Game news “I would kill for Forza VR” Xbox finally in virtual reality video games like on PS5? Mark Zuckerberg has more than one trick up his sleeve!
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While Sony has fully invested in virtual reality with the PSVR2, it is Microsoft's turn to try the experiment with an unexpected partnership. Currently, Xbox is in discussions with industry giants to offer a new type of headset to its users.
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For almost ten years now, virtual reality has started to make its way onto our consoles. Initially, we remember Sony's first attempt with the PSVR, a virtual reality headset for the PS4. Satisfied with the product, PlayStation continued its momentum with PSVR2 for the PS5 which met with more complicated success for many reasons. However, not enough to slow down its long-time competitor, Xbox, which will also offer virtual reality, but rather through a partnership.
From the outset, let's say it straight away: no, Xbox is not going to produce virtual reality headsets on their own. Instead, it is The Verge which teaches us that Microsoft is in discussions with Meta, parent company of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, etc., to offer Meta Quest headsets “inspired by Xbox” in limited edition. If for the moment nothing has been made official, the American site interprets that it will be a Meta Quest 3 headset in Xbox colors, surely green therefore, sold in a bundle with an Xbox controller and a subscription to Xbox Game Pass, obviously.
One thing is certain, it is that the partnership is official because Meta recently said:We're collaborating again (with Microsoft) to create a limited edition of Meta Quest, inspired by Xbox“. In the process, Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta and founder of Facebook, published a post on Instagram to clarify that this version of the headset in question would be available with an Xbox controller and a subscription to Xbox Game Pass to be able to play n Anywhere, anytime on a big screen.
More VR at Xbox?
Faced with the announcement of this partnership, many Xbox fans began to imagine big things. “I would kill for Forza VR. It's literally been a dream of mine since 2011writes user @birkelu on X (formerly Twitter). Faced with the treatment of Gran Turismo 7 which was entitled to a VR version on PS5 thanks to PSVR2, we feel that fans of Microsoft's automobile simulation license are dreaming of the same thing on Xbox. So, if this partnership is a first step towards virtual reality, it seems that a section of Microsoft players want it to go even further.