Oculus Rift on Xbox One Soon? [News & Rumors]

Those who are expecting to see Oculus Rift on Xbox One might have to wait longer.

In an interview by Polygon, Oculus Vice President Nate Mitchell shared that although there have been talks about bringing the Virtual Reality headset to Microsoft's current generation console Xbox One, they are not yet close to doing so.

The Vice President added that they are not yet focusing on bringing Rift to a console, citing that their target specifications have not been even met yet.

"It has been a conversation, but I can say we're not so close. What we were finding is that it's hard enough to deliver a great experience reliably on Windows, never mind adding OS X and Linux to that, which are different beasts entirely. Because of that, we've been laser focused on getting Windows in awesome shape," Mitchell furthered in the interview.

However, Mitchell did not totally shut down the idea of a Xbox One-Oculus Rift tandem but he further emphasized that it is not something they are "actively working on right now."

"That's the thing, you can absolutely deliver a great VR experience on Xbox One, what I should say is with the hardware that's in the Xbox One. We're not really focused on it right now. It really depends on the content you want to put there," Mitchell told Polygon.

Rift is Oculus' VR system that boasts "state of the art displays" and "optics" that are specifically designed for VR, as well as "high refresh rate" and "low-persistence display" that will give gamers a totally immersive and wide field of view.

Along with it is the "precise" and "low-latency constellation tracking system" that will enable the users to feel the sensation of presence, bringing VR immersion to a whole new level.

According to Game Rant, the decision of Oculus not to stay committed to one console is understandable since they are targeting the component to be compatible to various operating systems.

The site also mentioned that even though Microsoft has HoloLens, its primary target is not for gaming. It added that although the company has plans in incorporating the device with their console in the future, there are still a lot of improvements needed and Oculus is the best chance of Microsoft to compete in VR gaming.

The possible partnership of Xbox One and Oculus Rift has long been rumored since Microsoft is yet to make a move to compete to the VR headset that Sony is doing for its PlayStation 4 called PlayStation VR that features impressive specs highlighted with its 120 frames per second.