Xbox Series X VR is not in the factory at the moment “According to Microsoft”

A Microsoft spokesman told IGN that VR is not currently working on the Xbox Series X | S comes after it was reported that the Xbox console is not referring to a VR edge device. IGN Italy reported that during testing of the new Xbox Wireless Headset, an indication appeared on their Xbox Series X system that said their “VR Headset” needed an update. This indicates that the Xbox Series X supports VR peripherals in some capacity.

However, a Microsoft spokesman said that was not the case. In a statement to IGN, the company said: “The copy of this error message is inaccurate due to a location error. VR for console is not currently a focus for us.”

Source: Giovanni Marrelli, IGN Italy

Microsoft has been asked in the past if it would bring VR to the Xbox, but the company was kind about the idea. Prior to the unveiling of the Xbox Series X in 2019, Phil Spencer said that VR is not part of its next-generation plans because “no one is asking for it.”

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Compare that to PlayStation, which was an early adopter of console VR and was quite successful with the venture to get started. The company recently announced a new VR headset for the PlayStation 5.

Meanwhile, Microsoft is not completely out of the VR game, though most, if not all, of its efforts are entirely on the PC side. Windows mixed reality platform works with VR games, and the HoloLens AR headset recently unveiled a Pokémon demo created in collaboration with Niantic using the Microsoft Mesh mixed reality platform.

So right now, it looks like Microsoft likes AR / VR content on a PC while focusing on other ventures for its Xbox Series X hardware.

Matt TM Kim is IGN’s news editor