#Xbox one as a pc Pc#
The likes of the Nvidia Shield TV can actually stream your gaming session direct from your PC to your telly, over your home WiFi network. If the idea of having your rig sat in your living room doesn’t rest well, fear not. Whereas many gaming PCs are big, unsightly glowing beasts, unless you really stump up for an attractive and well-cooled mini case.
Of course, the Xbox is impressively compact and sleek-looking. You can hook up your machine to your PC and connect wireless controllers via Bluetooth, so you and your family or mates can get some local multiplayer action on the go. In 2017 many people have PC gaming rigs set up in their lounge, for more social – and comfortable – sessions. However, that’s certainly not the case any longer.
Traditionally, PC gaming involved sitting alone at a desk with headphones plugged in, ignoring everything and everyone else going on around you. So which is best for you, the £450 Xbox One X or a gaming PC rig? Xbox One X vs PC gaming: Home setup Microsoft has just launched its new Xbox One X console, which offers PC-quality gaming thanks to its support for 4K HDR visuals.
#Xbox one as a pc windows#
Nevertheless, as much as this new feature will be regarded by many in the VR community as a gimmick, it does once again affirm Microsoft’s commitment to the immersive gaming space and provides a stopgap to more a more concerted, conclusive step into the VR space with Xbox Scorpio and the expansion of Windows powered VR headsets next year.Xbox One X or PC, which should you go for if you want the best possible gaming rig? We compare Microsoft’s new Xbox console with a traditional gaming PC, to see the pros and cons of each choice. The system offers multiple environments in which to view games as well as adjustable viewpoints. Those who wish to try it (and we’d love to hear your experiences in the comments below), can grab a new app from Oculus Home. To put it less glibly, the immersion benefits for playing games this way will probably be largely minimal for most – specially those used to VR experiences in general. The ability to play Xbox One games on a screen larger then many could afford in real life is an interesting idea, and indeed we’ve written before how effective this technique can be in practice, but it of course should not be confused with ‘real VR’.
#Xbox one as a pc Ps4#
Scorpio is of course Microsoft’s answer to Sony’s recent ‘mid-cycle’ console refresh with the PS4 Pro, a souped up version of its predecessor which delivers near 4k and HDR gaming as well as promised (albeit ill-defined) visual enhancements to games built for the company’s recently launched PlayStation VR (PSVR) headset. More significantly, last year it revealed that its next games console, codenamed ‘Scorpio’ will be built with hardware designed to supply “high fidelity virtual reality” to a console audience and will arrive some time in 2017. The company has made several significant announcements regarding Windows 10, partnerships with Valve and more recently revealing Windows will host several new affordable 3rd party virtual reality headsets in 2017. Microsoft has been making significant strides to strengthen its offerings and stance on immersive technologies. Microsoft has enabled a long promised feature for their games console the Xbox One, the ability to stream games into a VR environment via a headset attached to a PC.
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