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Puppyroach on 06 January 2018
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John2290 said:
Puppyroach said:

Microsoft has gone under the radar here but are doing something pretty smart IMO. In the fall creators update for Windows 10,they included software for VR capabilities. Several hardware developers like Samsung, Lenovo, Dell and so on is then licensed to create VR headsets according to basic specs provided from Microsoft. The smart approach with these headsets is that you get access to windows in VR (you can wqatch movies, play Xbox One through PC. It´s not a complete experience yet but it´s getting there) and the headsets has cameras built in which means you don´t need an external setup to use them. Microsoft calls this "Mixed Reality" which is only PR talk, but they have a really intereting approach to this.

The headsets themselves are quite affordable aswell.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/windows-mixed-reality

Seems the PSVR headset design is the standard now, at least we now that. I like the idea of having multiple headsets in the same way you would buy a laptop or PC however I think this will lead to an unbalanced experience and lock people out of content in the same way PC games do with specs. It can't grow like this to MASS market appeal in the same way others like Day dream have the possibility of doing. 

That does look interesting for the smartphone side of VR. What I do like about Windows Mixed Reality is that it is compatible with Steam VR. That way it doesn´t really matter what headset I buy, as long as they give me access to a wide arrange of games from a unified platform. I do hope that the Mixed Reality headsets will come to Xbox One this year aswell (and I think it will). The best thing would have been if there was one standard that worked accross all platforms.