From DailyTech: At the 2015 E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo) Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) made it clear that it wasn't playing favorites, when it came to the much-buzzed-about field of virtual reality (VR) gaming.
Ahead of his company's Monday night keynote, Microsoft corporate vice president (CVP) Kudo Tsunoda (@KudoTsunoda) declared that Microsoft will be "working closely with Valve" to ensure SteamVR libraries and its "Vive" head-mounted display (HMD) hardware perform optimally on Windows 10 devices. That includes gaming PCs and the Xbox (which is expected to receive an upate to the new cross-platform operating system later this year).
The announcement eases some fears. Given the close relationship between Facebook, Inc. (FB) and Microsoft some feared Valve's rival VR effort would be left for dead (pun!).
While Oculus VR's "Rift" HMD was announced in 2012 and is slated for an early Q1 2016 launch, Valve's VR project -- simmering in secret for years -- is coming out the gates a bit late, officially speaking at least. Still, boosted by its partnership with Taiwanese smartphone-maker HTC Corp. (TPE:2498), Valve announced in February that it will launch the Vive HMD by "Holiday 2015". Thus, while Valve Software trails Oculus VR in developer support (given that developer hardware only shipped this spring), it appears poised to actually beat its rival to market.
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