Microsoft and Meta are partnering more closely on VR. A limited-edition Xbox-inspired Meta Quest is coming soon.
Microsoft is teaming up with Meta to create a limited edition Meta Quest VR headset that’s “inspired by Xbox.” While both Microsoft and Meta aren’t sharing full details on this VR headset, it sounds like it’s simply going to be a skinned Meta Quest 3 that comes bundled with an Xbox controller. “We’re working together again to create a limited-edition Meta Quest, inspired by Xbox,” says Meta in an announcement today.
” Microsoft has a mixed history with VR headsets on the Xbox side, which has led to the company partnering with Meta more closely recently. A document leak in 2012 detailing Xbox One plans showed that Microsoft had considered Kinect Glasses, codenamed Project Fortaleza. Those never came to life with the launch of the Xbox One console, but Microsoft then created a more powerful Xbox One X version that was supposed to be VR-capable.
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