Facebook's occulus rift could help microsoft's Xbox One in the VR realm?

[winrayjay99]

The guy's over at motley fool have a crazy idea. Microsoft should partner with Facebook on the VR front. Microsoft Corporation and Facebook: A Match Made in Heaven? (FB, MSFT). Yeah I know sounds crazy. But it may make Xbox a more open platform besides trying to crumble Sony's Project Morphius.

 

[Coreldan]

Bleh, I think VR is wasted resources, it will be even more niche than the original Kinect was. An accessory for the very few with no proper support from vast majority of game devs.

 

[coip]

I also think VR is going to bomb. I think it'll have the same downfalls of 3D movies (it always just feels a little off) but exacerbated (people getting nauseated). Plus, it'll be expensive and I can't imagine many people wanting to strap a helmet to their face instead of looking at their glorious, giant HDTVs.

I'd rather see Microsoft double down on Kinect--I think that has much more potential, especially with the recent slate of great Kinect games released (D4, Dance Central Spotlight, Kinect Sports Rivals, Xbox Fitness).