Voice chat was one of several upcoming features touted by OnLive during its panel for potential publishing partners at GDC. Its rollout wasn’t dated at the time — merely “by the end of the year” — but it turns out there wasn’t much of a wait at all; it’s available now.
By enabling the voice chat beta option in the OnLive client, users of the service can access two chat channels: one for in-game yacking (open mic), the other for talking with other players while spectating in the Arena (push to talk). Corded and USB microphones are supported on PC and Mac; the OnLive MicroConsole adds support for Bluetooth headsets and VR goggles.
Okay, we were kidding about the goggles — but you have to admit it’d be pretty cool.
OnLive in-game voice chat now on and live originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 11 Mar 2011 02:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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