Tech
This year, both Xbox and PlayStation made sure to bring some tech to their showings at E3 2015. Both of the big companies took slightly different approaches with how they approached their conferences, but there were some areas where they had the same idea. Like virtual reality.
Sony decided to push the envelope with the PlayStation 4’s VR approach by adding in some multiplayer. RIGS is a mech-based, fast paced, first-person multiplayer game that puts the player at the center of the brutal action. Of course, they still had a few single-player games to tout, but that multiplayer push gave them a strong direction, and really helped to nail down what the company wants to do with VR.
Xbox vowed with their reveal that you would be able to use the Oculus Rift with certain games through Windows 10. They also showed off an impressive demo of a new version of Minecraft made specifically for the HoloLens. What separated the Xbox from the PlayStation 4 wasn’t its preferred method of augmenting your reality, but its new-found backwards-compatibility instead. Soon you’ll be able to play games you own on the Xbox 360 on your Xbox One with all of the benefits of the newer console. They also threw in a fancy new Elite Controller for good measure.
