Elite: Dangerous Developer Frontier Focusing on SteamVR for Now

Frontier's focus shifted to SteamVR in part because of an early delivery of a stable software development kit.

Elite: Dangerous developer Frontier has revealed that for the time being they will focus on SteamVR instead of the Oculus Rift.

Frontier confirmed its move to focus on SteamVR with a statement to Eurogamer.

"We've supported VR for a few years now, and Elite Dangerous is arguably the world's leading VR-ready game. We want to give players the best possible VR experience however they play - it's something we talked about with Digital Foundry recently - and that means focusing our efforts. Right now, we've chosen to focus on SteamVR. We haven't cut an exclusivity deal with any VR manufacturer, and we're still working with Oculus on Rift support."

Also Frontier community chief Zac Antonaci issued a follow-up statement, and said the developer continues to work with Oculus on Elite Dangerous Rift support.

"In case people are alarmed by the headline or confused on the details, we thought it best to reiterate what we've been saying since the release of the Oculus 0.6 SDK. As quoted in the story, we are actively working with Oculus and will keep the community updated as soon as we are able to do so."

"We are keen to support VR in all its forms and we are proud to be leading the way in VR gaming."

And in a post on the Elite Dangerous forum, Antonaci revealed Frontier's focus shifted to SteamVR in part because of an early delivery of a stable software development kit.

"Valve released a stable driver before Oculus but we remain in close contact with Oculus."