Meta and Microsoft are teaming up to create a new VR headset for the Xbox brand. It will be a limited edition of an already existing helmet.
Microsoft and Meta have just formalized their collaboration in the manufacture of an augmented reality headset. Announced in a press release this Monday, April 22, 2024, Meta specifies that it will be a system intended for users of the famous Xbox gaming platform. Good news for fans of augmented reality video games, but which implies something else.
Indeed, this collaboration between the two large groups specifies that it will be a limited edition of the famous headset, Meta Quest 3, released on October 10, 2023. The new system will not be predestined for the Xbox console in itself even but will be inspired by it. Last year, the two companies had already collaborated to bring cloud gaming, a relocation of console video games made available on different media such as the laptop. However, it was only accessible to users with a Game Pass Ultimate subscription.
But in statements on his Instagram account, the CEO of Meta reassures all Xbox players. The new system will provide a better experience to its users. The personalized headset will thus be supplied with Xbox controllers, compatible with the headset, and a Game Pass subscription. Although the headset does not meet the expectations that users hope for, it will allow the video game platform to establish itself in the growing virtual reality market.
To know the extent of the details of this project, you will have to wait some time. No official image has been released by the two companies at this time. But we have an image (to be found on the front page of the article) which shows us a little more about the future product and its accessibility.