Något som saknades på Microsofts E3-presentation var allt som överhuvudtaget hade med virtual reality att göra. De har visserligen utannonserat HoloLens tidigare (beskrivs som 'mixed reality'), men de har inte satsat hårt på den i spelsammanhang alls. I en intervju med
Games Industry säger Xbox-bossen Phil Spencer att Microsoft visserligen tror på virtual reality, men att det är för tidigt med tekniken ännu som mest är besvärlig:
"We're big believers as a company. I just think we're early. We're years away. For it to really become mainstream, it's got to be untethered. It's got to be something that doesn't seem as cumbersome as it does today. We're going to go through that learning experience with our customers and our fans on Windows for now, and gaming will be a leader.
I love the progress we're making as an industry, but it's not mainstream yet, whether you've sold 1 million PSVRs or the number of Oculus and HTCs that are out there. I think those teams are doing amazing work and we're learning as an industry, which is all the steps you have to go through. You can't fast-forward the trial and learn the creative and technical processes you go through."
Har Spencer rätt, eller är det dags för Microsoft med att börja hårdsatsa på virtual reality till bland annat Xbox One?
