Microsoft's Xbox head Phil Spencer at Oculus VR event.
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Microsoft’s Phil Spencer talks about why he partnered with Oculus VR

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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One of this week’s surprises was the partnership between Microsoft and Facebook’s Oculus VR division on virtual reality. Microsoft’s Phil Spencer went up onstage to talk about the partnership at an unveiling event on Thursday in San Francisco.

He said that a Microsoft Xbox One wireless controller will be bundled with every Rift sold when the virtual reality headset goes on sale next year. And you will be able to stream your Xbox One games to the Oculus Rift’s screen as well.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.