Flight Simulator to get VR support this Fall

In a new blog post, Microsoft revealed that its soon-to-be-released Flight Simulator (2020) video game will gain support for virtual reality (VR) headsets.

The first supported headset will be the HP Reverb G2, which launches sometime this Fall. Support for other VR headsets will be added in the months after that. Microsoft promises they will support all the common ones.

Created by HP in collaboration with Microsoft and Valve, the upcoming Reverb G2 headset has a bright, high resolution display, excellent tracking, and immersive audio to take maximum advantage of Microsoft Flight Simulator’s incredible visuals and fully 3D soundscape. The HP Reverb G2 will be available later this fall and the VR update will be a free update for all Microsoft Flight Simulator players.

Interestingly, Microsoft also revealed that Flight Simulator will get free world updates:

Microsoft Flight Simulator heralds a new era of data-driven flight simulation. One of the exciting implications of this is that the data that makes up the world is always improving, and players can look forward to a simulator that evolves over time. Thanks to our partnership with Bing, players will enjoy new, even better terrain, and an ever evolving, machine learning-fueled simulator that grows over time.

Flight Simulator will be released on August 18, 2020 for Windows.