After months of, Microsoft finally released for its Xbox One controller, allowing it to pull double duty as wired controller for PC gaming. Unlike the Xbox 360 wireless controller, which required a separate dongle for PC use, all you need to use the Xbox One controller on PC is a standard Micro-USB cable. The wired connection provides the power, so you don’t even need batteries.

Unfortunately, you can’t use the Xbox One controller wirelessly on a PC at this time. Driver Installation To set up the controller, and download the drivers for either a 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) machine. (If you’re unsure which file to grab, open Control Panel, type About in the search bar and click System. Then, look under 'System Type.' ) Open the file you just downloaded. Amusingly enough, Windows will show an 'unknown publisher' warning, even though the drivers are coming from Microsoft.

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Click Run in the box that pops up. You don’t have to plug in the controller to install the drivers. Jared Newman Even though the drivers are from Microsoft, they will appear unsigned. A setup wizard should appear.

Read and accept the license agreement, wait for the installation to finish, then click Finish. Now, plug in your Xbox One controller.

It may vibrate briefly, and you should see a 'driver software installed successfully' message on the System Tray. Jared Newman The System Tray popup will let you know that your Xbox One controller is ready to use. At this point, you should be ready to play.

Games that support Microsoft’s Xbox 360 controller should automatically recognize the Xbox One controller without any additional setup (with some exceptions described below). Potential issues The biggest problem is that several of the games I tested would not recognize the controller, including Dark Souls II, Transistor and Eldritch. The controller did recognize several other games, including Dishonored, Super Meat Boy and Trials Evolution. Uninstalling and reinstalling the drivers did not help, so hopefully this is just a temporary issue that Microsoft and game developers can resolve through updates. Also, the first time I installed the driver, Windows 7 showed a 'Runtime Error' after plugging in the controller, followed by an 'XboxStat.exe has stopped working' error. The controller still worked, but the message was a nuisance.

These messages went away after reinstalling the driver. Finally, keep in mind that plugging the controller into a PC will break its wireless connection to the Xbox One. You’ll have to plug the controller back into the console via USB to pair them again.

Gaming on a Mac is not what Apple is historically known for. However, with Apple, some traditional game interfaces and not so traditional interfaces (think HTC wands or Valve's knuckle controllers) now need to be to reap the VR/AR benefits to their fullest. To ready you for some amazing VR pilot games such as that utilize a traditional game Xbox game controller, we're here to show you how to connect one to your Mac! In the past this method only applied to the Xbox 360 controller, but the latest version of the software you'll be using also now supports the Xbox One controller. How to download and install the drivers We're assuming that you already own a wired Xbox controller, but if you're needing to buy, a. You'll need to connect it to your Mac using a which, sadly, isn't included.

If you buy a third-party wired controller you won't have to worry about this. Next, follow these steps. Launch Safari. Navigate to. Download the latest release of the 360Controller driver.

As of this writing, the latest release is 0.16.5. Go to your Downloads folder in Finder. Double-click the 360Controllerinstall.dmg file. Double-click the Install360Controller.pkg that pops up in Finder.

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Click Continue. Again, click Continue. Select to Agree the license agreement. Click Install. Agree to allow a restart of the computer by clicking Continue Installation. Click Restart. You can optionally have the downloaded file Moved to Trash.

Upon restarting the computer start System Preferences from the dock or the  menu. Click on Xbox 360 Controllers. How to connect your Xbox 360 controller Once you've installed the drivers, you'll now logically see that there are No devices found, since we have yet to physically connect the game controller to the Mac. Plug in your controller to your Mac. If you have a current model MacBook or MacBook Pro, you'll need a USB-C to USB-A adapter. Click OK when the System Extension Blocked warning message pops up. Go into System Preferences via the dock or  menu.

Click Security & Privacy. Under the General tab click the Lock at the bottom left.

Enter your password and click Unlock. Click Allow.

Your Xbox wired controller should now be connected! Final thoughts I am super stoked about developers climbing aboard the VR/AR hype train. As a mere consumer of VR, I can only hope for more and more creative minds to get on board. If you're a VR/AR developer, or even better yet, a macOS VR/AR developer, what other ways can Apple help promote virtual reality on their platform? Let us know in the comments! Updated April 2018: Updated to reflect that this method also now supports the Xbox One controller.

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