Sony has been tinkering with virtual reality for a while. Since 2010 they have been working on project Morpheus, a VR headset that works with the PS4. With not much coming from Microsoft in the VR field, it's possible that they could buy Oculus Rift to get uo to speed.

There's also rumors that Sony has been trying to snap up Oculus Rift with could be a move to improve their VR tech or simply a move to buy out the competition and/or prevent MS from buying it.

Xbox and bing division are most under performing division of microsoft. Microsoft has lots of cash. But they are losing a lot of cash in these department. Buying exclusive games, selling console at a loss and giving them for free. I think their investment in VR will be minimal.

Phil Spencer just said Microsoft has been working on VR for "quite awhile."

http://www.techradar.com/news/gaming/microsoft-s-phil-spencer-hints-at-company-s-vr-plans-1236094

phil said theyve been messing with vr for awhile

He said that had been playing with VR. That's potentially very different than "working on". Even the interviewer said he wasn't sure if he meant that they were working with actual products, or just the idea itself.

OP. I sort of doubt that. The OR if designed for PCs and developers are already making content for it. Trying to adapt it to work with the Xbox One could end up being a nightmare. I'm also pretty certain Oculus wouldn't sell anyways.

give me a nudge when the xbox one can handle the framerates and resolutions required for the oculus rift DK2 (which isn't even final spec, commercial version will be higher resolution).

They might have been working on it for a while and they could be in advanced stages with VR but we don't really know. If the are working with VR they might be years away until they have a it up and running. If they bough Oculus Rift then that would gift them a product that is near the final thing.

Since MS has interests in gaming on PC it would benefit them and they can adapt it to work with the X1.

Why bother, it can be just as easily implemented on Xb one if it stays as a third party peripheral. And unlike Sony MS wouldn't have to try to make it profitable.

I hope not, I think no offense to the console makers, but they operate too far in the realm of strict gaming with a lot of restrictions, Occulus should remain PC centered.

They probably will.