Sony big time with this.

Sony were the ones that announced theirs first. were the ones with most, if not all, the VR buzz lately...MS didnt even seem to have a VR device in the works really. no real news of it or showings to the public like Sony had. but if Microsoft ends up showing one/theirs off on the E3 stage, before Sony could get theirs on stage....hell of a undercut.

MSoft must want me to forget the bill off goods they sold to me with Kinect for The One.

Not just no, but hell no.

2015 Year of the VR am confirmed? Oculus, Morpheus and now MS's answer.

I actually welcome this. VR really does need to be the next thing. Not just for gaming, but for TV and movies as well. We've been passively sitting in front of the boob tube since the 1950's and it's about time things went to the next level.

Not sure if I want that. Of course it would be amazing if we could watch football (European) by the side line, but I'm not sure I do not want to experience what is happening outside my VR helmet. A bit of a scary feeling surrounding that.

It's not going to work for every game, so why not just save it until next gen? That's my problem with this VR stuff, devs aren't designing their games with VR in mind. Might be indie games, minecraft type crap that make the most use of this as an afterthought. Games won't really take advantage of this stuff.

I hope VR becomes popular.

It's the biggest change in gaming since the jump from 2D to 3D.

you think it'll come in 2015? I'm thinking 2016.

Eh, people already blame TV for people "checking out" so I'm sure VR will be no different. The payoff will be a much more immersive entertainment environment.

@SecretPolice: Could be cool, but will probably not be...

@Tighaman:

It means nothing at all, it just means the Xbox One only has 12 CU's For any work, which is weak

@xboxiphoneps3:

Lol its not how many CUs its how its packed and do you have the bandwidth to saturate them but I'm sure you already knew that.

@Tighaman said:

Wonder why everything is split into two? The CPU is split into two, the ram is split into two, the GPU is split into two!

Is it split Crossfire design, SLI, or VR? Split for each eye? Only time will tell .....stay tuned!

Your buns are also split into 2 i guess that make them special...

Sony showed their in several presentations and press saw it to were have you been.?

http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/03/20/gdc-sony-project-morpheus-vr-headset-for-ps4-hands-on

When MS show their it would be more than a year since Sony shower theirs.

No is 12 CU which are the same as on PS4 but fewer,and bandwidth mean shit when you have a weak ass GPU,the XBO has just 32MB of fast ram the rest is shit slow ass DDR3.

The 7790 is more powerful and has 96Gb's so yeah the xbox one can has 300GB/s that doesn't mean it will work like a damn R290..

The 660Ti has 100GB/s less in bandwidth than the 7950 and yet it perform the same,and has less bandwidth than a 7850 to and it smokes the 7850,bandwidth without power is a like having a 5 lanes race track but your car is a damn Geo Metro,no matter how much room you have to race your car is not a race car...

I can't wait for the 10 fps 720p games

Great another Projectnatalfan versus tormentos thread

These consoles are nowhere near powerful enough to run legitimate virtual reality. For a legitimate experience you need to run beyond 1080p/60 or else it will make your head hurt after a while. So a novel concept ahead of its time because if a 980gtx would struggle what can the Bonaire do?

I want play a realistic parachute game in VR, im afraid of hights so this can be an very scary experience:P

@tormentos:

why you always the one responding to my post and you not even close to these fields? You have no idea what you be taking about you just copy and paste shit. you lame, your copy and paste antics are lame, go back to your lame r9 270 gaming pc, and your lame ass hot running ps4, inside your lame ass basement, I know you are lonely and you be needing someone to talk to be I don't roll that way, so stop swinging on my nutt sack.

I think it will support some form of Minecraft in the future. I can't wait to see what they show and what games will support it. I could see Kinect Sport Rivals supporting this. I still don't think this will be ready until 2016 though. I would think Sony would get theirs out before Microsoft, but we'll see.