The stock of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) closed at $73.05 gaining 0.30% in yesterday’s trading session. On Monday, the company spoke in relation to Dell Technologies Inc (NYSE:DVMT), Lenovo and Acer revealing that all of them were already set to unveil virtual reality headsets. These gadgets would be fitted with Microsoft’s Windows operating system in time so that users would be able to use them for the next busy holiday shopping season.
Asides from this, the provider said that it was engaging in the production of its own controllers which it expected would be compatible with the upcoming headsets. Efforts were made to get it to crack up regarding whether or not it was going to sell the motion controllers separately. However, it declined to make any comment in relation to the matter.
Microsoft revealed that the new Dell Visor VR which is expected to go on sale in fall will be going at a price of $360 (or $460 with Microsoft’s controllers).It did not disclose more details regarding the other headsets.
Special virtual reality versions of the first-person-shooter Halo will debut soon although Alex Kipman, a Microsoft technical fellow declined to narrow down to any specifics regarding timing. Kipman affirmed that the VR distribution service and the Steam video game would be operating with the new Windows-based VR headsets.
Valve is the partner of HTC, a Taiwanese-smartphone maker. Steam is definitely one of the most popular mechanisms for people to gain access to the various VR games and apps. However the Vive headsets are required in using or playing them.
People won’t have to own a Vive headset to access VR software from the distribution service considering that the new Windows-based VR headsets will be employing steam in their wide range of operations.
An analyst that has been following on the company’s progress closely opined, “Although the prices for VR headsets are cheaper than they have ever been, the headsets are still far from being mainstream hits. They also require fairly expensive personal computers to operate.”
Microsoft has revealed that the lowest-priced computer that will be powering the new Windows-based headsets will be going for $500.
