Last week, Microsoft announced a partnership with Oculus VR that will bring Windows 10 and Xbox One controller compatibility to the emerging virtual reality platform. Today, Microsoft announced a new partnership with Valve VR, an Oculus competitor, that will likely to bring more games to the company's augmented reality headset HoloLens.

On Monday at E3, the annual video game conference, Microsoft executive Sax Persson marched onto stage with the newest iteration of HoloLens. For the first time, gaming applications of HoloLens were demonstrated in real-time. Persson showed off a holographic version of Minecraft, which Microsoft acquired for $2.5 billion last year.