Would you like the new Xbox Scarlett to have VR/AR support?

Farkas David01 · Dec 2, 2019

In recent days there were a couple of articles by some of the big gaming news outlets reporting that vice president of gaming at Microsoft, Phil Spencer, has said in a new interview at XO19 that virtual reality isn’t a big part of next-gen console Xbox
Scarlett.

"We’re responding to what our customers are asking for and… nobody’s asking for VR,” Spencer said. “The vast majority of our customers know if they want a VR experience, there are places to go get those. We see the volumes of those on PC and other
places."

This has sparked discussion online by many people, some saying that VR is not that important and others saying that VR is the way to go.

What is your opinion? Would you prefer or be more likely to buy the next Xbox with support for VR, AR (wink wink HoloLens), maybe even a new Kinect. I personally feel very sorry that Kinect didn't really work out for Xbox. It's a shame because the basic idea
is really cool, but they messed up the Xbox One launch with the mandatory Kinect bundle. I would love to be able to have the option or the possibility to enjoy VR on my Xbox. Maybe even a Kinect solution where you could use your phone as a Kinect and or as
a Hololens solution for AR. What do you think? I am very curious about what you think. Below are some of the sources:

IGN Article: https://uk.ign.com/articles/2019/11/26/xbox-scarlett-wont-focus-on-vr-because-nobodys-asking-for-it

Phil Spencer tweet: https://twitter.com/XboxP3/status/1199717232852393985

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Smwutches

As there is already a thread for this, I'm going to lock this one. Please feel free to continue the discussion

here.

MobileMattw

Being an older gamer I've seen various variations of VR over the many years and have to agree with it's not something that I would ask for it for project Scarlett. It's just not an important innovation that I feel should be focused on.

Epic Louie

It would be cool if Scarlett has VR support. If not, I can live without it.

Thorbjørn Jensen

I personally like AR more than VR, as i see alot more use in it. So i'm liking the direction they are doing.

Why create a vr that although fun and interesting, would probably be just a gimick in games. Now AR has the potential to be really usefull.

And that watch diagram combined with the AR glasses makes me imagine having a holograph poping out of it.

Anyways, i really hope they go all out for AR instead of VR.

They have hinted at AR for Xbox One before, so maybe this is the big surprise they have for us at E3?

DeusCriolo

I feel the same vr it’s just a matter of time! Let’s wait and see maybe Xbox Scarlett will support VR

Would you like the new Xbox Scarlett to have VR/AR support?