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I'm pretty sure Microsoft already has its own VR product in development. That internal leaked doc a couple of years ago about xbox 720 revealed something similar to a wearable headset.

Combine VR with the holodeck Microsoft has going could be interesting in term of VR GUI.

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Yeah I just commented to the same effect. Natural fit for the Kinect ecosystem, and their hardware labs love this kind of stuff. And they can even keep a secret!

I have felt like kinetic is a missing piece that could really power up something like the oculus. When facebook talks about wanting to do avatar based conferencing or things like that I feel like having a strong motion capture element would definitely be a requirement.

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