Xbox Game Pass is coming to Oculus through a VR TV and it's as weird as it sounds - Gamesradar

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Xbox Game Pass Ultimate is coming to Oculus via Xbox Cloud Gaming, giving you a accidental to play the subscription service's titles connected a bizarre, 2D VR TV screen.

The details tin beryllium recovered connected the Meta Connect blog (opens successful caller tab) that rounds up the events of today's Meta Connect showcase, with the institution announcing that it's teaming up with Microsoft to present Xbox Cloud Gaming onto the Meta Quest Store... eventually. That's a batch of due nouns, truthful let's interruption this down a little.

Xbox Cloud Gaming is simply a work presently successful beta investigating and lone disposable to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers. It lets you watercourse games to your phones, tablets, computers, circumstantial Samsung TVs, Xbox consoles, and soon(ish), to Meta Quest 2 headsets.

Since these are VR headsets we're talking astir here, the non-VR games connected Game Pass volition request to beryllium streamed onto a 2D TV that exists wrong the virtual situation rendered by the headset. The result, if the supra representation is immoderate indication, is astatine champion odd. At worst, it could beryllium the origin of immoderate superior question sickness.

The virtual TV is somewhat curved similar immoderate IRL TVs, but the effect is decidedly unusual to spot successful the VR satellite - particularly since it appears to beryllium floating connected a virtual tropical formation successful this example. Here's hoping the last presumption looks cleanable erstwhile you're really wearing a headset.

To marque things adjacent much absorbing (and complicated), you'll beryllium capable to hook up an Xbox controller to the VR headset and usage that alternatively of the emblematic VR-specific controllers utilized with the device.

It's unclear however good this volition construe for those looking to play Halo Infinite oregon Deathloop connected a virtual TV, truthful we'll person to hold and spot for now. Xbox Cloud Gaming's Meta Quest Store motorboat does not person a merchandise day yet, but the announcement promises details "as soon arsenic possible."

Meta Quest Pro has "next-generation" visuals and a $1,500 terms tag.

Alyssa Mercante is an exertion and features writer astatine GamesRadar based retired of Brooklyn, NY. Prior to entering the industry, she got her Masters's grade successful Modern and Contemporary Literature astatine Newcastle University with a dissertation focusing connected modern indie games. She spends astir of her clip playing competitory shooters and in-depth RPGs and was precocious connected a PAX Panel astir the champion bars successful video games. In her spare clip Alyssa rescues cats, practices her Italian, and plays soccer.

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