Oculus acquires design team responsible for Xbox 360 controller and Kinect

Carbon Design, the team responsible for the look and feel of the Xbox 360 controller and Kinect, is now part of the product engineering group at Oculus.

Oculus has announced it has agreed to acquire the Carbon Design team, with the deal expected to close by the end of the the summer.

The two already have a strong relationship, having been working together for nearly a year on multiple unannounced projects.

'A few seconds with the latest Oculus prototypes and you know that virtual reality is for real this time,' said Peter Bristol, creative director at Carbon Design. 'From a design and engineering perspective, building the products that finally deliver consumer virtual reality is one of the most interesting and challenging problem sets ever.

'This is an entirely open product category. With consumer VR at its inception, the physical architectures are still unknown - We're on the cutting edge of defining how virtual reality looks, feels, and functions.

'We're incredibly excited to be part of the team and we're looking forward to helping design the future.'