Facebook-owned VR company Oculus VR announced at an event in San Francisco that its Oculus Rift VR headset will be bundled with Microsoft's Xbox One controller when it will be launched in Q1 2016. Oculus Touch, the prototype for the tracked controllers, was also presented. Oculus Touch is a pair of tracked wireless controllers that deliver hand presence, namely the sensation of feeling, as though end-users' virtual hands are actually their own. Touch will let people take their virtual reality experiences further by unlocking new interactions such as waving hands or giving thumbs up.
As part of a partnership with Microsoft, Oculus Rift will work natively with Windows 10. Made-for-VR games will leverage DirectX 12 to unleash the full capabilities of new Windows 10 graphics hardware. Customers will be able to stream Xbox One games to the Oculus Rift, a feature that’s only possible courtesy of Windows 10, as they are streaming games to their Windows 10 PC or tablet. With the new Xbox Wireless Adapter for Windows that it was recently unveiled, customers will be able to play games on the Rift using the Xbox One controller wirelessly right out of the box.
Among the Xbox One games that will be available when the Rift VR will hit the store shelves are Halo, Forza, Sunset Overdrive.
